Racial disparities in 2024-25 closure likelihood hold after accounting for enrollment declines and poverty¶
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Evidence · 1 study · associationalr3·q2
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2028: local conditions change quickly
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q2 i? In a logistic regression of 2024-25 closures, at each enrollment-drop level examined, schools serving predominantly Black students were more likely to close than those serving few Black students. → Isaacs 2025
q2 i? For a high-poverty school with a 50% enrollment drop, the predicted closure rate for an entirely Black student body (7.3%) was double that of a school serving no Black students (3.6%). → Isaacs 2025
Evidence¶
Isaacs 2025¶
Isaacs, J., Kuhfeld, M., Postell, S., & Hashim, A. (2025). Post-Pandemic School Closure Trends: Schools Serving Black Students Disproportionately Closed. NWEA White Paper. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/post-pandemic-school-closure-trends-schools-serving-black-students-disproportionately-closed/
q2 · i? · associational · r3
Logistic regression predicting 2024-25 closure from enrollment drops 2019-20 to 2023-24, percentage Black enrollment, percentage FRPL, and urbanicity. The paper states "enrollment drops do significantly increase the likelihood of closures" yet racial disparities persist at every enrollment-drop level.
"the predicted closure rate for a school with an entirely Black student body (7.3%) was double the rate for a school serving no Black students (3.6%)."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Race and Ethnicity — predictor: outcomes differ by group: a gap reflecting circumstances and treatment, not a cause
Related Claims¶
- U.S. public school closure rates dipped during the pandemic and rebounded to essentially pre-pandemic levels by 2024-25 — related
- High-poverty schools are overrepresented among closed schools across the study period — related
- Schools serving majority-Black students are overrepresented among closed schools pre- and post-pandemic — related
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Racial disparities in 2024-25 closure likelihood hold after accounting for enrollment declines and poverty |
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Racial disparities in 2024-25 closure likelihood hold after accounting for enrollment declines and poverty |
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