This study investigates the extent of portable classroom use in the province of Ontario between the years 2010 and 2020. The research uses administrative data obtained from the Ontario Ministry of Education and from the 27 largest school boards in the province. The findings reveal that portable classrooms are used as long-term solutions to address…

Across many educational jurisdictions, school boards use portable classrooms to accommodate students in overcrowded schools. Despite their popularity, neither the socioeconomic contexts of their utilization nor their effects on academic achievement are well understood. This article expands the incipient literature on portable classrooms by…