The size of schools and districts in which they are located has become a salient policy issue in recent years. While consolidation of school districts and expanding high school size were in vogue from the 1960s until recently, funding agencies are now sponsoring projects to reduce school size under the assumption that smaller schools will lead to…

Examines impact of school district size on academic achievement of California students. After controlling for certain student characteristics and environmental factors, including class and school size, finds that district size appears to retard academic achievement, especially the performance of middle-school students. (Contains 25 references.)…

This paper analyses the effects of the size of school districts on educational attainment of students after compulsory school in Denmark. Using administrative microdata for individual students and their parents, logit models for the probability of obtaining different levels of education are estimated where the explanatory variables include…

Explores relationships between school district enrollment and the internal allocation of resources across subject areas of the curriculum. Empirical work is based on a random sample of 79 New York state school districts and includes cross-sectional as well as longitudinal results. (MLF)

Education, experience, and district environmental variables are significant determinants of the salaries of educators who became public school principals or vice principals in Oregon after 1971-72. No significant differences exist between men and women in the determination of salaries in this group of administrators. (PGD)