School Quality
A special report by KIMBERLY GOYETTE, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Temple University
School quality is important to residents of the Philadelphia Metropolitan region for several reasons. For families whose children are enrolled in the local school district, the quality of the schools affects their youngsters’ experiences every day. Even for households without school-aged children, school quality may influence their community’s future prospects, since well-regarded schools can attract residents to communities, raising the property values in those neighborhoods. Using the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area Survey of Fall 2005, this section reports on how the region’s residents regard the quality of the schools in their community.
2006
Indicator 11.1: Perceptions of school quality
Indicator 11.2: Influences on school choice
Indicator 11.3: Factors affecting the decision to change schools
Indicator 11.4: Schools as a reason to choose a community
Indicator 11.5: Race and school choice
Note: Together with commentary, maps and figures for various indicators can be viewed by navigating to linked indicator titles. Maps and data are also available by navigating to the maps/data page of this site. Users who download any of the supporting data must download this MPIP Indicators Codebook to obtain full descriptions of the mnemonic variable names in the data spreadsheets. (download MPIP Indicators Codebook)
