By Design Not Default: Optimizing District Spending on Small High Schools

Education and Literacy

By Design Not Default: Optimizing District Spending on Small High Schools

Analyzes small school design elements driving extra per-student spending, needed start-up and ramp-up investments, and impact on facility use and enrollment projections. Offers a tool for quantifying resource use and suggestions for effective allocation.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Southern)-Maryland-Baltimore, North America-United States (Northeastern)-Massachusetts-Suffolk County-Boston, North America-United States (Midwestern)-Illinois-Cook County-Chicago, North America-United States (Midwestern)-Illinois, North America-United States (Southern)-Maryland, North America-United States (Northeastern)-Massachusetts