Modeling the residential distribution of enrolled students to assess boundary-induced disparities in public school access

Abstract

Given school enrollments but in the absence of a student residence census, we present a gravity-like model to infer the residential distribution of enrolled students across various administrative units. Multi-scale analysis of the effects of aggregation across different administrative levels allows for the identification of administrative units with sub-optimally located schools and highlights the challenges in allocating resources. Using this method, we verify that the current scheme of free cross-enrollment across administrative boundaries is needed in achieving universal education in the Philippines.

Geospatial Data Analysis of School Distribution in Baghdad City

“…The geolocation of schools and registration data were used [32] to construct an accessibility map showing an active number of elementary schools from students' perspectives and create an index for evaluating elementary school accessibility. Thus, public school system efficacy was measured, and the school system's geographic structure's influence was assessed [22]. Indeed, education has a crucial role in every citizen's life and the country; therefore, it has been identified as substantial power in cultural advancement and socio-economic [32].…”

“…Indeed this could negatively affect the school's performance, and they would be degreaded in corresponding to insecure regions, vulnerable regularly to catastrophes and common turmoil. Consequently, they would have poor offices (seats, number of study halls, and toilets) [20] [21] [22].…”