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How Far Do NYC Students Travel to Get to School?
New York City public school students have a wide range of educational options available to them. This includes traditional neighborhood zoned schools, magnet and Gifted & Talented programs, dual language schools, charter schools, exam-based specialized high schools, and more than 750 programs (in 435 different schools) that are part of the citywide high school choice process.
Given the number of options across the City’s five boroughs, it is possible that many students are experiencing long commutes to school. Our new Spotlight post uses geographic student and school location data to estimate commuting times on foot or by public transportation for NYC’s elementary, middle, and high school students. In our post, we find that:
- Travel times increase with student age;
- At all levels, Black students travel significantly further to school than students from other racial/ethnic backgrounds; and
- In kindergarten and 6th grade, students attending charter schools travel much further to school than students attending traditional public schools. However, this pattern reverses in high school, with charter school students attending closer to home.
Our Spotlight highlights that group differences in commuting times are driven in part by residential segregation (the map below shows average travel time by neighborhood). However, we found that other factors also appear to influence commute time.
Map: Average Minutes of Travel Time to School by Public Transportation (One Way) for 9th Grade Students, by Census Tract, 2013-2014 School Year |
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The Research Alliance for New York City Schools is a nonpartisan research center housed at the New York University Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. The Research Alliance conducts rigorous studies on topics that matter to the city’s public schools. The organization strives to advance equity and excellence in education by providing evidence about policies and practices that promote students' development and academic success.
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