期刊名称：Journal of Education Policy, Planning and Administration
印刷版ISSN：2152-2804
出版年度：2015
卷号：5
期号：7
页码：1
出版社：JEPPA
摘要：The potential benefits of school size on student outcomes have been debated for decades, but research on the matter has been far from conclusive. This study seeks to contribute to school size research by examining the relationship between high schools’ size (enrollment) and their student on-time (i.e., graduates within four years) completion rates in public, non-charter high schools in the state of Wisconsin. This outcome is unique in that it is relatively unexamined and captures not only students who drop out but also those that are retained a grade. Results from our multiple regression analysis (OLS) support the argument that school enrollment is negatively related to high school on-time completion rates (b=-.0000146, p=.007), after controlling for a hosts of student demographic and school environmental factors. We interpret this result through Barker and Gump’s (1964) staffing theory to better understand the chain of the events that may have resulted in our finding. To contribute to scholarly discussions concerning the “optimal school” size for student outcomes, we found that a school with an enrollment size of 156.25 would yield the highest completion rates based on the data within our sample.
