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LaFleur  \nBrookline Community Mental Health Center  \nUSA  \nCitation: LaFleur, J. (2016). Locating Chicago’s charter schools: A socio-spatial analysis. Education  \nPolicy Analysis Archives, 24(33). [http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v24.1745](http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v24.1745)  \nAbstract: This project contributes to the body of research examining the implications of the geographic location of charter schools for student access, especially in high-poverty communities. Using geographic information systems (GIS) software, this paper uses data from the U.S. Census American Community Survey to identify the socioeconomic characteristics of the census tracts in which Chicago’s charter schools tend to locate. Echoing the findings of other researchers who have examined charter school locational patterns, the present analyses found evidence of a “ceiling effect” by which many charter schools appear to locate in Chicago’s higher-needs census tracts, broadly cast, but avoid locating directly within those that are highest-need. The findings suggest that because Chicago’s charter schools face per-pupil expenditures that are often up to 20% less than those of traditional public schools, they may strategically leverage location to help shape student enrollment. By frequently locating near, but not directly within highest-need communities, charter schools may find it easier to attract a quorum of relatively higher achieving students who are less expensive to educate, therefore increasing their chances of meeting academic benchmarks and retaining their charters. By extending the findings of other researchers to the context of Chicago—where charters represent an ever-increasing share of the public school market—the present analyses may inform future revisions to the  \npolicies governing the authorization of charter schools in Chicago, with the goal of increasing access for highest-need students.  \nKeywords: Chicago; Charter Schools; Access to Education; Socioeconomic Status; Poverty; Geographic Information Systems; Geographic Location; Census Figures  \nLocalización de las escuelas charter de Chicago: Un análisis socio-espacial  \nResumen: Este proyecto contribuye a la literatura que examina la ubicación geográfica de las escuelas chartery sus consecuencias en relación de acceso de los estudiantes, especialmente en comunidades con alta concentración de pobreza. Este trabajo utiliza datos de la Encuesta de la Comunidad Americana de censo de EE.UU y software de sistemas de información geográfica (GIS), para identificar las características socioeconómicas de las secciones censales de Chicago que las escuelas charter tienden a localizarse. Confirmando los hallazgos de otros investigadores que han examinado los patrones de localización de las escuelas charter, este análisis brinda evidencias de\"efecto techo\" por el cual en términos generales muchas chárter parecen localizarse en las secciones censales con mayores necesidades en Chicago, pero no ubicarse directamente dentro de las zonas que tienen las mayores necesidades. Los hallazgos sugieren que debido a que las escuelas charter de Chicago tienen gastos por alumno que a menudo son hasta un 20% menores que los de las escuelaspúblicas tradicionales, las chárter se estarían ubicando estratégicamente en esas áreas para aumentar su alumnado. Al ubicarse con frecuencia cerca, pero no directamente en las comunidades másnecesitadas, las escuelas charter serian mas atractivas alumnos que alcanzan resultados académicos relativamente más altos y que son menos costosos para educar, por lo tanto, aumentar lasposibilidades de que las charter alcancen sus metas académicas y retener el estatus de charter. 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