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Educational Options  \nAlex Spurrier, Sara Hodges, and Jennifer O’Neal Schiess  \nTable of Contents  \nClick on each title below to jump directly to the corresponding section. Introduction 4  \nAccess to Rental Housing Means Access to Schools for Low-Income Families 6  \nAssessing the Affordability of Rental Housing in School Districts 8  \nEducational Inequities are Closely Linked to Housing Inequities 10  \nEducational Gerrymandering: Isolating Poverty and Consolidating Wealth 13  \nMore District Lines, More Barrier Borders 16  \nImplications for Policymakers 21  \nMethodology 23  \nLimitations 25  \nEndnotes 26  \nAcknowledgments 27  \nAbout the Authors 28  \nAbout Bellwether Education Partners 28  \nIntroduction  \nublic schools have long been considered a public good in America. We pay taxes that  \nPfund tutheir diorsneeexcKh-a12 sngec, oourlsscthhaolascecexipt ast tondpreoucidaeaelysutnes wt wiho cometh an eqlrough  \nopportunity to succeed.  \nBut that ideal is far removed from the lives of millions of schoolchildren.  \nPublic school district doors are not always open to every student in a community. Instead, geographic boundaries of school districts mostly determine who is eligible to attend district schools—limiting access to those who can afford to live within those boundaries. In many cases, district boundaries are barriers blocking low-income families from accessing particular public school systems. If all public schools offered equivalent opportunities or were resourced equitably district to district, these geographic limitations might not matter. But school quality varies district to district, as do the programs offered and the resources available to support students’ learning and development.  \nThe combination of two factors—how district boundaries are drawn and where accessible housing is located—often have the effect of clustering lower-income families into some districts and separating more affluent families into others. Despite the efforts of state and federal funding programs designed to equalize opportunity in both education and housing, the districts with a high concentration of low-income housing generate less in school funding from local, state, and federal sources than more affluent districts with inaccessible housing—an inequitable gap that averages $6,355 in district funding per pupil and affects  \n12.8 million students across the country.  \n[ 4 ] Bellwether Education Partners  \nOur public school system should provide every student with a fair chance to achieve the American dream. However, in far too many communities, the structure of district boundaries and the market for rental housing limit options for our highest-need students while simultaneously providing added advantages for their affluent peers. Unless policymakers address the interrelated problems of school district boundaries and housing affordability, millions of families will continue to find themselves priced out of their preferred public school systems.  \nThis brief examines the relationships among rental housing access, per-pupil funding, and school district boundaries in our country’s 200 largest metropolitan areas by exploring three core questions:  \n• How much access do low-income families have to housing in each public school district?  \n• What is the relationship between the accessibility of rental housing in school districts and per-pupil funding?  \n• How do school district boundaries affect low-income families’ access to public schooling options within their broader communities?  \nGeographic restrictions to public school systems are a challenge low-income families face that consistently hinders their access to public education opportunities enjoyed by affluent families. 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