National Neighborhood Data Archive (NaNDA): Neighborhood-School Gap by ZIP Code Tabulation Area, United States, 2009-2010 and 2015-2016

This dataset contains measures of neighborhood-school gap for 2009-2010 and 2015-2016. Neighborhood-school gap (NS gap) refers to the discrepancy between the demographics of a public school and its surrounding community. For example, if 60% of a school’s student body is Black, but 30% of the neighborhood population is Black, the school has a positive Black neighborhood-school gap. The dataset measures gaps in race and poverty between elementary school student populations and the ZIP code tabulation areas (ZCTAs) that those elementary schools serve. Data is at the ZCTA level. Supplemental data containing component variables used to calculate NS gap at the school and block group level is also available.<br><br> A curated version of this data is available through ICPSR at http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR38579.v1