Chris Bjornstad, et. al. (Univ. of Iowa)
“Schools, Neighborhoods, and Student Outcomes”
“Neighborhood schools can promote healthy biking and walking habits, encourage parental involvement, and increase accessibility to extracurricular activities. The community can benefit from a neighborhood school when it serves as a neighborhood anchor, functions as a community center, and is a source of social cohesion.”
“[H]ome buyers are willing to pay more to own a home within one mile of a school than to own the same house located between one and two miles away” this impacts the tax base which is a source of school funding.