Education Working Paper No. 9  April 2005

Table 4: Effect of Increasing District Size to Benchmark Levels for Certain States 2001 District Size in Sq. Miles 2002 Graduation Rate Graduation Rate If Districts are Size of National Median(62 Sq. Miles) Graduation Rate If Districts are Size of Florida's (260 Sq. Miles) Illinois 62 74% 73% 68% Massachuse tts 22 75% 73% 69% Arizona 277 70% N/A* 66% Arkansas 168 72% 71% 67% * Arizona's districts are already slightly larger than national median.

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