A Classic Economies of Size Analysis of Average School Costs: An Iowa Case Study

Mark Edelman and James J. Knudsen

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Abstract: This study found size economies in Iowa school districts. An asymmetric U-shaped cost curve provided the best fit. Costs were minimized at 2,952 per pupil and 2,442 pupils, but most size economies-within 100 per pupil-were achieved at 800 to 900 pupils. Implications for school reorganization were discussed.

Date: 1990-01-01
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Published in North Central Journal of Agricultural Economics, January 1990, vol. 12 no. 1, pp. 99-108

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