Structural School Characteristics and Neighborhood Risk Factors: Associations with Student-Reported School Climate in a Large, Urban Public School District in the United States.

ABSTRACT: School climate consistently predicts youth academic success, social-emotional well-being, and substance use, and positive school climate can buffer the negative effects of community violence exposure on youth development. Various structural school and neighborhood factors have been associated with school climate, but prior research has not examined these relations comprehensively. We examined the relation between 18 school building and school neighborhood factors with student-reported school climate among 15,833 students in 124 public schools in a large, urban district in the United States. In this sample, attendance rate was most consistently associated with school climate (β = 0.015; p < .001). Teacher years of experience, mobility rate, number of students in special education, ad

SUBMITTER: Moore SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10624158 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature