century is the success of the school consolidation movement. Between 1930 and 1970, 9 out of every 10 school districts were … eliminated through consolidation. Nearly two-thirds of schools that existed as of 1930 were gone by 1970. The overall effect of … brief, dynamic period. While school consolidation represents arguably the most profound reform movement in 20th century …

increased from 170 to 2,300 students, as over 120,000 schools and 100,000 districts were eliminated via consolidation. We … exploit variation in the timing of consolidation across states to estimate the effects of changing school and district size on … consolidation of districts were far outweighed by the harmful effects of larger schools. Reduced form estimates of the effects of …