Study links school redistricting to higher rates of firearm violence in urban communities

Key findings

• Among the studied census tracts, 5,665, or 1.5% of all tracts, had some type of school redistricting event.
• After adjusting for community characteristics, such as sociodemographic data, any school redistricting was associated with a 10.6% higher firearm incidence rate compared to communities that did not redistrict schools.
• School boundary adjustments specifically were associated with a 21.3% increase in firearm injury incidence rate.

Observations on study results

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