Salvatore Saporito
Biographic Data
| ID | 273279 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Salvatore Saporito |
| GIVEN NAMES | Salvatore |
| FAMILY NAME | Saporito |
| SIGNATURE | SAPORITO S |
| AFFILIATIONS | William & Mary |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9508-8118 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 425 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
A Demographic Approach to Detecting Racial Gerrymanders in U.S. Congressional Districts
The practice of racially gerrymandering political districts entails segregating one racial group from others into and out of individual districts. This study measures the racial segregation of black people in U.S. Congressional Districts using the Areal Unit Segregation Measure (abbreviated S +/− ), a statistic introduced to the literature recently. S +/− measures how much a district packs or cracks some racial group by determining whether a dist…
Using the areal unit segregation measure to identify racially “packed” and “cracked” legislative districts
Shaping Income Segregation in Schools: The Role of School Attendance Zone Geography
This study investigates how much the geographic shapes of school attendance zones contributes to their levels of income segregation while holding constant levels of income segregation across residential areas. Income segregation across attendance zones is measured with the rank ordered information theory index. Income segregation across residential areas is measured using a spatial variant of segregation (newly developed to predict income segrega…
Irregularly-shaped school attendance zones and racial integration
Are There Relationships Among Racial Segregation, Economic Isolation, and Proximity to Green Space
Prior research has investigated differences in exposure to green space between racial and economic groups across the United States. Results have generally shown that people of color and lower-income groups tend to live in neighborhoods with less green space than their more-advantaged counterparts. Our research extends existing studies by measuring the association between racial and economic differences in exposure to green space and racial or eco…
Do Irregularly Shaped School Attendance Zones Contribute to Racial Segregation or Integration
This research investigates if and how much the shapes of school attendance zones contribute to racial segregation in schools. We find that the typical school attendance zone is relatively compact and resembles a square-like shape. Compact zones typically draw children from local residential areas, and since local areas are often racially homogeneous, this suggests that high levels of racial segregation in the largest school districts are largely …
Mapping School Segregation: Using GIS to Explore Racial Segregation between Schools and Their Corresponding Attendance Areas
We examine whether student enrollment in nonneighborhood schools changes levels of racial segregation in public schools across urban school districts by comparing the racial composition of schools and their corresponding attendance area. This comparison was made possible by using geographic information systems (GIS) to link maps of elementary, middle, and high school attendance boundaries with 2000 census data, the Common Core of Data, and the Pr…
School Choice in Black and White: Private School Enrollment Among Racial Groups, 1990–2000
This study investigates how much the racial composition of communities influences the private school enrollment rates of members of different racial groups. Some scholars argue that private school enrollment contributes to racial segregation in public schools because White families attempt to enhance the social status of their children by leaving public schools serving communities with higher percentages of children who are Black. A second group …
Mapping Educational Inequality: Concentrations of Poverty among Poor and Minority Students in Public Schools
We examine high concentrations of poverty in public schools by comparing economic segregation in schools and in their corresponding attendance boundaries. To do this, we assign poverty rates from the 2000 census to maps of school attendance boundaries for 21 of the largest school districts and link this with data enumerating the number of poor children enrolled in each school. Results show that percentages of poor children in neighborhood schools…
From here to there: Methods of allocating data between census geography and socially meaningful areas
Coloring Outside the Lines: Racial Segregation in Public Schools and Their Attendance Boundaries
Scholars have debated whether students' enrollment in private schools changes levels of racial segregation across urban school districts. The authors examine this issue by comparing the actual racial composition of schools with the racial composition of school-aged children living in the corresponding attendance areas. They do so by linking maps of school attendance boundaries with 2000 census data, the Common Core of Data, and the Private School…
Private Choices, Public Consequences: Magnet School Choice and Segregation by Race and Poverty
Little is known about the influence of school choice programs on race and economic segregation in public schools. Studies of housing segregation suggest that small differences in the preferences of particular race or socioeconomic groups have the potential to produce large-scale patterns of segregation. In this study, I raise three questions regarding the link between individual choice and educational segregation: first, are the school choices of…
Quality, Race, and the Urban Education Marketplace Reconsidered
School Selection as a Process: The Multiple Dimensions of Race in Framing Educational Choice
This paper examines how families make choices within the context of a school choice program. School choice proponents suggest that increasing choices for disadvantaged children will have many benefits, including decreasing racial segregation in urban areas. This argument has not been supported with empirical data. In this paper, we use quantitative and interview data from an entire population of eighth graders in a large northeastern school distr…
School Selection as a Process: The Multiple Dimensions of Race in Framing Educational Choice
This paper examines how families make choices within the context of a school choice program. School choice proponents suggest that increasing choices for disadvantaged children will have many benefits, including decreasing racial segregation in urban areas. This argument has not been supported with empirical data. In this paper, we use quantitative and interview data from an entire population of eighth graders in a large northeastern school distr…
Private Choices, Public Consequences: Magnet School Choice and Segregation by Race and Poverty
Little is known about the influence of school choice programs on race and economic segregation in public schools. Studies of housing segregation suggest that small differences in the preferences of particular race or socioeconomic groups have the potential to produce large-scale patterns of segregation. In this study, I raise three questions regarding the link between individual choice and educational segregation: first, are the school choices of…
Coloring Outside the Lines: Racial Segregation in Public Schools and Their Attendance Boundaries
Scholars have debated whether students' enrollment in private schools changes levels of racial segregation across urban school districts. The authors examine this issue by comparing the actual racial composition of schools with the racial composition of school-aged children living in the corresponding attendance areas. They do so by linking maps of school attendance boundaries with 2000 census data, the Common Core of Data, and the Private School…
Mapping Educational Inequality: Concentrations of Poverty among Poor and Minority Students in Public Schools
We examine high concentrations of poverty in public schools by comparing economic segregation in schools and in their corresponding attendance boundaries. To do this, we assign poverty rates from the 2000 census to maps of school attendance boundaries for 21 of the largest school districts and link this with data enumerating the number of poor children enrolled in each school. Results show that percentages of poor children in neighborhood schools…
Mapping School Segregation: Using GIS to Explore Racial Segregation between Schools and Their Corresponding Attendance Areas
We examine whether student enrollment in nonneighborhood schools changes levels of racial segregation in public schools across urban school districts by comparing the racial composition of schools and their corresponding attendance area. This comparison was made possible by using geographic information systems (GIS) to link maps of elementary, middle, and high school attendance boundaries with 2000 census data, the Common Core of Data, and the Pr…
School Choice in Black and White: Private School Enrollment Among Racial Groups, 1990–2000
This study investigates how much the racial composition of communities influences the private school enrollment rates of members of different racial groups. Some scholars argue that private school enrollment contributes to racial segregation in public schools because White families attempt to enhance the social status of their children by leaving public schools serving communities with higher percentages of children who are Black. A second group …
Do Irregularly Shaped School Attendance Zones Contribute to Racial Segregation or Integration
This research investigates if and how much the shapes of school attendance zones contribute to racial segregation in schools. We find that the typical school attendance zone is relatively compact and resembles a square-like shape. Compact zones typically draw children from local residential areas, and since local areas are often racially homogeneous, this suggests that high levels of racial segregation in the largest school districts are largely …
Shaping Income Segregation in Schools: The Role of School Attendance Zone Geography
This study investigates how much the geographic shapes of school attendance zones contributes to their levels of income segregation while holding constant levels of income segregation across residential areas. Income segregation across attendance zones is measured with the rank ordered information theory index. Income segregation across residential areas is measured using a spatial variant of segregation (newly developed to predict income segrega…
Irregularly-shaped school attendance zones and racial integration
From here to there: Methods of allocating data between census geography and socially meaningful areas
Quality, Race, and the Urban Education Marketplace Reconsidered
School Selection as a Process: The Multiple Dimensions of Race in Framing Educational Choice
This paper examines how families make choices within the context of a school choice program. School choice proponents suggest that increasing choices for disadvantaged children will have many benefits, including decreasing racial segregation in urban areas. This argument has not been supported with empirical data. In this paper, we use quantitative and interview data from an entire population of eighth graders in a large northeastern school distr…
Quality, Race, and the Urban Education Marketplace Reconsidered
Private Choices, Public Consequences: Magnet School Choice and Segregation by Race and Poverty
Little is known about the influence of school choice programs on race and economic segregation in public schools. Studies of housing segregation suggest that small differences in the preferences of particular race or socioeconomic groups have the potential to produce large-scale patterns of segregation. In this study, I raise three questions regarding the link between individual choice and educational segregation: first, are the school choices of…
Coloring Outside the Lines: Racial Segregation in Public Schools and Their Attendance Boundaries
Scholars have debated whether students' enrollment in private schools changes levels of racial segregation across urban school districts. The authors examine this issue by comparing the actual racial composition of schools with the racial composition of school-aged children living in the corresponding attendance areas. They do so by linking maps of school attendance boundaries with 2000 census data, the Common Core of Data, and the Private School…
Mapping Educational Inequality: Concentrations of Poverty among Poor and Minority Students in Public Schools
We examine high concentrations of poverty in public schools by comparing economic segregation in schools and in their corresponding attendance boundaries. To do this, we assign poverty rates from the 2000 census to maps of school attendance boundaries for 21 of the largest school districts and link this with data enumerating the number of poor children enrolled in each school. Results show that percentages of poor children in neighborhood schools…
From here to there: Methods of allocating data between census geography and socially meaningful areas
Mapping School Segregation: Using GIS to Explore Racial Segregation between Schools and Their Corresponding Attendance Areas
We examine whether student enrollment in nonneighborhood schools changes levels of racial segregation in public schools across urban school districts by comparing the racial composition of schools and their corresponding attendance area. This comparison was made possible by using geographic information systems (GIS) to link maps of elementary, middle, and high school attendance boundaries with 2000 census data, the Common Core of Data, and the Pr…
School Choice in Black and White: Private School Enrollment Among Racial Groups, 1990–2000
This study investigates how much the racial composition of communities influences the private school enrollment rates of members of different racial groups. Some scholars argue that private school enrollment contributes to racial segregation in public schools because White families attempt to enhance the social status of their children by leaving public schools serving communities with higher percentages of children who are Black. A second group …
Are There Relationships Among Racial Segregation, Economic Isolation, and Proximity to Green Space
Prior research has investigated differences in exposure to green space between racial and economic groups across the United States. Results have generally shown that people of color and lower-income groups tend to live in neighborhoods with less green space than their more-advantaged counterparts. Our research extends existing studies by measuring the association between racial and economic differences in exposure to green space and racial or eco…
Do Irregularly Shaped School Attendance Zones Contribute to Racial Segregation or Integration
This research investigates if and how much the shapes of school attendance zones contribute to racial segregation in schools. We find that the typical school attendance zone is relatively compact and resembles a square-like shape. Compact zones typically draw children from local residential areas, and since local areas are often racially homogeneous, this suggests that high levels of racial segregation in the largest school districts are largely …
Shaping Income Segregation in Schools: The Role of School Attendance Zone Geography
This study investigates how much the geographic shapes of school attendance zones contributes to their levels of income segregation while holding constant levels of income segregation across residential areas. Income segregation across attendance zones is measured with the rank ordered information theory index. Income segregation across residential areas is measured using a spatial variant of segregation (newly developed to predict income segrega…
Irregularly-shaped school attendance zones and racial integration
Using the areal unit segregation measure to identify racially “packed” and “cracked” legislative districts
A Demographic Approach to Detecting Racial Gerrymanders in U.S. Congressional Districts
The practice of racially gerrymandering political districts entails segregating one racial group from others into and out of individual districts. This study measures the racial segregation of black people in U.S. Congressional Districts using the Areal Unit Segregation Measure (abbreviated S +/− ), a statistic introduced to the literature recently. S +/− measures how much a district packs or cracks some racial group by determining whether a dist…
Sociology (12 works) · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (12 works) · School Choice and Performance (11 works) · Demographic economics (10 works) · Demography (10 works) · Geography (10 works) · Economics (9 works) · Gender Studies (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Attendance (7 works)