TABLE 2.
Residential and School Changes Reported by Participants
| Subjects, % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (n = 360) | Control (n = 119) | Healthy Change (n = 118) | System Change (n = 123) | |
| Year 1 | ||||
| Changed schools | 32.1 | 30.5 | 31.6 | 34.2 |
| Changed residence | 24.6 | 28.0 | 18.8 | 26.9 |
| Year 2 | ||||
| Changed schools | 29.2 | 28.8 | 27.2 | 31.6 |
| Changed residence | 25.7 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 27.1 |
| Year 3 | ||||
| Changed schoolsa | 52.3 | 50.0 | 55.8 | 51.3 |
| Changed residence | 25.2 | 27.0 | 23.4 | 25.2 |
| Total (years 1–3)b | ||||
| Did not change schools or residence outside of HS transition | 34.7 | 34.2 | 37.5 | 32.5 |
| Changed residence but not schools | 19.7 | 23.9 | 17.0 | 17.9 |
| Changed schools but not residence | 16.5 | 14.5 | 17.9 | 17.1 |
| Changed schools and residences at least once | 29.2 | 27.4 | 27.7 | 32.5 |
HS, high school.
a
A significant portion of students transitioned from kindergarten through eighth grade to high school by the time of the third-year assessment. All other changes in schools were within kindergarten–through–eighth-grade schools.
b
Any participant who experienced 1 move or school change in each. Overall school change was limited to those who experienced school change in the first 2 years.