The purpose of this study is to investigate the spatial patterns of school-age population density as well as the impacts of urban features on the density, specifically focused on three groups of the school-age population including primary, middle, and...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the spatial patterns of school-age population density as well as the impacts of urban features on the density, specifically focused on three groups of the school-age population including primary, middle, and high school students. The results are threefold. First, spatial distribution patterns of the school-age population density tend to be highly aggregated by the group itself. In particular, the primary school has higher spatial aggregation than other groups. Second, the spatial distribution patterns are different between primary school and middle and high schools. In case of primary school density, the aggregation pattern is shown over the outskirts of Seoul and Gyeonggi province, while the middle and high school densities are highly aggregated at both a secondary center of Seoul and the fringe. Lastly, entrance rate, density of private institutions, housing type, and city size can be the main factors affecting the school-age population density, and moreover, these can attract the school-age population. Estimating demand of new school and student generation rate are often overlooked the inherent urban environments. Because each city has its own social, economic, and educational environments, and moreover, features affecting school-age population are different among the cities, same or similar terms and conditions should not be applied for the educational estimations, meaning that the educational policy related to school-age population should consider the environments particular to the region.