In EducationWeek:
“And the problem is more acute in northern states, where there are many tiny districts that align with town or city borders, than southern states, where school districts generally align with county lines.The more districts a state has, the authors note, the more opportunities there are for ‘educational gerrymandering’ leading to K-12 segregation by income level.”
Eesha Pendharkar
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/is-your-school-district-underfunded/2021/10