%0 Journal Article
%A Díaz Guerra Romero, Alejandro
%A Martí González, María Carla
%A Antino, Mirko
%A Rodríguez Muñoz, Alfredo
%T Unlocking socioeconomic insights through schools’ geolocation: an innovative methodology for educational research
%D 2025
%@ 1015-5759
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/133155
%X The Socio-Economic Status (SES) of schools is arguably the most widely used contextual variable in educational research. Traditional approaches for gathering school SES information have frequently relied upon numerous items – some of which are open-ended – imposing a significant burden on both informants and researchers. To address this concern, this article proposes an efficient approach to leveraging socioeconomic information by employing a geolocation-based methodology. Through the examination of a Spanish PISA 2018 dataset, we illustrate that utilizing schools' geolocation proves to be a time-efficient mechanism for gathering school-level socioeconomic information. The article delves into the methodological and practical implications arising from these findings.
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