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Socioeconomic Outcomes for Indigenous Students Attending a High-Performing School

Abstract:I examine the effect of attending a high-performing school on long-run outcomes for an Indigenous population. I compare long-run outcomes for students who were admitted via lottery admissions to those via testing-based admissions; a secondary comparison group is based on the lottery-admitted students' siblings. Positive associations were found between attending the institution and long-run adult income and volunteerism. Additional analysis indicates that students who score highest on standardized testing at sixth grade benefit most from having highly skilled peers who enter the school in subsequent years. While the results cannot be interpreted as causal, findings indicate a relationship between high-performing schools and long-run child outcomes later in life, as has been shown in non-Indigenous populations.