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schools urban neighborhoods receive less funding less programming poorer infrastructure disparities may impede academic outcomes among youth study used publicly available data examine association school characteristics surrounding neighborhood environment educational outcomes across three academic years among 132 schools passaic county new jersey assessed schools socioeconomic status could buffer effects schools neighborhood disadvantage academic outcomes results supported compound deprivation theory highlighting lowerperforming schools located lowerresourced neighborhoods school characteristics neighborhood resource deprivation associated lower math english science academic performance additionally found associations neighborhood resources math science academic outcomes strongest schools greater economic support provide implications research practice identifying multifaceted approaches challenge educational disparities addressing school neighborhoodlevel disadvantages improve educational outcomes youth