EFEK STATUS SOSIAL EKONOMI SISWA DAN DESA-KOTA TERHADAP EFISIENSI SEKOLAH MENENGAH PERTAMA NEGERI (SMPN) DI KOTA PADANG

Abstract

The issue of efficiency of education is increasingly important in the context of Indonesia’s decentralization implemented to the big bang approach. Padang city has a strong commitment to educational development. This study aimed to measure the efficiency of education in 35 Junior High School in the city of Padang in the academic year 2009/2010. This study also aims to determine the effects of socioeconomic status and economics student urban-rural location. The method used is Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and a Different Test. The efficiency rate of school on average 93,31 percent was found. Subsequent findings that the school has a student-classroom ratio smaller have a higher level of efficiency. Schools efficiency characterized also by student-classroom ratio is small anyway. Different test result showed that schools with an average student socioeconomic status have a higher average level of efficiency higher than schools with lower socioeconomic status. School located in the city has an average efficiency level higher than rural schools.