"Zoned schools" refers to the schools that students are assigned to based on where they live. It means that students are required to attend the specific school in their designated residential area. Full definition
Across the city, zoned schools in heavily chartered neighborhoods have higher percentages of high - needs children than a decade ago; far higher, in fact, than the surrounding charter schools. (gothamgazette.com)
Even the concept of zoned schooling is anti-democratic (and anti-consumer) because it is the school district dictating school options, not the parents determining which schools their kids should attend. (dropoutnation.net)
Yet those who would prefer something more structured and rigorous than what's offered by their local zoned schools are told to stay there and «work to make it better.» (educationnext.org)