Introduction.

In this article is shown a methodology that allows each of the public schools of the city of Barranquilla to assses their performance with respect to other official institutions, providing them with the opportunity to establish plans for potential improvements for their organization.

Objective.

To evaluate and analyze through the Data Envelopment Analysis technique (DEA in Spanish), the relative efficiency and productivity with the Malmquist index regarding the use of resources of the public schools of the District of Barranquilla.

Materials and methods.

Identification of input and output variables using Multicriteria methodology and application of surveys to experts, following the guidelines proposed by Golany and Roll for the use of the DEA technique.

Results.

The results of this study indicate that, from the 148 schools analyzed, 56 had an increase in their productivity, that is, 38% of the total number of institutions. Likewise, it was observed that in the years2012 and 2013 the number of efficient schools are 54 and 57 respectively.

Conclusion.

The efficiency was evaluated considering the DEA CCR-O model with constant returns to scale. The efficiency analysis was carried out taking into account the five localities of the Barranquilla District (Riomar, Norte Centro Histórico, Metropolitana, Suroriente and Suroccidente), and efficiency values were generated for the years 2012 and 2013.

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