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Pittsburgh Public School Quality and Neighborhood Median Income

Zachary Goldstein

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Research Question + Scope

Research question: �What is the relationship between the academic performance of students at a school and the socioeconomic status of the neighborhood surrounding a school? ��Scope of the project:�Public schools in the City of Pittsburgh will be studied.

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Data

Academic performance of students at a school: School Performance Profile final score, from report done by PA Department of Education. Largely based on standardized test scores.

Socioeconomic status of a neighborhood: household median income by census tract, from American Community Survey from U.S. Census Bureau.

Pittsburgh School geographic data from Assignment 1.

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All Pittsburgh Public Schools

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Low Scoring Schools (lowest two quintiles)

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High Scoring Schools (highest two quintiles)

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Main Findings

Schools in bottom 40% are in neighborhoods ranging from low-income to middle-income.��Schools in top 40% are in neighborhoods of all income levels, but mostly in middle-income and to upper-income neighborhoods. Exceptions are magnet school, montessori school.�

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Questions?