highschool_dropout {heuristica}

Chicago high school dropout rates.

Description

Chicago high school dropout rates from 1995 and associated variables like average students per teacher and percent low income students. All cues are real-valued but some have N/A values. It includes rows accidentally omitted in prior research.

Usage

highschool_dropout

Format

A data frame.

Name

Name of School

Running_Number

Running Number

Included_in_Web_and_Web_Corrected

If 1, then this row was accidentally omitted in the ABC studies from 1993

Dropout_Rate

Dropout rate in percent, from 0 to 100, counting all students in grades 9 through 12 who left school permanently during the 1993-4 school year

Completeness_of_Data

Completeness of data

Enrollment

Enrollment as of September 30, 1993

Attendance_Rate

Attendance rate in percent, from 0 to 100, averaged over the school year

Graduation_Rate

Graduation rate in percent, from 0 to 100, based on freshmen who finished together 4 years later, in 1994

Parental_Involvement_Rate

Parental involvement rate in percent, from 0 to 100, counted as parents who had contact with teachers as a percent of students (with no firm state rules on how to measure this)

Limited_English_Students

Limited English Students in percent, from 0 to 100, based on the number of students found eligible for bilingual education

Low_Income_Students

Low Income Students in percent, from 0 to 100, based on families eligible for free or reduced price lunches or are publicly supported

Average_Class_Size_Student_per_Teacher

Calculated as number of students divided by number of teachers on the first day of May

Percent_White_Students

Percent white students, from 0 to 100

Percent_Black_Students

Percent black students, from 0 to 100

Percent_Hispanic_Students

Percent hispanic students, from 0 to 100

Percent_Asian_Students

Percent asian students, from 0 to 100

Percent_Minority_Teacher

Percent minority teacher, from 0 to 100

Average_Composite_ACT_Score

Average composite ACT Score

Reading

Reading score on Illinois Goal Assessment Program (IGAP)

Math

Math score on IGAP

Science

Science score on IGAP

Social_Science

Social science score on IGAP

Writing

Writing score on IGAP

Details

The data is based on:

Morton, Felicia B. (1995). Charting a School's Course. Chicago. February, pp. 86-95.

Rodkin, Dennis. (1995). 10 Keys for Creating Top High Schools. Chicago. February, pp. 78-85.

This is the data set used in simulations by the ABC (Adaptive Behavior and Cognition) research group.