2010 NYC School-Level SAT Score Averages

College Board data provides mean SAT scores for Critical Reading, Mathematics, and Writing from the 2010 graduating seniors in New York City schools. Records include the number of test takers per school and are suppressed for groups of five or fewer students. The dataset was collected and processed by the College Board.

Use Cases

• Analyze correlations between the Number of Test Takers and mean scores in Critical Reading Mean, Mathematics Mean, and Writing Mean across schools.
• Rank schools by Mathematics Mean or Writing Mean to identify top-performing institutions for case studies.
• Build a regression model to predict a school's overall SAT performance using features like Number of Test Takers and DBN as a school identifier.
• Investigate potential reporting gaps by identifying records where scores are suppressed ('s') due to small cohort sizes.

Strengths

• Includes three distinct subject score averages: Critical Reading Mean, Mathematics Mean, and Writing Mean.
• Data suppression for groups of five or fewer students protects student privacy.

Limitations

• Sample size per school is unknown, and data for small cohorts is suppressed.
• Dataset is limited to a single year (2010) and may not reflect current trends.
• Scores are based on self-reported graduation year and school enrollment, which may introduce selection bias.

Provenance

Source

College Board

Collection Method

Collected via SAT Questionnaire completed by students during exam registration.

Time Range

2010

Freshness

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Geography

New York City schools