Data from data.cityofnewyork.us provides counts of students participating in high school admissions, taking the SHSAT, and receiving offers for each public NYC middle school. The dataset includes columns for Feeder School Name, Feeder School DBN, Year, Count of Students in HS Admissions, Count of Testers, Number of Offers, and Number of Discovery participants. It was last updated on 2025-12-04 21:49:03.
Use Cases
- Analyze feeder school performance trends over time using Year, Feeder School Name, and Number of Offers.
- Calculate SHSAT participation rates per school using Count of Students in HS Admissions and Count of Testers.
- Identify schools with high Discovery program participation using Feeder School DBN and Number of Discovery participants.
- Compare offer rates across different school districts using Feeder School DBN (which encodes district) and Number of Offers.
Strengths
- Data is sourced from the official NYC open data platform (data.cityofnewyork.us).
- Includes a direct link to a related SHSAT Overall Summary dataset for broader context.
- Provides seven distinct columns for granular analysis at the school-year level.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- data.cityofnewyork.us
- Freshness
- Last updated 2025-12-04 21:49:03; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- New York City, USA