Michigan Third Grade ELA and Math Test Scores by Census Tract 2016-2017

Third grade English Language Arts and Math test results for the 2016-2017 school year aggregated to census tracts for Michigan. Data Driven Detroit obtained school-level results from MI School Data and aggregated them, suppressing data where fewer than five students were tested per school. The dataset is available in multiple formats including CSV and GEOJSON.

Use Cases

• Analyze ELA and Math score distributions across census tracts to identify geographic educational disparities.
• Map test score performance using the GEOJSON format to visualize spatial patterns in third-grade outcomes.
• Investigate potential correlations between census tract location and aggregated school-level test results.

Strengths

• Data is aggregated to the census tract level, enabling geographic analysis of educational outcomes.
• Student privacy is protected through suppression rules for groups smaller than five students.
• Available in multiple formats including GEOJSON, facilitating mapping and spatial analysis.

Limitations

• The dataset is from a single school year (2016-2017), limiting longitudinal analysis.
• Aggregation from school-level data may obscure variation within individual schools or student demographics.
• Suppression of small groups may create data gaps in tracts with low student populations.

Provenance

Source

MI School Data, aggregated by Data Driven Detroit.

Collection Method

School-level test results were aggregated to census tracts by Data Driven Detroit.

Time Range

2016-2017 school year.

Freshness

Last updated in September 2024, but the underlying data covers the 2016-2017 school year.

Geography

State of Michigan, USA.