General CPS School Comparison Question
Hi,
We are researching schools to prepare for the fall. Could someone help me understand why, even after controlling for poverty/SES, some schools seem to perform significantly better than others. Is there something I am missing? Do they have better administrations, is there something different about the parent/student body to account for such a difference, etc.?
For example, Prescott’s student body is 31% economically disadvantaged, but 62% are reading proficient and 54% are math proficient.
Compare that to a school like Pulaski (a school 1.6 miles away) - also a neighborhood school in a good area that does quite a bit of fundraising and seems to have heavy parent involvement. 38% economically disadvantaged, but only 35% proficient in reading and math.
Any insight?