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Students who attended schools with higher rates of segregation were significantly more likely to be low achievers than either type of slow decliner.
- Students attending schools with greater proportions of low-income students were significantly more likely to be low achievers than improvers.
- Students attending high poverty schools were significantly more likely to be precipitous decliners than improvers.
- Being female was associated with a greater probability of being a high achiever than a low achiever.
- Similarly, being female was associated with being a high achiever than a precipitous decliner.
- High achievers, relative to the other groups, attended the schools that were the least segregated and had the fewest students qualifying for free lunch.