- High SES students attend schools advantaged in programmatic resources such as AP and IB subjects and sports offerings, teachers with graduate degrees and social resources in the form of high SES and high resources student bodies.
- High family SES is associated with attending a private school over a public one and is negatively associated with attending a high school In a rural area.
- The results show significant positive effects of Family SES on all marks of distinction except for IB subject taking.
- Social resources, in the form of the socioeconomic composition of other students, are associated with higher scores on the SAT/ACT exam (an effect which is even larger than that of family SES), but are not associated with any other mark of distinction.
- School resource significantly mediate the effect of family SES on all marks of distinction except IB subject taking and extracurricular activities.