– These analyses find strong relationships among math performance, a key indicator of college readiness for courses of study in STEM, and neighborhood factors within school catchment areas. For example, high percentages of unemployed residents are negatively correlated to math performance, while high median household income is positively correlated with math performance. These relationships vary spatially across middle and high school catchment areas.
– Percent non White or Asian, percent IEP, and percent economically disadvantaged are strongly and significantly correlated to math performance. Each of these variables is negatively correlated to math performance.
– From the neighborhood variables, Median household income, percent unemployed, percent of neighborhood with high school diploma only, and percent of neighborhood with a Bachelors Degree are significantly correlated. Median household income and percent with a Bachelors Degree are positively associated, while percent unemployed and percent with high school diploma only are negatively associated.
– . SAT performance and AP enrollment were negatively associated with diploma earning while positively associated with bachelor’s degree attainment.
* Correlations between composition within neighborhood and school and math readiness.