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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. I did this in part because every time wealth inequality comes up it is hard to compare schools to each other. FARMS just gives you the low end, not any indication of the high end. Looking at other data sources and proxies is problematic. Data sources often aren't closely tied to school boundaries, and it is hard to demonstrate you're not cherry picking data.

I double checked the logic and did some consistency checks with zip codes. The data seems to be accurate. But this isn't the median income for families of students- it includes young married couples and married retirees. Even for families with kids, it includes single-parent households and single-earner households. These will drive the median lower than whatever you might intuitively expect. And in some cases, people underestimate how many multi-family homes are in an area- you don't need a lot of space to offset expensive SFHs.[/quote]

Now that your've done this, does it show anything not already present in FARMs data? [/quote]

It would be kind of nice to add FARMS data onto the original chart, so we could see if the median income is like the general income or if it's an inbetween of really high income and really low income.

Then look at the proficiency rates for each of the groups at the school.  Which based off of the other thread about Wootton Option H can see if there FARMS students have higher scores at schools with a good percentage of households that have an income of $200k or more.  And I guess you can't really look at the reverse, other than looking at the non FARMS numbers.[/quote]

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