TABLE I. Demographic Data for the Seven Participating Schools.
| Participating schools | Mobilitya index | % Freea or reduced lunch | Distance to downtown (in miles) |
Parents levelb of education | Average home sale pricec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | |||||
| 1 | 19.5 | 27.69 | 8.35 | 5.3 | 1.2 | $163,064.08d |
| 2 | 6.8 | 1.58 | 13.22 | 5.8 | 0.7 | $240,865.00 |
| 3 | 18.9 | 29.04 | 7.98 | 4.7 | 1.0 | $118,740.42 |
| 4 | 16.2 | 14.71 | 16.33 | 5.4 | 1.1 | $231,556.00 |
| 5 | 20.1 | 11.11 | 9.25 | 5.5 | 1.1 | $146,669.34 |
| 6 | 18.0 | 12.67 | 7.55 | 5.0 | 0.9 | $123,123.98 |
| 7 | 16.2 | 18.70 | 8.63 | 5.0 | 0.9 | $118,740.42 |
a
Mobility index and percentage of free/reduced lunches based on 1997 data. District-wide figures ranged from 4.8 to 51.0 (X = 20.79) and 1.58−79.70 (X = 30.76%), respectively.
b
Level of education was coded as follows: 4 = completed grade 12; 5 = completed 1 to 3 years of college; 6 = completed 4 year college; 7 = University /graduate school. Data were available for parents of 202 of the 209 participants; most recently available information was used. Mother's education level was used except for one household headed by a single-parent father.
c
Based on Metropolitan Regional Information Systems, Inc. from homes sold in 2001.
d
Sale price figure may be inflated compared to income because of a significant number of rental apartments in this area.