Table 2.
Children’s average elementary school experiences over time
| School Performance (%) | School Climate of Academic Rigor (%) | School Climate of Student Support (%) | School Neighborhood Crime (N) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descriptive Characteristics | M | (SD) | M | (SD) | M | (SD) | M | (SD) |
| Kindergarten | 52.5 | (18.1) | 72.3 | (8.5) | 77.1 | (8.3) | 670.9 | (544.1) |
| 1st Grade | 57.2 | (18.1) | 75.8 | (8.9) | 79.3 | (8.1) | 708.1 | (561.8) |
| 2nd Grade | 59.6 | (16.1) | 78.7 | (8.6) | 88.7 | (9.0) | 670.7 | (512.7) |
| 3rd Grade | 62.6 | (14.9) | 76.6 | (9.3) | 95.6 | (3.4) | 616.3 | (482.5) |
| 4th Grade | 66.4 | (13.9) | 76.6 | (9.2) | 95.6 | (3.2) | 658.1 | (510.1) |
| 5th Grade | 69.0 | (14.5) | 76.9 | (9.5) | 95.7 | (3.3) | 621.0 | (491.5) |
| Average (K-5th) | 60.4 | (12.6) | 75.8 | (7.5) | 88.1 | (6.4) | 654.7 | (438.7) |
| Valid N (K-5th) | 581 | 552 | 552 | 581 | ||||
| Correlations | ||||||||
| Sch Academic Rigor | .36** | |||||||
| Sch Student Support | .23** | .57** | ||||||
| Sch Neigh Crime | −.41** | −.19** | −.17** | |||||
Notes:
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p < .01; Kindergarten = 2006 for cohort 1, 2007 for cohort 2; 1st grade = 2007 for cohort 1, 2008 for cohort 2; 2nd grade = 2008 for cohort 1, 2009 for cohort 2; 3rd grade = 2009 for cohort 1, 2010 for cohort 2; 4th grade = 2010 for cohort 1, 2011 for cohort 2; 5th grade = 2011 for cohort 1, 2012 for cohort 2