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Every year, American high school students take SATs, which are standardized tests intended to measure literacy, numeracy, and writing skills. There are three sections - reading, math, and writing, each with a maximum score of 800 points. These tests are extremely important for students and colleges, as they play a pivotal role in the admissions process.
Analyzing the performance of schools is important for a variety of stakeholders, including policy and education professionals, researchers, government, and even parents considering which school their children should attend.
You have been provided with a dataset called schools.csv, which is previewed below.
You have been tasked with answering three key questions about New York City (NYC) public school SAT performance.
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import pandas as pd
# Read in the data
schools = pd.read_csv("schools.csv")
# Preview the data
schools.head()
# Start coding here...
# Add as many cells as you like...Schools with the highest math score in the SAT exam
best_math_schools = schools[schools["average_math"] >= 640][["school_name",
"average_math"]].sort_values("average_math", ascending = False)
best_math_schools.head()Total score for each school across the 3 SAT sections
schools["total_SAT"] = schools["average_math"] + schools["average_reading"] + schools["average_writing"]
schools.head()The Top 10 performing schools based on the scores across the three SAT sections
top_10_schools = schools.groupby("school_name", as_index=False)["total_SAT"].mean().sort_values("total_SAT", ascending=False).head(10)
print(top_10_schools)Which NYC borough has the highest standard deviation for total_SAT? Firstly, calculate the standard deviation, average and count(number of schools) for each borough
borough = schools.groupby("borough")["total_SAT"].agg(["count", "mean", "std"]).round(2)
borough.head()largest_std_dev = borough[borough["std"] == borough['std'].max()]
largest_std_dev = largest_std_dev.rename(columns={"count":"num_schools", "mean":"average_SAT", "std":"std_SAT"})
largest_std_dev.head()