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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
print(schools.head())
# Start coding here...
# Add as many cells as you like...# Calculate average math score for each school
best_math_schools = schools[schools['average_math'] >= 640][['school_name', 'average_math']]
best_math_schools = best_math_schools.sort_values(by='average_math', ascending=False)# Calculate total SAT score for each school
schools['total_SAT'] = schools["total_SAT"] = schools["average_math"] + schools["average_reading"] + schools["average_writing"]top_10_schools = schools[['school_name', 'total_SAT']]
top_10_schools = top_10_schools.sort_values(by='total_SAT', ascending=False).head(10)borough_stats = schools.groupby('borough')['total_SAT'].agg(['mean', 'std', 'count'])
borough_stats = borough_stats.round(2) # Find borough with the largest standard deviation
largest_std_dev = borough_stats[borough_stats['std'] == borough_stats['std'].max()]
largest_std_dev = largest_std_dev.reset_index()
largest_std_dev.columns = ['borough', 'average_SAT', 'std_SAT', 'num_schools']print("\nTop Schools with Best Math Results:")
print(best_math_schools)print("\nTop 10 Performing Schools based on Total SAT Scores:")
print(top_10_schools)print("\nBorough with Largest Standard Deviation in Total SAT Scores:")
print(largest_std_dev)