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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.
# Re-run this cell
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...best_math_schools = schools[schools["average_math"] >= 800*0.8][["school_name", "average_math"]].sort_values("average_math", ascending=False)print(best_math_schools)top_10_schools = schools
top_10_schools["total_SAT"] = schools["average_math"] + schools["average_reading"] + schools["average_writing"]
top_10_schools = top_10_schools[["school_name", "total_SAT"]]
print(top_10_schools)top_10_schools = top_10_schools.sort_values("total_SAT", ascending=False).head(10)
print(top_10_schools)largest_std_dev = schools
largest_std_dev["total_SAT"] = schools["average_math"] + schools["average_reading"] + schools["average_writing"]
largest_std_dev = largest_std_dev.groupby("borough").agg(
num_schools=("school_name","count"),
average_SAT=("total_SAT", "mean"),
std_SAT=("total_SAT","std")
)
print(largest_std_dev)largest_std_dev = largest_std_dev.sort_values("std_SAT", ascending=False)
largest_std_dev["average_SAT"] = largest_std_dev["average_SAT"].round(2)
largest_std_dev["std_SAT"] = largest_std_dev["std_SAT"].round(2)
print(largest_std_dev)largest_std_dev = largest_std_dev.head(1)
print(largest_std_dev)