Outliers
NYC schools ranked against their peer group of ~40 demographically similar schools (same grade band). Direction-adjusted — a higher percentile always means better outcomes.
3rd grade ELA mean scale score — Mean scale score of 3rd grade test-takers on the NYS ELA assessment.
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Direction: Higher is better.
Proclivity decile (1–10): based on student-body characteristics — % economically disadvantaged, % ELL, % students with disabilities. 1 = most-advantaged, 10 = most-challenged.
Methodology & replication recipe — the data sources, queries, and steps behind this ranking.