Read the following link http://www.texastribune.org/public-ed/explore/ and answer below questions;

1. Where is the district located? [Note: Giving a single street address is not an adequate answer.]

2. How many students attend the district?
3. How many students attend public schools statewide? (The database allows you to view state data in addition to individual district data. You can find an overview of the state data on the
homepage of the Tribune website.)
4. What is the district’s demographic profile? Write a paragraph in which you compare and contrast the racial/ethnic makeup of the district’s student body with the racial/ethnic makeup of
public school students statewide.

5. Has the racial/ethnic make-up of the district changed appreciably since 2007? Is so, how has it changed? Which groups, if any, have increased proportionally; which, if any, have
decreased? [Be careful to use percentages correctly. For example, if the percentage of white students falls from 40 percent to 35 percent, that is NOT a 5 percent decrease. Use the website linked
above to learn how percentages work.] Please note that this question does not ask for a statewide comparison.
6. Some youngsters are at significant risk of dropping out of school or otherwise failing academically because of life circumstances. The following website identifies risk factors for
dropping out or failing: http://www.misacor-usa.org/index.php/why-students-dropout-a-risk-factors. The Tribune database includes statistics showing the percentage of students with various risk
factors for each district and for statewide. Write a paragraph in which you compare and contrast district students with students statewide in terms of academic risk factors. Based on the data,
would you conclude that the district faces a relatively challenging academic environment or not compared with the risk environment statewide? (Do NOT include actual dropout rates in your analysis
of this question.) Discuss.

7. How many high-school freshmen were enrolled in the district in 2007? How many seniors were enrolled in 2010? What percentage of district freshmen persisted until their senior year? (Do
the actual math. If you do not know how to do this math, then study the material on percentages linked above.) Now, do the same calculation using statewide data. What percentage of 2007 freshmen
statewide persisted to their senior year in 2010? Based on these data, does the district do a better or worse than average job of retaining its students through high school compared with the state
average? Are the data for the district consistent with what you would expect considering the level of academic risk facing district students that you discussed in your answer to the last question?
Explain.
8. How do you rate the academic performance of the district? Write a paragraph in which you compare and contrast the academic performance of district students with students statewide. Use at
least two of the measures given on the website, discussing why each measure is important.

9. How do you rate the quality of the district’s faculty? Write a paragraph comparing the strength of district personnel with statewide averages using data found in the database. Be sure to
identify the measures that you consider most appropriate for assessing the faculty quality. Do NOT use student performance data to address this question.
10. Assume that you are a parent considering purchasing a home in the district. Would you be comfortable having your children attend its schools? Write a paragraph giving your overall
evaluation of the district based on the data found at the website.