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Education Continuation Standardized

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Education Continuation Standardized

Calculated

Standardized education continuation rate (z-score scaled to 0-100)

Technical Field

This is an internally standardized version of the Education Continuation Rate, scaled to a 0-100 range for use in our performance scoring algorithm. For understanding what Education Continuation Rate means, please see the Education Continuation Rate field documentation.

The standardization process converts raw percentage scores into a normalized scale that can be combined with other metrics in our composite performance calculations.

Technical Details

Column Name
education_continuation_rate_normalized
Data Source
Calculated

Coverage by School Phase

How many schools have data available for this field.

Primary
0% 0 / 17910
Secondary
0% 0 / 1263
Secondary with Sixth Form
87% 1785 / 2033
Sixth Form Only
88% 255 / 289
All-through
30% 81 / 269
Special
0% 0 / 2059
Independent
0% 3 / 1724
Good (80%+)
Moderate (50-79%)
Poor (<50%)

Score Weight by School Phase

How much this field contributes to the overall performance score.

Secondary with Sixth Form
20%
Sixth Form Only
40%

Distribution by School Phase

Statistical distribution of values across schools.

Min
0.0
Max
87.6
Mean
47.52
Median
47.43
Std Dev
16.06
Schools
2121
Secondary with Sixth Form (1785)
13
33
72
112
234
378
393
389
142
19
0 9 18 26 35 44 53 61 70 79 88
Sixth Form Only (255)
8
68
38
34
24
27
28
21
6
1
0 9 18 26 35 44 53 61 70 79 88
All-through (81)
1
1
4
9
13
15
26
11
1
0 9 18 26 35 44 53 61 70 79 88

Related Fields

Fields that correlate with Education Continuation Standardized. Click to explore.

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0.973 Employment Rate Standardized
-0.806 Employment Rate
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0.552 Progress 8 Standardized
0.552 Progress 8 CI Lower
0.55 Attainment 8
0.549
Positive correlation
Negative correlation