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The relationship between school funding and student performance continues to be a hotly debated political and philosophical issue. Typical of the data available are the following figures, showing the per-pupil expenditures and graduation rate for twenty-six randomly chosen districts in Massachusetts. Graph the data and superimpose the least squares line,
District | Spending per Pupil (in 1000s),
|
Graduation Rate,
|
Dighton-Rehoboth | $10.0 | 88.7 |
Duxbury | $10.2 | 93.2 |
Tyngsorough | $10.2 | 95.1 |
Lynnfield | $10.3 | 94.0 |
Southwick-Tolland | $10.3 | 88.3 |
Clinton | $10.8 | 89.9 |
Athol-Royalston | $11.0 | 67.7 |
Tantasqua | $11.0 | 90.2 |
Ayer | $11.2 | 95.5 |
Adams-Cheshire | $11.6 | 75.2 |
Danvers | $12.1 | 84.6 |
Lee | $12.3 | 85.0 |
Needham | $12.6 | 94.8 |
New Bedford | $12.7 | 56.1 |
Springfield | $12.9 | 54.4 |
Manchester Essex | $13.0 | 97.9 |
Dedham | $13.9 | 83.0 |
Lexington | $14.5 | 94.0 |
Chatham | $14.7 | 91.4 |
Newton | $15.5 | 94.2 |
Blackstone Valley | $16.4 | 97.2 |
Concord Carlisle | $17.5 | 94.4 |
Pathfinder | $18.1 | 78.6 |
Nantucket | $20.8 | 87.6 |
Essex | $22.4 | 93.3 |
Provincetown | $24.0 | 92.3 |
Data from: profiles.doe.mass.edu/state–report/ppx.aspx.
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