School district spending vs. outcome standards

Source: SmallCity_CostModel.xls · likely New York State districts, based on place names and the "small city school district" designation used in the file · single cross-section (no year field in the source)

Bubble chart plotting each school district's outcome gap against its spending as a percent of estimated cost, with a toggle between the current average outcomes standard and the high outcomes standard, and bubble size showing enrollment. Individual districts or the group of designated small city school districts can be selected and are highlighted in distinct colors.

Standard:

666 districts · bubble size = enrollment

Scatter of school districts: x-axis is spending as a percent of the cost of the selected outcome standard, y-axis is the outcome gap to that standard, bubble size is enrollment.
Enrollment

Current average standard: x-axis = current spending as % of the cost of current average outcomes; y-axis = outcome gap to current average. 666 of 692 districts in the source file have complete data; the rest are excluded for missing values. 57 districts carry New York's official "small city school district" designation — use the Small Cities button to highlight them as a group. Each selected district or group gets its own color, matched to its chip below.