This document provides instructions for an online data analysis activity where students search a government education database to find data on their own school and two other schools with similar grade levels. Students are asked to compare the student-teacher ratios, locales, and race/ethnicity demographics of the three schools and analyze trends in enrollment data to make conclusions.

1. Name: Date:
ONLINE DATA ANALYSIS QUEST
1. Go to http://nces.ed.gov/
2. Find “School, College, and Library Search” – Click on first choice
3. Type in the information to find your school.
4. Take a “snapshot”(Command+shift+4) of your schools data and print
5. Now search for two other schools anywhere in the country. Only one
stipulation, please select schools that have the same grade levels as
yours. For example, if you are going to a high school please choose
other high schools.
6. Below, compare the Student/Teacher ratio, “Locale” and
race/ethnicity of the three schools.
7. Finally, study the graph that represents the “Enrollment by Grade.”
Are there any patterns or trends in the data? Can you make any
educated conclusions based on the given data?
Student/Teacher:
Locale:
Race/Ethnicity:
Your Conclusions: