Socioeconomic Status

By: Anthony Caison, Jenna Stell, Abby

Weitkamp, Banks Hand
 Is the socioeconomic
status of schools and
students causative or
Our Question correlative of students
taking advantage of
opportunities?
What is
Socioeconomic
Status?

Socioeconomic status is the level of influence that a

combination of factors such as income, race, gender,
environment, and education can have on a persons
life.
 Claims

1. Socioeconomic status is correlative with opportunities

in teacher pay, low SES, middle SES, and high SES.
2. The 3 major factors of socioeconomic status are
environment, family background, and income.
3. Socioeconomic status affects the quality of education.
 Teacher Pay

Pay-for-percentile
Teacher supplement
Distribution of teachers
 Low Socioeconomic Status
Environment
Community
School
Home
Motivation & Grit
 Middle Socioeconomic Status

Private Schools
College Cost
Taxes
 High Socioeconomic Status

Higher Test Scores

Stronger
Relationships
Teachers
Peers
 Income
Money received from
work.
Ranges in income
Higher
Middle
Lower
Occupations in each class
 Family Background

Parents past education

How their past education relates to their present
occupation.
Classes are hard to move up in
Future generations
 Environment

The surroundings or conditions a person lives in.

Neighborhoods
Better vs worse
Affecting public schools
Near by public schools
Quality of Education
Currently Education quality is very different among different areas. Areas with a
higher population of lower income citizens, experience less funding of education
leading to lower wages of teachers. Education affects wages so people who do
not have good education are suffering consequences as seen below.
Solution
There are some major actions that
need to happen to better education:

Spread quality teachers equally

among schools.
Increase student motivation
through a better environment
and educational role models.
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