SURIGAO STATE COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

Surigao City, Main Campus

GS211 – ADVANCED FIELD ECOLOGY
Professor: DR. MAURICIO S. ADLAON
FIELDWORK NO. 4

Name: Ms. WENDIE B. ESCANER Date: January 27, 2018

Course: MAEd- Gen. Science Score:

POPULATION OF NEW NAZARETH NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

INTRODUCTION

In ecology, a population consists of all the

organisms of a particular species living in a given area.
In everyday life, we often think about population as the
number of people who live in a particular place. e can
describe these populations by their size—what we often
mean by population when we're talking about towns
and cities—as well as by their density—how many
people per unit area—and distribution—how clumped
or spread out the people are (Khan Academy Journal).
Populations can change in their numbers and
structure—for example age and sex distribution—for
New Nazareth National High School at
various reasons. These changes can affect how the
population interacts with its physical environment and New Nazareth, Basilisa, Dinagat Islands
with other species.
The concept of population can also be applied in education by means of getting the total
number of students enrolled in a certain school. Population changes in school vary every school
year due to several factors. Grigg, 2012 stated that students change schools often, and frequent
changes are associated with poor outcomes along numerous dimensions. These moves occur
for many reasons, including both promotional transitions between educational levels and non
promotional moves. Promotional student mobility is less likely than non promotional mobility to
suffer from confounding due to unobserved factors.
This activity aimed to assess the changes of school population in the locality. Certain
factors like age and social economic status were also overlooked.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

The study was conducted in New Nazareth National High School – Junior students from
school year 2014 – 2014 to school year 2017 – 2018. The data of the total populations and age
bracket of students were gathered from the school administrative assistant. Students from any
grade level was randomly selected and interviewed to gather information about their
socioeconomic background. The data gathered were plotted into graph and interpreted.

RESULTS

The following are the data gathered after the study was conducted.

POPULATION

Table 1. The enrolment from SY 2013 – 2014 to 2017 – 2018

SY 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018

Gender Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
Grade 7 22 21 30 18 34 20 19 28 29 24
Grade 8 17 26 25 22 29 13 29 22 19 26
Grade 9 31 20 22 22 18 15 27 15 29 19
Grade 24 18 29 15 21 21 15 15 19 13
10
94 85 106 77 102 69 90 80 96 82
Total

179 183 171 170 178

The table above shows that male students outnumbered over females for the past five
years with an average difference of 20. As shown in the figure below, school year 2014 – 2015
has the highest enrolment over the past five years and school year 2016 – 2017 has the lowest
enrolment rate.

Figure 1. Comparison of the total population from SY 2013 – 2014 to 2017 - 2018
 200

MALE
150
FEMALE
100 TOTAL

50

0
2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018

AGE BRACKET

The figure below shows the comparison of students’ age over the past five years. It can
be entailed that ages 14 – 16 are plenty for the past five years while ages 20 and above are the
most minimal enrolees.

Figure 2. The age bracket of students from SY 2013 – 2014 to 2017 – 2018

7
2017-2018 32
71
68
7
2016-2017 30
73
60 20-above
1
30 17 to 19
2015-2016 94
46 14 to 16
3
2014-2015 27 11 to 13
102
51
5
2013-2014 30
99
45

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

SOCIO ECONOMIC BACKGROUND

 Elsevier B.V., 2018 in a journal Socioeconomic Status provides metric of socioeconomic
background that includes highest level of education attained, education of parents, current
occupation, net income, household income, wealth (assets, capital), and other related variables.
Among the ten students interviewed, 80% have parents in elementary level and self –
employed. Self employment of their parents include farmers, fishermen, sari – sari store vendor
and laundrywoman. The table below shows the economic status of the students.

SOCIO ECONOMIC STATUS OF STUDENTS

elementary secondary tertiary
education of 8 2
parents
government private sector self-employed
worker worker
current occupation 1 1 8
of parents
1000 - 5000 per 6000 - 10000 per 10000 and above
month month per month
family net income 9 1 0
Table 2. The socioeconomic background of students

DISCUSSION

Student populations for the past five years vary not so greatly. Population of male
students is constantly greater as compared to the population of female students. This
observation disagreed the idea of Allie Grasgreen on his journal The Rise of Women Published on
2013 which stated that women are outpacing men in school with an enrollment ratio of
1.4 to 1.
Based from the data, it can be inferred that most of the students for the past five years
ranges from the age of 14 – 16. A normal junior high school students falls within this range of
age that’s why it is ranked as the highest. Only few students belong to the age of 20 and above
since it is over high school age. Students who belong in this age are only those repeaters and
have a delayed education.

Socioeconomic status played a vital role in the education of students. Since the area of
study is rural and the school is located in the mountainous area, parents of the students are
commonly in elementary level of education. Low level of education provides less job
opportunity, so most parents are fishermen, vendors, farmers and laundrywoman with an
average monthly net income of 1000 – 5000 per month. American Psychological Association
emphasized that socioeconomic status (SES) encompasses not just income but also
educational attainment, financial security, and subjective perceptions of social status and social
class. Research indicates that children from low-SES households and communities develop
academic skills slower than children from higher SES groups (Morgan, Farkas, Hillemeier, &
Maczuga, 2009). For instance, low SES in childhood is related to poor cognitive development,
language, memory, socioemotional processing, and consequently poor income and health in
adulthood. The school systems in low-SES communities are often underresourced, negatively
affecting students’ academic progress and outcomes (Aikens & Barbarin, 2008). Inadequate
education and increased dropout rates affect children’s academic achievement, perpetuating
the low-SES status of the community. These factors often lead to drop outs and less enrolment
is schools.

REFERENCES

1. Jeffrey Grigg, 2012 . School Enrollment Changes and Student Achievement Growth. A Case
Study in Educational Disruption and Continuity

2. Kathleen Holder is interim editor of UC Davis Magazine, where this story appeared in the
winter 2009 issue.

3. Aikens, N. L., & Barbarin, O. (2008). Socioeconomic differences in reading trajectories: The
contribution of family, neighborhood, and school contexts. Journal of Educational Psychology,
100, 235-251. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-0663.100.2.235

4. Morgan, P. L., Farkas, G., Hillemeier, M. M., & Maczuga, S. (2009). Risk factors for learning-
related behavior problems at 24 months of age: Population-based estimates. Journal of
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