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Table 2: Correlation between Explanatory Variables
Explanatory Variables
% Eligible for Subsidized Lunch
% Minority Students
% Students in Special Education
% Students in LEP
Poverty Index
% Students Whose Parents Having at least some College Education
% Eligible for subsidized lunch
1.000
0.906**
0.067
-0.093
0.793**
0.878**
-0.115
0.970**
0.940
0.009
0.847**
% Students whose Parents Have At least some a College Education
-0.632**
-0.513**
-0.076
-0.543**
-0.740**
0.951**
-0.156
-0.179
0.637**
0.664**
0.107
0.989**
0.962**
-0.164
0.671**
-0.838**
-0.730**
0.091
-0.609**
-0.876**
0.869**
-0.174
-0.168
0.499**
0.618**
0.095
0.943**
0.957**
-0.137
0.605**
-0.647**
-0.688**
0.051
-0.509**
-0.807**
** Significant at the 95% confidence level
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