Interesting discussion re upward mobility. Lots of ways to view and interpret the data. That’s always the challenge with statistics. How big is the sample size, are raw numbers more important, etc.
One category I view as a positive, although it had Wake towards the “bottom” (but within the same range as many others), was the likelihood of bottom % moving to a much higher % (I forget the exact numbers). Wake was at 40% and listed very low. I view that as 40% of low socioeconomic kids moving up to much higher levels is a good thing in and of itself. That’s almost half the kids. Would 45% or 50% be better? Sure. I guess in comparison to others it is fewer but not by that much. I think it would be interesting to see a comparison of the same student set comparing them to their home state school. What was the climb in that setting? Then it becomes a different conversation. Is a kid better off going to an elite private (any) vs. the state flagship?
I’m sure it would differ greatly depending on state.