Data Visualization
My new topic for the Data Visualization Project, will examine which zip codes in Baltimore have the highest private school rates. By adding race, income level, and highest degree earned on average, I hope to show a correlation between people’s backgrounds and whether or not they send their child to public/private school. I think the areas with the some of the largest ranges of income level will show the largest number of children attending private schools. I think that because due to the strong correlation between income levels of the neighborhoods and school quality, more privileged families will send their children to private schools. This issue seems more prevalent in Baltimore than other areas due to the sporadic gentrification of Baltimore. Loyola is a perfect example of this as it sits both on Cold Spring Lane, and York Road; two very different neighborhoods. Due to this fact, more allocations for public schools need to be made to counter the low amount of tax dollars for the
