Indexes of social position in the schools of Metropolitan France and DROM — version 2

The Social Position Index (SPI) makes it possible to understand the social status of students from the professions and social categories (PCS) of their parents. For each PCS, the numerical value of the IPS corresponds to a quantitative summary of a set of socio-economic and cultural attributes related to academic success. Specifically, to determine the values associated with each PCS, we considered the weighted average of characteristics such as diplomas, cultural practices, material conditions, cultural capital and the involvement of parents in schooling. This statistical methodology is described in Rocher’s paper (2016) and is based on a data analysis method (multiple matching analysis) carried out from the DEPP panel of students entered sixth in 2007. The IPS reference values are available for each PCS and for each PCS cross (mother-father), cf. Rocher (2016). Thus, once the parents’ PCS were collected, it is sufficient to apply the reference values of the IPS. The social level of a school is appreciated by calculating the average of the IPS of the pupils who attend it. It should be recalled that, like any synthetic index, it is a simplified summary of reality, which cannot in itself account for the complexity of the socio-economic and cultural situation of the pupils welcomed in an institution. Finally, since the IPS is based on PCS reported by families and registered by institutions, it is subject to a certain margin of error: thus, it is advisable not to overinterpret differences of 3 points or less regarding the average IPS of schools. Field: The file provides the average IPS of schools in metropolitan France and DROMs, public and private under contract, calculated from the data of the N school year. The calculation of the IPS of schools is carried out from the students of CM2, whose PCS are known when they are in 6th grade. It corresponds more exactly to the IPS average of former school students over the past five years. In addition, IPS is provided only for schools with at least 25 CM2 students over the past five years. As a result, kindergartens are excluded from the field since they do not have pupils of CM2. In the file made available, each line corresponds to a school for a given school year. Changes: a first file on the schools’ IPS was deposited on 05/10/2022. He presented the IPS for schools that had more than 5 CM2 students over the past five years. Reference: Rock, T. (2016). Construction of a pupil’s social position index. _Education & Training_, DEPP, 90, pp. 5-27.