The SES includes:

·        graduation and dropout rates, and student performance on standardized tests (MEAP, PSAT and SAT),

·        class and school sizes, staffing levels, technology, safety conditions,

·        teacher salaries, per pupil state appropriations, how much and where districts are spending money, revenue sources, reserve levels, tax and debt burdens,

·        demographic and community characteristics (i.e., urban, mid-size city, small town, rural; populations, number of adults with college degrees, etc.).