You Shall Not Pass: How Hall Pass Usage Correlates with Student Success

Overview

The goal of this study was to determine how the usage of hall passes correlates with high school students’ success, measured as a grade point average. Furthermore, it explored how that correlation differs between grade levels. I hypothesized that there would be a negative correlation between both hall pass frequency/duration and student GPA, and that upperclassmen students would demonstrate the strongest correlation. To explore these ideas, electronic hall pass data was collected from Lathrop High School in Fairbanks, Alaska, from a random sample of anonymous students of different grade levels. All of it being from just the first semester, the data included: total number of e hall passes, the sum of those pass durations, and the following students' first semester GPAs. This data could be biased, as it would likely underestimate the true frequency and duration of passes due to students who chose not to fill out the e pass. From this data, we concluded that for all students, the number of passes taken and GPA h ad a moderate negative correlation represented by an exponential function. For all students, pass duration and GPA have no significant correlation. Then, considering each individual class, (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior), there was the strongest and steepest negative correlation between pass frequency and GPA for freshmen.

Competition history

• JSHS 2025 Category not listed

Resources

• National JSHS abstract book ↗

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