Analysis

Total Education Expenditure

Net total education expenditure by the local authority (schools budget)

educationUnit: £Source: DfE

The metrics below move with Total Education Expenditure across UK places. A positive correlation means the two tend to rise together; a negative one means as this rises, the other tends to fall.

Strongest positive correlatesRise together

#	Metric	Strength	r	n
1	Population Aged 16-64demographic	very_strong	0.90	291
2	Live Birthsdemographic	very_strong	0.88	308
3	Mid-Year Population Estimatedemographic	very_strong	0.88	291
4	Population Aged 0-15demographic	very_strong	0.88	291
5	Claimant Countsocial

Strongest negative correlatesMove in opposite directions

#	Metric	Strength	r	n
1	Net Fiscal Balance — High Migration Projectionprojection	very_strong	-0.86	291
2	Net Fiscal Balance — Extended Working Projectionprojection	very_strong	-0.86	291
3	Net Fiscal Balance — Baseline Projectionprojection	very_strong	-0.86	291
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Correlation ≠ causation. A strong correlation does not mean one metric causes the other. Both may be driven by a shared underlying factor, or the link may be coincidental.
r is the Pearson correlation coefficient (−1 to +1); n is the number of places compared. Larger n means a more reliable estimate.
Click any correlate to explore its drivers and walk the network of relationships.

Data: precomputed cross-metric correlations (latest period).

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