Table 4 shows student opinions on ECC by gender. Of the five questions on the subscale concerning engagement and the STEM program, students scored highest on the statement, “I like the Griffin Academy” with a mean score of 4.20 (.62). This statement, “I like the Griffin Academy,” also received the highest mean score among male and female students. However, on race the statement “the integrative STEM activities are most interesting to me” received the highest mean score with 4.50 (.53) for black students followed by 3.88 (.64) for white students as depicted in Table 5. The lowest rated statements were “my behavior has improved because of the STEM” and “my attendance has improved because of the STEM program.”