This study investigated the relation of physical attractiveness to the academic performance of school children. Data were obtained from a private school in Zahlé, Lebanon. The physical attractiveness of 190 elementary school children as rated by 3 different individuals correlated .48 with their grade point averages by Spearman's rank-order procedure.
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