The Opportunity Gap

Is Your State Providing Equal Access to Education?

This database includes all public schools in districts with more than 3,000 students from the 2009-2010 school year -- about three-quarters of all such students in the country. Use it to find out how well your state provides poor and wealthier schools equal access to advanced classes that researchers say will help them later in life. Read our methodology. Source: U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights | Related story: Some States Still Leave Low-Income Students Behind; Others Make Surprising Gains »

ProPublica intern Sergio Hernandez contributed research to this project.

How States Compare

...at providing high poverty and wealthier schools equal access to... Fp-predict-legend
  • AP Classes
  • Gifted/Talented
  • Advanced Math
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
 
 
 
 
 

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Schools | Districts
  1. Santa Monica High: Santa Monica, Calif.
  2. San Bernardino High: San Bernardino, Calif.
  3. Summit High School: Bend, Ore.
  4. Toppenish High School: Toppenish, Wash.
  5. Newcomer High (Lep): San Francisco, Calif.
  6. Westlake H S: Austin, Texas
  7. Mountain View Senior High School: Bend, Ore.
  8. Lanier H S: Austin, Texas
  9. Lowell High: San Francisco, Calif.
  10. Chaparral High School: Las Vegas, Nev.