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This database was last updated in January 2013 and should only be used as a historical snapshot of data from the 2009-10 school year. For more recent data on public and charter schools, check out Miseducation.

ProPublica analyzed federal education data from the 2009-2010 school year to examine whether states provide high-poverty schools equal access to advanced courses and special programs that researchers say will help them later in life. This is the first nationwide picture of exactly which courses are being taken at which schools and districts across the country. More than three-quarters of all public school children are represented. Read our story and our methodology.

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Hallandale High School

720 NW 9TH AVE, HALLANDALE, FLA., 33009 | Grades 9-12

Districts with 3,000 or more students
Students Total Teachers Inexp. Teachers AP Courses
This School
1,550
92
13% 30
District 230K 14,423 9% 14
State 2.43M 163,474 19% 13
 
State Average
 
District Average

Percentage of relevant students who...

Get Free/Reduced Price Lunch

50%
48%

69%

Take at Least One AP Course

37%
34%

37%

AP Pass Rate

44%
48%

20%

Take Advanced Math

30%
26%

23%

Are in a Gifted/Talented Program

6%
4%

2%

Take Chemistry

16%
16%

15%

Take Physics

5%
5%

0%

Participate in sports

24%
0.0%

22%

Are

0%
0%

0% Am Indian
3%
4%

1% Asian
24%
38%

64% Black
27%
29%

27% Hispanic
46%
28%

8% White

Hallandale High School, part of the Broward district, is located in Hallandale, Florida. The school reports an enrollment number of 1,550 students in grades nine through 12, and it has 92 teachers on staff.

Hallandale High School is above both the state and district averages in terms of the percentage of its students who are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches. On average, 50 percent of students in Florida are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, whereas 69 percent of Hallandale High School students are eligible. At the district level, 48 percent of students are eligible.

ProPublica's analysis found that all too often, states and schools provide poor students fewer educational programs like Advanced Placement, gifted and talented programs, and advanced math and science classes. Studies have linked participation in these programs with better outcomes later in life. Our analysis uses free and reduced-price lunch to estimate poverty at schools. We based our findings on the most comprehensive data set of access to advanced classes and special programs in U.S. public schools — known as the Civil Rights Data Set— released by the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.

Hallandale High School offers 30 AP courses, and 37 percent of students participate in those classes.

For AP tests, the school's pass rate is below the district average, with 20 percent of students passing some or all AP tests. Compare this to the district rate of 48 percent.

A school's AP pass rate is determined by the number of students who both sat for AP exams and passed some or all of those exams.

Hallandale High School has enrolls 23 percent of students in advanced math classes, and 15 percent of students take chemistry. The enrollment rate for the school's gifted and talented program is 0 percent.

Florida Youth Challenge Academy is a lower-poverty school than Hallandale High School, with 1 percent of its students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school hasn't reported or may not offer a AP courses. The school is located in Starke, Fla.

These data points were reported by schools and districts to the Office for Civil Rights. For more information about the data, see our full methodology.

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