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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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School For Advanced Studies Homestead
500 COLLEGE TER, HOMESTEAD, FLA., 33030 | Grades 11-12
| Students | Total Teachers | Inexp. Teachers | AP Courses | |
| This School |
95
|
4
|
25% | 10 |
| District | 311K | 20,734 | 13% | 14 |
| State | 2.43M | 163,474 | 19% | 13 |
School For Advanced Studies Homestead, part of the Dade district, is located in Homestead, Florida. The school reports enrolling 95 students in grades 11 and 12, and it has four teachers on staff.
School For Advanced Studies Homestead is below both the state and district averages for the percentage of its students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, 50 percent of students in Florida qualify for free or reduced-price lunches, whereas 48 percent of students at School For Advanced Studies Homestead are eligible. At the district level, 65 percent 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.
School For Advanced Studies Homestead offers 10 AP courses, and 100 percent of students participate in those classes.
For AP tests, the school's pass rate is above the district average, with 72 percent of students passing some or all AP tests. Compare this to the district rate of 42 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.
School For Advanced Studies Homestead has an enrollment rate of 0 percent for advanced math classes, and 42 percent of students are in the gifted and talented program.
School For Advanced Studies - South, in Miami, Florida, is a lower-poverty school than School For Advanced Studies Homestead, with 29 percent of its students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The school offers 25 AP courses, and 100 percent of students are enrolled in those classs.
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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