Douglas Elementary School, part of the Belleville School District 118, is located in Belleville, Illinois. The school reports an enrollment number of 335 students in grades one through six, and it has 24 teachers on staff.

Douglas Elementary 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, 44 percent of students in Illinois are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, whereas 60 percent of Douglas Elementary School students are eligible. At the district level, 55 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.

Douglas Elementary School's enrollment rate for gifted and talented is 7 percent.

Olson Park Elementary School, in Machesney Park, Ill., is a lower-poverty school than Douglas Elementary School, with 21 percent of its students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The school hasn't reported or may not have a gifted and talented program.

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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