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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Drexel Elementary School
5407 W 36TH ST, CICERO, ILL., 60804 | Grades PreK-6
| Students | Total Teachers | Inexp. Teachers | |
| This School |
780
|
43
|
14% |
| District | 13K | 741 | 16% |
| State | 1.36M | 84,195 | 14% |
Drexel Elementary School, part of the Cicero School District 99, is located in Cicero, Illinois. The school reports an enrollment number of 780 students in grades pre-kindergarten through six, and it has 43 teachers on staff.
Drexel Elementary School is above the state average but below the district average in terms of the percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunches. On average, 44 percent of students in Illinois are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch programs, whereas 82 percent of Drexel Elementary School students do. At the district level, 85 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.
Drexel Elementary School's enrollment rate for gifted and talented is 7 percent.
Henry Puffer School is a lower-poverty school than Drexel Elementary School, with 16 percent of its students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school enrolls 3 percent of students in its gifted and talented program. The school is located in Downers Grove, Ill.
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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