Herrick Middle School, in Downers Grove, Illinois, is part of the Downers Grove Gsd 58. The school reports enrolling 595 students in grades seven and eight, and it has 37 teachers on staff.

Herrick Middle School is below the state average but above the district average 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 programs, whereas 8 percent of Herrick Middle School students are eligible. At the district level, 3 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.

Herrick Middle School's enrollment rate for gifted and talented is 5 percent.

Marshall Middle School, in Chicago, Ill., is a higher-poverty school than Herrick Middle School, with 93 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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