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Olathe North Sr High
600 E PRAIRIE, OLATHE, KAN., 66061 | Grades 10-12
| Students | Total Teachers | Inexp. Teachers | AP Courses | |
| This School |
1,400
|
102
|
3% | 10 |
| District | 26.9K | 1,745 | 6% | 10 |
| State | 279K | 19,236 | 10% | 11 |
Olathe North Sr High, part of the Olathe district, is located in Olathe, Kansas. The school reports enrolling 1,400 students in grades 10 through 12, and it has 102 teachers on staff.
Olathe North Sr High 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, 45 percent of students in Kansas are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch programs, whereas 34 percent of Olathe North Sr High students are eligible. At the district level, 21 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.
Olathe North Sr High offers 10 AP courses, and 19 percent of students participate in those classes.
The school's pass rate for AP exams of 78 percent is below the district average of 80 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.
Olathe North Sr High has an enrollment rate of 21 percent for math classes, and 20 percent of students take chemistry. The enrollment rate for physics at the school is 7 percent, and the gifted and talented program has a participation rate of 3 percent.
Olathe South Sr High, also in Olathe, Kansas, is a lower-poverty school than Olathe North Sr High, with 9 percent of its students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school offers eight AP courses, and 18 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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