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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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University Pk Campus School
12 FREELAND STREET, WORCESTER, MASS., 01603 | Grades 7-12
| Students | Total Teachers | Inexp. Teachers | AP Courses | |
| This School |
230
|
18
|
6% | 4 |
| District | 24.1K | 1,747 | 13% | 10 |
| State | 645K | 46,071 | 12% | 10 |
University Pk Campus School, part of the Worcester district, is located in Worcester, Massachusetts. The school reports enrolling 230 students in grades seven through 12, and it has 18 teachers on staff.
University Pk Campus School is above both the state and district averages for the percentage of students eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunch. On average, 35 percent of students in Massachusetts qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, while 78 percent of students at University Pk Campus School do. At the district level, 66 percent of students qualify.
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.
University Pk Campus School has an enrollment rate of 15 percent for advanced math classes, and 15 percent of students take chemistry. The enrollment rate for physics at the school is 17 percent.
Claremont Academy, also in Worcester, Mass., is a higher-poverty school than University Pk Campus School, with 94 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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