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This database was last updated in January 2013 and should only be used as a historical snapshot of data from the 2009-10 school year. For more recent data on public and charter schools, check out Miseducation.

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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PS 162 John Golden

201-02 53RD AVENUE, BAYSIDE, N.Y., 11364 | Grades K-5

Districts with 3,000 or more students
Students Total Teachers Inexp. Teachers
This School
700
45
7%
District 959K 83,265 21%
State 2.07M 171,244 14%
 
State Average
 
District Average

Percentage of relevant students who...

Get Free/Reduced Price Lunch

49%
72%

0%

Are

0%
0%

0% Am Indian
10%
15%

66% Asian
22%
30%

2% Black
26%
40%

9% Hispanic
42%
14%

23% White

PS 162 John Golden, part of the New York City Public Schools district, is located in Bayside, New York. The school reports an enrollment number of 700 students in grades kindergarten through five, and it has 45 teachers on staff.

There are no students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at PS 162 John Golden. Compare this with the free or reduced-price lunch rates for the state and district, where 49 percent of students in New York qualify for free or reduced-price lunches and 72 percent of district 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.

The school hasn't reported or may not have a gifted and talented program.

PS 163 Arthur A Schomburg, in Bronx, N.Y., is a higher-poverty school than PS 162 John Golden, with 99 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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