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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Springwater Trail High School
1440 SE FLEMING AVE, GRESHAM, ORE., 97080 | Grades 9-12
| Students | Total Teachers | Inexp. Teachers | AP Courses | |
| This School |
160
|
12
|
8% | N/A |
| District | 11.8K | 535 | 5% | 3 |
| State | 426K | 20,551 | 7% | 6 |
Springwater Trail High School, part of the Gresham-Barlow School District 10J, is located in Gresham, Oregon. The school reports an enrollment number of 160 students in grades nine through 12, and it has 12 teachers on staff.
Springwater Trail High School is below the state average but above the district average for the percentage of its students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunches. On average, 46 percent of students in Oregon qualify for free or reduced-price lunch programs, whereas 42 percent of Springwater Trail High School students qualify. At the district level, 38 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.
Springwater Trail High School hasn't reported or may not offer AP courses.
McKay High School, in Salem, Ore., is a higher-poverty school than Springwater Trail High School, with 93 percent of its students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school offers 14 AP courses, and 11 percent of students are enrolled in those courses.
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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