Hood River Middle School, in Hood River, Oregon, is part of the Hood River County district. The school reports enrolling 440 students in grades six through eight, and it has 25 teachers on staff.

Hood River Middle School is on par with the state average but below district average for the percentage of its students who are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches. On average, 46 percent of students in Oregon are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch programs and 46 percent of Hood River Middle School students are eligible. At the district level, 58 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.

Hood River Middle School's enrollment rate for gifted and talented is 14 percent.

Valor Middle School, in Woodburn, Ore., is a higher-poverty school than Hood River Middle School, with 92 percent of its students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school enrolls 16 percent of students in the 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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