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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Los Amigos High
16566 NEWHOPE ST., FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CALIF., 92708 | Grades 9-12
| Students | Total Teachers | Inexp. Teachers | AP Courses | |
| This School |
2,265
|
86
|
11% | 15 |
| District | 49.8K | 2,041 | 5% | 12 |
| State | 5.34M | 237,404 | 6% | 11 |
Los Amigos High, in Fountain Valley, California, is part of the Garden Grove Unified district. The school reports enrolling 2,265 students in grades nine through 12, and it has 86 teachers on staff.
Los Amigos High is above both the state and district averages for the percentage of students eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunch. On average, 53 percent of students in California qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, while 80 percent of students at Los Amigos High do. At the district level, 67 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.
Los Amigos High offers 15 AP courses, and 19 percent of students participate in those classes.
Los Amigos High has an enrollment rate of 20 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.
Miramonte High, in Orinda, Calif., is a lower-poverty school than Los Amigos High. It does not have any students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school offers 15 AP courses, and 41 percent of students are enrolled in those classes.
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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