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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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ID Name Students Number of AP Courses Total Teachers % Gifted/Talented Enrollment % Students Enrolled in at Least One AP Class % Advanced Math Enrollment % Free/Reduced Price Lunch Am Indian Hispanic Black White Asian % Advanced Math Enrollment Inexperienced Teachers Avg. AP Courses % Physics Enrollment % Chemistry Enrollment
3410950 Mount Laurel Township 4320 383 5 10 0 5 14 70 11 6
3409390 Manalapan Englishtown 5365 413 10 6 0 5 2 85 8 8
3407560 Howell Township 6755 553 8 10 0 6 4 84 4 6
3411640 North Plainfield Borough 3215 362 3 4 47 0 54 24 16 6 7
3410500 Monroe Township 5545 489 8 14 16 4 0 5 5 70 20 16 25 21.0 24 26
3415210 South Brunswick Township 8955 730 22 19 16 7 0 6 9 42 42 16 15 23.0 8 12
3407890 Kearny 5650 470 3 7 7 37 0 53 2 41 3 7 14 10.0 7 16
3410650 Montville Township 4270 404 5 36 3 1 0 3 2 73 21 3 11 28.0 10 22
3412480 Parsippany Troy Hills 6940 634 10 13 22 9 0 9 4 50 36 22 13 12.0 16 38
3413650 Randolph Township 5400 447 10 18 25 5 0 9 3 79 9 25 17 17.0 12 27
3414340 Roxbury Township 4285 364 43 12 19 8 0 10 3 80 7 19 7 15.0 12 22
3417520 West Milford Township 4100 302 6 16 7 7 0 4 2 93 1 7 5 11.0 7 15
3416800 Vineland City 9630 855 8 13 7 61 0 49 20 28 2 7 9 11.0 11 11
3408400 Lawrence Township 3945 343 9 13 24 16 0 13 16 52 16 24 6 13.0 13 42
3413410 Princeton Regional 3375 351 42 19 10 0 10 7 68 15 19 6 22.0 11 25
3416290 Trenton 10615 806 2 3 76 0 38 58 2 1 3 10 3.0 2 16
3417700 West Windsor Plainsboro Regional District 9835 730 9 32 30 3 0 5 6 38 50 30 8 17.0 20 27
3417070 Washington Township 8005 710 9 12 17 12 0 3 7 84 5 17 8 17.0 6 28
3416080 Teaneck 4310 407 14 13 20 24 1 25 47 15 12 20 10 15.0 9 8
3412810 Pemberton Township 4865 489 8 4 10 44 0 13 29 56 2 10 5 7.0 3 13
3408940 Long Branch 4925 464 43 16 11 66 0 41 25 31 2 11 14 8.0 7 19
3409750 Matawan Aberdeen Regional 3845 333 9 12 21 0 11 16 66 7 12 11 11.0 13 29
3411160 Neptune Township 4460 357 17 6 10 49 0 12 59 25 2 10 17 6.0 6 15
3412060 Ocean Township 4085 390 4 32 29 13 0 9 9 73 8 29 5 17.0 16 20
3407680 Irvington Township 1940 166 8 72 0 8 91 0 1 7
3410200 Millburn Township 4820 351 72 21 1 0 2 1 78 18 21 8 27.0 7 25
3411340 Newark 37700 3140 100 6 10 83 0 36 55 8 1 10 9 4.0 9 16
3415510 Sparta Township 3930 303 7 17 17 2 0 4 1 91 4 17 9 16.0 13 26
3416500 Union Township 7705 585 4 16 11 34 0 18 43 28 11 11 10 19.0 3 16
3408610 Linden 6155 506 12 10 46 0 32 36 27 3 10 7 0.0 2 19
3405730 Galloway Township 3510 357 10 36 0 14 16 55 16 4
3404890 Evesham Township 4810 433 2 6 0 3 6 84 7 5
3406030 Gloucester Township 7400 562 10 25 0 6 23 66 4 8
3400960 Atlantic City 6030 634 7 9 10 73 0 37 39 9 15 10 10 19.0 4 16
3402280 Bridgewater Raritan Regional District 9105 690 24 17 23 6 0 8 3 68 20 23 6 19.0 12 9
3405490 Franklin Township 7775 674 12 12 23 31 0 19 41 20 18 23 17 19.0 31 25
3402820 Carteret Borough 3750 289 6 5 8 56 0 39 20 18 23 8 14 4.0 5 16
3404110 East Brunswick Township 8750 823 12 24 34 9 0 6 5 59 30 34 7 22.0 19 30
3404500 Edison Township 14190 1195 20 15 31 12 0 9 9 28 54 31 11 13.0 11 21
3404980 Fair Lawn 4745 392 14 35 14 8 0 13 2 72 13 14 7 19.0 12 21
3406270 Hackensack Public Schools 5015 467 31 14 50 0 50 30 13 6 14 23 23.0 22 27
3401830 Bloomfield Township 5865 476 6 7 11 33 0 33 25 32 10 11 12 9.0 6 12
3403570 Cranford Township 3830 298 3 31 26 4 0 5 3 88 3 26 15 28.0 7 29
3407290 Hillside Township 3125 283 21 12 9 47 0 21 67 11 1 9 12 8.0 33 31
3401260 Bayonne 9050 712 53 6 10 51 0 32 10 48 7 10 5 10.0 5 21
3400004 School District Of The Chathams 3900 299 22 25 32 1 0 2 1 92 5 32 16 17.0 14 25
3406510 Hamilton Township 3310 265 66 38 0 16 25 53 6 11
3406060 Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District 3960 291 11 14 26 0 15 19 57 9 14 11 13.0 6 17
3408490 Lenape Regional High School District 7260 604 15 16 4 0 3 7 86 4 16 13 13.0 4 25
3407590 Hunterdon Central Regional 3090 244 17 20 4 0 5 3 87 5 20 8 23.0 10 19
3401650 Bernards Township 5690 522 2 29 26 1 0 3 1 78 18 26 20 19.0 25 28
3407230 Hillsborough Township 7475 649 10 14 22 6 0 6 5 74 14 22 8 19.0 11 22
3407740 Jackson Township 9670 805 4 9 17 11 0 7 7 83 3 17 6 17.0 3 22
3408100 Lacey Township 4730 390 13 3 9 16 0 4 1 94 1 9 6 9.0 6 37
3409270 Old Bridge Township Boe 9520 701 6 10 16 16 0 11 8 63 17 16 14 14.0 7 16
3406540 Hamilton Township 12905 1073 10 8 9 24 0 17 18 61 4 9 9 14.0 5 19
3407530 Hopewell Valley Regional 3965 271 3 20 32 2 0 3 2 86 9 32 14 18.0 23 18
3408850 Lodi 3210 256 5 9 7 47 0 43 9 36 8 7 12 6.0 6 16
3409330 Mahwah Township Board Of Education 3430 235 11 14 19 7 1 5 2 79 11 19 52 16.0 24 25
3407410 Holmdel Township 3325 255 2 31 18 2 1 4 1 73 21 18 14 18.0 13 10
3408820 Livingston Township 5695 444 9 28 21 1 0 2 3 70 22 21 9 24.0 12 31
3405190 Flemington Raritan Regional Schools 3610 346 12 7 0 7 3 84 7 8
3404560 Egg Harbor Township 7770 515 3 9 8 32 0 17 13 55 15 8 12 20.0 9 19
3413200 Pleasantville Public Schools 3600 426 3 3 2 71 0 49 48 2 0 2 7 5.0 0 6
3402220 Brick Township 10115 872 8 8 4 16 0 9 4 85 2 4 8 11.0 7 14
3413290 Point Pleasant Borough 3060 271 7 13 23 7 0 5 0 93 1 23 6 12.0 12 17
3416230 Toms River Regional 17260 1173 13 9 22 16 0 10 5 81 4 22 8 12.0 7 19
3412930 Perth Amboy 9460 758 11 5 5 74 0 81 7 2 1 5 13 10.0 2 25
3413050 Piscataway Township 7175 533 25 12 21 22 0 15 33 21 29 21 12 14.0 9 24
3414640 Sayreville 5905 447 6 14 12 23 0 16 14 49 19 12 10 10.0 4 23
3415360 South Plainfield 3690 314 12 7 13 18 0 20 13 54 13 13 13 10.0 13 19
3416380 Union City 10195 801 6 6 93 0 96 1 2 1 6 13 7.0 6 34
3403300 Clifton 10745 776 4 10 10 33 0 47 5 40 8 10 7 17.0 7 19
3402250 Bridgeton Public School 4865 455 5 3 11 76 1 54 35 8 0 11 12 3.0 2 17
3404320 East Windsor Regional 5085 374 8 13 16 21 0 27 11 45 17 16 13 14.0 8 20
3404920 Ewing Township 3745 312 13 7 6 29 0 12 46 36 3 6 13 7.0 22 28
3403900 Deptford Township 4305 351 19 1 13 31 0 8 19 67 5 13 7 20.0 15 11
3405310 Fort Lee 3570 278 5 18 12 13 0 16 3 33 48 12 11 15.0 10 19
3413590 Ramsey 3095 257 13 16 28 3 0 5 1 86 7 28 6 16.0 12 24
3413830 Ridgewood Village 5645 356 28 27 1 0 4 1 77 17 27 11 26.0 26 26
3416110 Tenafly 3540 328 1 44 48 1 0 4 1 65 30 48 15 15.0 13 24
3402460 Burlington Township 4145 372 6 13 18 14 0 9 33 49 9 18 17 10.0 4 15
3410110 Middletown Township 10330 812 4 9 7 7 0 5 2 91 3 7 17 19.0 5 14
3413680 Hazlet Township 3270 273 18 21 42 7 0 7 2 88 3 42 6 11.0 8 21
3404230 East Orange 9850 887 13 6 11 74 0 4 96 0 0 11 7 7.0 2 46
3415330 South Orange Maplewood 6410 533 14 22 20 18 0 5 42 47 4 20 17 20.0 25 21
3402640 Camden City 11965 1292 5 3 4 81 0 48 50 1 1 4 8 1.0 5 9
3403000 Cherry Hill Township 11300 766 12 23 26 13 0 7 7 68 15 26 13 16.0 10 26
3414670 Scotch Plains Fanwood 5385 390 7 11 29 5 0 5 11 75 7 29 14 17.0 17 15
3415900 Summit City 3900 363 9 29 34 11 0 13 4 73 7 34 6 18.0 12 21
3413140 Plainfield 6370 479 41 7 4 66 0 47 51 1 0 4 6 6.0 0 22
3404590 Elizabeth 20715 1375 99 14 31 81 2 67 22 9 0 31 40 4.0 8 8
3413530 Rahway 3905 350 3 13 8 49 0 32 43 21 3 8 13 11.0 3 20
3411220 New Brunswick 7200 490 3 10 1 82 0 80 18 1 1 1 9 6.0 9 19
3411460 North Bergen 7735 592 15 3 6 54 0 82 1 13 4 6 13 4.0 4 11
3410810 Morris School District 4805 365 8 23 23 26 0 24 14 57 5 23 7 18.0 18 28
3410980 Mount Olive Township 4885 367 8 11 30 10 0 11 6 72 10 30 7 16.0 15 23
3412540 Passaic City 13090 1041 10 8 5 85 0 89 7 1 2 5 10 12.0 4 27
3412690 Paterson 23460 2097 4 4 5 86 0 60 31 5 3 5 10 3.0 5 12
3410320 Millville 6260 525 7 11 17 59 0 17 31 50 1 17 4 11.0 9 14
3412420 Paramus 4265 383 10 20 21 3 0 8 1 63 28 21 5 21.0 11 20
3410710 Moorestown Township 4290 338 7 23 16 6 0 3 7 80 8 16 13 17.0 13 30
3411880 Nutley Public School District 4035 255 14 15 34 7 0 12 1 76 10 34 13 14.0 5 18
3412270 City Of Orange Township 4505 436 8 17 3 74 0 20 80 0 0 3 13 7.0 2 17
3412870 Pennsauken Township 5470 413 5 8 21 59 0 37 36 17 10 21 10 10.0 5 14
3416710 Vernon Township 4255 355 12 11 10 0 7 3 89 1 11 7 17.0 7 15
3417580 West New York 6450 550 14 12 9 79 0 95 0 3 1 9 12 8.0 4 13
3417280 Wayne Township 8805 677 16 21 21 5 0 7 1 83 9 21 13 17.0 14 25
3417430 West Deptford Township 2125 150 5 15 11 17 0 3 10 85 2 11 10 13.0 9 21
3418000 Willingboro Township 4435 400 11 3 8 51 0 7 90 2 1 8 11 7.0 6 16
3416890 Wall Township 4180 344 14 11 17 8 0 3 2 92 1 17 5 15.0 12 22
3417610 West Orange 6655 656 3 17 17 31 0 23 44 25 8 17 10 18.0 15 26
3417760 Westfield 6285 462 2 44 46 2 0 3 3 87 7 46 5 21.0 10 12
3416470 Barnegat Township 3250 307 27 9 13 21 0 8 8 83 2 13 16 14.0 17 20
3409870 Medford Township 3120 249 18 3 0 2 1 93 3 4
3409450 Manchester Township 3060 261 4 10 19 20 0 11 14 71 3 19 8 7.0 3 17
3407830 Jersey City Public Schools 26940 2819 16 10 21 75 1 38 34 11 16 21 8 8.0 6 26
3412960 Phillipsburg 3560 308 9 8 13 41 0 13 12 72 3 13 9 10.0 4 23
3401500 Bergenfield 3505 301 15 14 17 22 0 39 10 21 31 17 14 11.0 36 32
3401350 Belleville 4515 373 8 9 4 37 0 56 10 22 12 4 13 12.0 5 22
3410470 Monroe Township Public Schools 6080 458 9 8 15 25 0 5 20 72 3 15 12 11.0 15 20
3409720 Marlboro Township 5925 460 15 2 0 3 2 74 21 9
3405640 Freehold Township 4410 313 13 6 0 7 5 79 9 4
3416830 Voorhees Township 3205 163 7 8 0 3 10 67 18 11
3401770 Black Horse Pike Regional 4155 305 25 10 10 21 0 5 20 69 5 10 17 11.0 2 17
3406570 Hammonton Town 3450 261 8 10 8 27 0 20 5 75 1 8 11 9.0 7 23
3410590 Montgomery Township 4900 384 33 33 2 0 3 3 60 34 33 13 23.0 29 26
3408220 Lakewood Township 5145 481 6 7 11 74 0 67 25 8 0 11 8 7.0 4 19
3411490 North Brunswick Township 5545 393 5 51 52 26 0 22 21 27 30 52 28 19.0 14 39
3418120 Woodbridge Township 13070 1048 10 25 12 25 0 19 12 45 23 12 13 19.0 9 23
3407800 Jefferson Township 3575 284 13 7 18 8 0 7 2 85 6 18 12 7.0 7 30
3405760 Garfield 4550 411 8 8 9 57 0 45 9 45 1 9 7 5.0 1 16
3418060 Winslow Township 5595 475 10 12 7 43 0 9 59 29 3 7 27 9.0 5 15

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