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Miseducation » Virginia » Petersburg City Public Schools

PETERSBURG HIGH

3101 Johnson Road, Petersburg, VA 23805 | (804) 862-7096 | High School

784 Students | 74 Teachers

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School Composition
91% Black
4% Hispanic
3% White
1% Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian
1% Two or More Races

Black

Hispanic

White

Asian

Two+ Races

The Racial Divide

ProPublica has found that in schools across the country, Black and Hispanic students are, on average, less likely to be selected for gifted programs and take AP courses than their white peers. They are also more likely, on average, to be suspended and expelled. Explore if disparities exist at this school across all racial groups. The first scores shown below are for racial groups with the highest disparities.

Opportunity

 

No White students are enrolled at least one AP class, so cannot compare them to Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students.

A comparison between Black students and White students enrolled at least one AP class is not available.

A comparison between Hispanic students and White students enrolled at least one AP class is not available.

A comparison between students of Two or More Races and White students enrolled at least one AP class is not available.

A comparison between Native American or Alaska Native students and White students enrolled at least one AP class is not available.

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Opportunity

Schools offer a variety of curricula and enrichment programs. Explore what advanced courses and specialized staff members are available for students at this school.


AP Course Composition
76% Black
12% Hispanic
12% Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian

Black

Hispanic

Asian


Gifted & Talented Composition
78% Black
5% Hispanic
9% White
5% Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian
3% Two or More Races

Black

Hispanic

White

Asian

Two+ Races

This School

District

State

Students

97%

Highest 10% in the district

Nonwhite Students

School: 97%

District Avg: 98%

State Avg: 50%

0

100%

97%

Highest 10% in the district

Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch

School: 97%

District Avg: 97%

State Avg: 41%

0

100%

75%

Lowest 10% in the district

High School Graduation Rate

School: 75%

District Avg: 74%

State Avg: 87%

0

100%

10% Students in a Gifted & Talented Program

78 students

School: 10%

District Avg: 6%

State Avg: 13%

0

100%

2%

Lowest 10% in the district

Students Taking an AP Course

17 students

School: 2%

District Avg: 2%

State Avg: 22%

0

100%

10% Students Taking the SAT or ACT

76 students

School: 10%

District Avg: 10%

State Avg: 19%

0

100%

4% Students Enrolled in Physics

30 students

School: 4%

District Avg: 4%

State Avg: 9%

0

100%

5%

Lowest 10% in the district

Students Enrolled in Advanced Math

39 students

School: 5%

District Avg: 5%

State Avg: 21%

0

100%

5%

Lowest 10% in the district

Students Enrolled in Geometry

43 students

School: 5%

District Avg: 5%

State Avg: 21%

0

100%

18% Students Enrolled in Biology

144 students

School: 18%

District Avg: 18%

State Avg: 33%

0

100%

7% Students Enrolled in Chemistry

52 students

School: 7%

District Avg: 7%

State Avg: 17%

0

100%

< 1%

Lowest 10% in the district

Students Enrolled in Calculus

4 students

School: 1%

District Avg: 1%

State Avg: 5%

0

100%

Teachers & Resources

10.6 Students for Every Teacher

10.6

School

12

District Avg

14

State Avg

31%

Highest 10% in the district

Inexperienced Teachers

School: 31%

District Avg: 30%

State Avg: 12%

0

100%

30% Chronically Absent Teachers

(Missed more than 10 days in a 180-day school year)

School: 30%

District Avg: 32%

State Avg: 34%

0

100%

2

Lowest 10% in the district

Total AP Courses

2

School

2

District Avg

15.6

State Avg

3 Social Workers, Psychologists & School Counselors

This School

District

State

The students at this school have access to:

Credit Recovery Program

Dual Enrollment Program

Gifted & Talented Program

... but do not have access to:

International Baccalaureate

Discipline

Schools differ in how they discipline students. Explore how often this school punishes its students with suspensions, expulsions and corporal punishment.


Out-of-School Suspension Composition
97% Black
2% Two or More Races
2% Native American or Alaska Native

Black

Two+ Races

Native Am.


Expulsion Composition
100% Black

Black

This School

District

State

Students

128 Total Out-of-School Suspended Students

16% of all students at this school

128

School

792

District Total

78.0K

State Total

65 Total In-School Suspended Students

8% of all students at this school

65

School

268

District Total

70.7K

State Total

2 Total Expelled Students

< 1% of all students at this school

2

School

2

District Total

1,286

State Total
Outcomes & Resources

1,150 Total Days Missed to Out-of-School Suspension

1,150

School

607

District Avg

265

State Avg

Not Available Average Number of Days of an Out-of-School Suspension

7

Highest 10% in the district

Total Arrests

7

School

1

District Avg

0.3

State Avg

15 Total Referrals to Law Enforcement

15

School

9

District Avg

8.4

State Avg

0

Lowest 10% in the district

Total Transfers to Alternative Schools

0

School

0

District Avg

0.6

State Avg

4 Total Security Guards & Law Enforcement Officers

This School

District

State

Sources & Notes

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, Stanford University's Center for Education Policy Analysis, EDFacts, U.S. Department of Education’s Common Core of Data. Maps courtesy of Mapbox Community. Read our methodology

Notes: The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights occasionally updates the underlying dataset. ProPublica may update the interactive’s data in response.

Disparity scores are not available if there are too few students in a specific racial group to make a statistically significant calculation. They are also not available if data about a particular racial group was not reported. Some schools or districts reported an overcount of students in a disparity category (such as suspensions or AP courses) when compared with the total enrollment of that particular student group. In such cases, we also omit the disparity score.

Due to rounding, demographic breakdowns in composition charts may add up to more than 100 percent.

The racial categories we show data for are: Black, Hispanic, White, Asian/Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian, Two or More Races, and Native American or Alaska Native. In some cases, we abbreviate the last three of these racial groups to Asian, Two+ Races, and Native Am.

Due to a technical issue with the Office for Civil Rights’ collection of data on sworn law enforcement officers in schools, the data for security staff may be an undercount.

As with any self-reported data, there may be errors in the federal Civil Rights Data Collection. Though districts are required to ensure the accuracy of their data, some may still report incorrect figures. Additionally, for some variables, the CRDC rounds the number of students for privacy reasons. In these cases, groups of students may represent a slight undercount or overcount.

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