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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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South Atlanta School Of Law And Social Justice

800 HUTCHINS RD SE, ATLANTA, GA., 30354 | Grades 9-12

Districts with 3,000 or more students
Students Total Teachers Inexp. Teachers AP Courses
This School
310
21
24% N/A
District 44.2K 3,439 11% 5
State 1.47M 103,585 8% 10
 
State Average
 
District Average

Percentage of relevant students who...

Take Advanced Math

18%
18%

15%

Are in a Gifted/Talented Program

11%
10%

5%

Take Chemistry

17%
24%

15%

Take Physics

8%
10%

0%

Are

0%
2%

3% Am Indian
3%
1%

0% Asian
37%
81%

97% Black
12%
4%

0% Hispanic
45%
11%

0% White

South Atlanta School Of Law And Social Justice, part of the Atlanta City district, is located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school reports an enrollment number of 310 students in grades nine through 12, and it has 21 teachers on staff.

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.

South Atlanta School Of Law And Social Justice hasn't reported or may not offer AP courses.

South Atlanta School Of Law And Social Justice has an enrollment rate of 15 percent for advanced math classes, and 15 percent of students take chemistry. The enrollment rate for the school's gifted and talented program is 0 percent.

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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