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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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Thomson Middle School
511 MAIN STREET, THOMSON, GA., 30824 | Grades 6-7
| Students | Total Teachers | Inexp. Teachers | |
| This School |
630
|
47
|
4% |
| District | 4,125 | 309 | 13% |
| State | 1.47M | 103,585 | 8% |
Thomson Middle School, part of the McDuffie County district, is located in Thomson, Georgia. The school reports enrolling 630 students in grades six and seven, and it has 47 teachers on staff.
Thomson Middle School is above both the state and district averages in terms of the percentage of its students who are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches. On average, 52 percent of students in Georgia are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, whereas 68 percent of Thomson Middle School students are eligible. At the district level, 65 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.
Thomson Middle School's enrollment rate for gifted and talented is 10 percent.
Willie J. Williams Middle School, in Moultrie, Ga., is a lower-poverty school than Thomson Middle School, with 64 percent of its students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school enrolls 20 percent of students in its 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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