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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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Goddard Academy

19701 W. 23RD ST., GODDARD, KAN., 67052 | Grades 6-12

Districts with 3,000 or more students
Students Total Teachers Inexp. Teachers AP Courses
This School
110
11
9% N/A
District 5,130 294 6% 5
State 279K 19,236 10% 11
 
State Average
 
District Average

Percentage of relevant students who...

Get Free/Reduced Price Lunch

45%
19%

40%

Take Advanced Math

14%
11%

0%

Take Chemistry

16%
16%

0%

Take Physics

7%
5%

0%

Are

1%
1%

0% Am Indian
4%
3%

0% Asian
12%
2%

14% Black
20%
8%

14% Hispanic
60%
83%

77% White

Goddard Academy, part of the Goddard district, is located in Goddard, Kansas. The school reports enrolling 110 students in grades six through 12, and it has 11 teachers on staff.

Goddard Academy is below the state average but above the district average in terms of the percentage of its students who are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches. On average, 45 percent of students in Kansas are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch programs, whereas 40 percent of Goddard Academy students are eligible. At the district level, 19 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.

The school hasn't reported or may not have a 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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