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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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Allen Central High School
442 KY RT 550, EASTERN, KY., 41622 | Grades 9-12
| Students | Total Teachers | Inexp. Teachers | AP Courses | |
| This School |
380
|
26
|
4% | 10 |
| District | 5,815 | 385 | 9% | 6 |
| State | 495K | 30,276 | 11% | 9 |
Allen Central High School, part of the Floyd County district, is located in Eastern, Kentucky. The school reports an enrollment number of 380 students in grades nine through 12, and it has 26 teachers on staff.
Allen Central High School is above the state average and on par with the district average in terms of the percentage of its students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunches. On average, 50 percent of students in Kentucky qualify for free or reduced-price lunch programs, whereas 68 percent of Allen Central High School students do. At the district level, 68 percent of students qualify.
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.
While Allen Central High School reports offering AP-level classes, it does not have any students enrolled in those classes.
Allen Central High School has enrolls 8 percent of students in advanced math classes, and 21 percent of students take chemistry. The enrollment rate for the school's gifted and talented program is 0 percent.
North Oldham High School, in Goshen, Kentucky, is a lower-poverty school than Allen Central High School, with 5 percent of its students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school offers 20 AP courses, and 39 percent of students are enrolled in those classs.
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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