Inver Grove Heights Middle School, part of the Inver Grove Heights Schools district, is located in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota. The school reports an enrollment number of 865 students in grades six through eight, and it has 49 teachers on staff.

Inver Grove Heights Middle School 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, 30 percent of students in Minnesota are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch programs, whereas 28 percent of Inver Grove Heights Middle School students are eligible. At the district level, 26 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.

Folwell Middle School, in Minneapolis, Minn., is a higher-poverty school than Inver Grove Heights Middle School, with 89 percent of its students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. 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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