Provine High School, part of the Jackson Public School District, is located in Jackson, Mississippi. The school reports enrolling 1,070 students in grades nine through 12, and it has 65 teachers on staff.

Provine High School is above the state average but below the district average in terms of the percentage of its students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunches. On average, 64 percent of students in Mississippi qualify for free or reduced-price lunch programs, whereas 84 percent of Provine High School students do. At the district level, 86 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.

Provine High School offers six AP courses, and 5 percent of students participate in those classes.

Provine High School enrolls 10 percent of students in advanced math classes, and 5 percent of students take chemistry. The enrollment rate for physics at the school is 1 percent.

Desoto Central High School, in Southaven, Mississippi, is a lower-poverty school than Provine High School, with 16 percent of its students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The school offers eight AP courses, and 7 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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