Central Middle School, part of the Hazelwood district, is located in Florissant, Missouri. The school reports an enrollment number of 730 students in grades six through eight, and it has 49 teachers on staff.

Central Middle School is above both the state and district averages for the percentage of students eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunch. On average, 34 percent of students in Missouri qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, while 63 percent of students at Central Middle School do. At the district level, 53 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.

Central Middle School's enrollment rate for gifted and talented is 5 percent.

Rockwood Valley Middle School, in Wildwood, Mo., is a lower-poverty school than Central Middle School, with 1 percent of its students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school enrolls 21 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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