Hamilton High School, part of the Hamilton City district, is located in Hamilton, Ohio. The school reports enrolling 1,780 students in grades 10 through 12, and it has 90 teachers on staff.

Hamilton High School is above the state average but below the district average in terms of the percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunches. On average, 37 percent of students in Ohio are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch programs, whereas 42 percent of Hamilton High School students do. At the district level, 56 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.

Hamilton High School offers 27 AP courses, and 13 percent of students participate in those classes.

Hamilton High School has an enrollment rate of 16 percent for math classes, and 18 percent of students take chemistry. The enrollment rate for physics at the school is 5 percent, and the gifted and talented program has a participation rate of 9 percent.

Perry High School, in Massillon, Ohio, is a lower-poverty school than Hamilton High School, with 22 percent of its students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school offers nine AP courses, and 8 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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