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This database was last updated in January 2013 and should only be used as a historical snapshot of data from the 2009-10 school year. For more recent data on public and charter schools, check out Miseducation.

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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Springboro High School

1675 S MAIN ST, SPRINGBORO, OHIO, 45066 | Grades 9-12

Districts with 3,000 or more students
Students Total Teachers Inexp. Teachers AP Courses
This School
1,470
79
6% 6
District 5,670 293 7% 6
State 1.03M 62,027 6% 7
 
State Average
 
District Average

Percentage of relevant students who...

Get Free/Reduced Price Lunch

37%
5%

5%

Take at Least One AP Course

13%
11%

11%

Take Advanced Math

15%
18%

18%

Take Chemistry

16%
26%

26%

Take Physics

7%
5%

5%

Participate in sports

40%
0.0%

38%

Are

0%
0%

0% Am Indian
2%
3%

2% Asian
24%
2%

2% Black
4%
1%

1% Hispanic
68%
92%

93% White

Springboro High School, part of the Springboro Community City district, is located in Springboro, Ohio. The school reports enrolling 1,470 students in grades nine through 12, and it has 79 teachers on staff.

Springboro High School is below the state average and on par with the district average for the percentage of its students who are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches. On average, 37 percent of students in Ohio are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch programs, while 5 percent of Springboro High School students are eligible. At the district level, 5 percent 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.

Springboro High School offers six AP courses, and 11 percent of students participate in those classes.

Springboro High School enrolls 18 percent of students in advanced math classes, and 26 percent of students take chemistry. The enrollment rate for physics at the school is 5 percent.

Chaney High School, in Youngstown, Ohio, is a higher-poverty school than Springboro High School, with 92 percent of its students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school offers six AP courses, and 11 percent of students are enrolled in those courses.

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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