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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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Havasu Online

2200 HAVASUPAI BOULEVARD, LAKE HAVASU CITY, ARIZ., 86403 | Grades 6-12

Districts with 3,000 or more students
Students Total Teachers Inexp. Teachers AP Courses
This School
320
36
78% 10
District 6,355 358 18% 6
State 850K 43,995 11% 10
 
State Average
 
District Average

Percentage of relevant students who...

Get Free/Reduced Price Lunch

47%
48%

4%

Take at Least One AP Course

14%
4%

2%

Take Advanced Math

13%
4%

5%

Take Chemistry

13%
16%

5%

Take Physics

5%
2%

0%

Are

3%
2%

3% Am Indian
3%
2%

3% Asian
6%
2%

5% Black
43%
23%

14% Hispanic
44%
72%

77% White

Havasu Online, part of the Lake Havasu Unified District, is located in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. The school reports enrolling 320 students in grades six through 12, and it has 36 teachers on staff.

Havasu Online is below both the state and district averages for the percentage of its students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, 47 percent of students in Arizona qualify for free or reduced-price lunches, whereas 4 percent of students at Havasu Online are eligible. At the district level, 48 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.

Havasu Online has enrollment rates of 5 percent and 5 in chemistry and math classes, respectively.

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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