Furness Horace High School, part of the Philadelphia City district, is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school reports an enrollment number of 695 students in grades nine through 12, and it has 62 teachers on staff.

Furness Horace High 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 Pennsylvania qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, while 86 percent of students at Furness Horace High School do. At the district level, 73 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.

Furness Horace High School offers eight AP courses, and 16 percent of students participate in those classes.

Furness Horace High School's enrollment rates in chemistry, physics and advanced math subject areas are 22 percent, 9 percent and 16 percent, respectively. Gifted and talented at the school has an enrollment rate of 1 percent.

Unionville High School, in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, is a lower-poverty school than Furness Horace High School, with 2 percent of its students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school offers 17 AP courses, and 24 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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