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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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South Greene High School

7469 ASHEVILLE HWY, GREENEVILLE, TENN., 37743 | Grades 9-12

Districts with 3,000 or more students
Students Total Teachers Inexp. Teachers AP Courses
This School
480
34
0% N/A
District 6,995 503 7% 0
State 877K 57,021 12% 6
 
State Average
 
District Average

Percentage of relevant students who...

Get Free/Reduced Price Lunch

49%
55%

37%

Take Advanced Math

10%
9%

5%

Are in a Gifted/Talented Program

3%
1%

0%

Take Chemistry

19%
16%

21%

Take Physics

3%
3%

4%

Participate in sports

29%
0.0%

44%

Are

0%
0%

0% Am Indian
2%
0%

1% Asian
25%
1%

0% Black
6%
2%

2% Hispanic
67%
97%

97% White

South Greene High School, part of the Greene County School District, is located in Greeneville, Tennessee. The school reports an enrollment number of 480 students in grades nine through 12, and it has 34 teachers on staff.

South Greene High School is below both the state and district averages in terms of the percentage of its students who are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches. On average, 49 percent of students in Tennessee are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch programs, while 37 percent of South Greene High School students are eligible. At the district level, 55 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.

South Greene High School hasn't reported or may not offer AP courses.

South Greene High School enrolls 5 percent of students in advanced math classes, and 21 percent of students take chemistry. The enrollment rate for physics at the school is 4 percent.

Halls High School, in Halls, Tenn., is a higher-poverty school than South Greene High School, with 94 percent of its students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school hasn't reported or may not offer AP classes.

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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