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Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy
3434 SOUTH R.L. THORNTON FRWY, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75224 | Grades 9-10
| Students | Total Teachers | Inexp. Teachers | AP Courses | |
| This School |
185
|
13
|
31% | 1 |
| District | 156K | 10,584 | 10% | 15 |
| State | 4.01M | 269,017 | 14% | 15 |
Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy, in Dallas, Texas, is part of the Dallas ISD. The school reports enrolling 185 students in grades nine and 10, and it has 13 teachers on staff.
Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy 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, 48 percent of students in Texas are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch programs, whereas 75 percent of Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy students do. At the district level, 86 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.
Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy offers one AP course, and 43 percent of students participate in that class.
Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy has an enrollment rate of 46 percent for advanced math classes, and 46 percent of students take chemistry. The enrollment rate for the school's gifted and talented program is 0 percent.
Achieve Early College High School is a lower-poverty school than Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy. It does not have any students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school hasn't reported or may not offer AP courses. The school is in Mcallen, Texas.
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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