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The Opportunity Gap

Is Your State Providing Equal Access to Education?

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.

From http://projects.propublica.org/schools. © Copyright 2011 Pro Publica Inc.

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Springville High

1205 E 900 S, SPRINGVILLE, UTAH, 84663 | Grades 10-12

Districts with 3,000 or more students
Students Total Teachers Inexp. Teachers AP Courses
This School
1,165
43
8% 11
District 28.8K 1,131 13% 10
State 467K 20,268 13% 11
 
State Average
 
District Average

Percentage of relevant students who...

Get Free/Reduced Price Lunch

31%
32%

21%
State Avg: 31% District Avg: 32%

Take at Least One AP Course

20%
19%

25%
State Avg: 20% District Avg: 19%

AP Pass Rate

59%
54%

48%
State Avg: 59% District Avg: 54%

Take Advanced Math

18%
16%

19%
State Avg: 18% District Avg: 16%

Take Chemistry

19%
22%

19%
State Avg: 19% District Avg: 22%

Take Physics

13%
12%

12%
State Avg: 13% District Avg: 12%

Participate in sports

42%
0.0%

96%
State Avg: 42% District Avg: 0.0%

Are

1%
1%

0% Am Indian
State Avg: 1% District Avg: 1%
3%
2%

2% Asian
State Avg: 3% District Avg: 2%
2%
1%

0% Black
State Avg: 2% District Avg: 1%
16%
9%

9% Hispanic
State Avg: 16% District Avg: 9%
78%
88%

88% White
State Avg: 78% District Avg: 88%

Springville High, part of the Nebo District, is located in Springville, Utah. The school reports enrolling 1,165 students in grades 10 through 12, and it has 43 teachers on staff.

Springville High is below both the state and district averages for the percentage of its students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, 31 percent of students in Utah qualify for free or reduced-price lunches, whereas 21 percent of students at Springville High are eligible. At the district level, 32 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.

Springville High offers 11 AP courses, and 25 percent of students participate in those classes.

The school's pass rate for AP exams is 48 percent. This is lower than the district average of 54 percent.

A school's AP pass rate is determined by the number of students who both sat for AP exams and passed some or all of those exams.

Springville High has an enrollment rate of 19 percent for advanced math classes, and 19 percent of students take chemistry. The enrollment rate for physics at the school is 12 percent.

Ben Lomond High, in Ogden, Utah, is a higher-poverty school than Springville High, with 69 percent of its students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school offers four AP courses, and 5 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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