Toppenish High School, in Toppenish, Washington, is part of the Toppenish School District. The school reports enrolling 725 students in grades nine through 12, and it has 31 teachers on staff.

Toppenish High School is above the state average but below the district average in terms of the percentage of its students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunches. On average, 38 percent of students in Washington qualify for free or reduced-price lunch programs, whereas 84 percent of Toppenish High School students do. At the district level, 88 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.

Toppenish High School offers four AP courses, and 10 percent of students participate in those classes.

Toppenish High School has an enrollment rate of 12 percent for math classes, and 5 percent of students take chemistry. The enrollment rate for physics at the school is 1 percent, and the gifted and talented program has a participation rate of 10 percent.

Bainbridge High School, in Bainbridge Island, Washington, is a lower-poverty school than Toppenish High School, with 4 percent of its students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school offers 10 AP courses, and 21 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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