North High, part of the Appleton Area district, is located in Appleton, Wisconsin. The school reports an enrollment number of 1,485 students in grades eight through 12, and it has 80 teachers on staff.

North High 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, 36 percent of students in Wisconsin are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch programs, while 27 percent of North High students are eligible. At the district level, 36 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.

North High offers 15 AP courses, and 23 percent of students participate in those classes.

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.

North High has an enrollment rate of 18 percent for advanced math classes, and 18 percent of students take chemistry. The enrollment rate for physics at the school is 6 percent.

Wh School Of Law Educ & Public Service, in Milwaukee, Wis., is a higher-poverty school than North High, with 90 percent of its students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school offers 26 AP courses, and 6 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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