Steffen Middle School, part of the Mequon-Thiensville district, is located in Mequon, Wisconsin. The school reports enrolling 405 students in grades six through eight, and it has 26 teachers on staff.

Steffen Middle School is below the state average but above the district average 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, whereas 11 percent of Steffen Middle School students are eligible. At the district level, 6 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.

Steffen Middle School's enrollment rate for gifted and talented is 35 percent.

Silver Spring Neighborhood Center, in Milwaukee, Wis., is a higher-poverty school than Steffen Middle School, with 92 percent of its students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The school hasn't reported or may not have a gifted and talented program.

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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