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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.

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Educational Access in Arizona

Districts with 3,000 or more students.
850K
Students
44K
Teachers
69
Districts
1,063
Schools

Percentage of relevant students who...

 
National Average

AP Pass Rate

55%

58%

Take Chemistry

18%

13%

Take Physics

8%

5%

Are

1%

3% Am Indian
6%

3% Asian
18%

6% Black
25%

43% Hispanic
49%

44% White

At a Glance

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  • Unified Districts
  • Elementary Districts
  • Secondary Districts
  • Free/Reduced Lunch
  • AP Enrollment
  • AP Pass Rate
  • Advanced Math Enrollment
  • Gifted/Talented Enrollment
 

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Agua Fria Union High School District
Alhambra Elementary District
Amphitheater Unified District
Apache Junction Unified District
Avondale Elementary District
Balsz Elementary District
Buckeye Elementary District
Bullhead City Elementary District
Cartwright Elementary District
Casa Grande Elementary District
Casa Grande Union High School District
Catalina Foothills Unified District
Cave Creek Unified District
Chandler Unified District
Chinle Unified District
Coolidge Unified District
Crane Elementary District
Creighton Elementary District
Deer Valley Unified District
Douglas Unified School District #27
Dysart Unified District
Flagstaff Unified District
Florence Unified School District
Flowing Wells Unified District
Fowler Elementary District
Gadsden Elementary District
Gilbert Unified District
Glendale Elementary District
Glendale Union High School District
Higley Unified School District
Humboldt Unified District
Isaac Elementary District
J O Combs Unified School District
Kingman Unified School District
Kyrene Elementary District
Lake Havasu Unified District
Laveen Elementary District
Liberty Elementary District
Litchfield Elementary District
Littleton Elementary District
Madison Elementary District
Marana Unified District
Maricopa Unified School District
Mesa Unified District
Nogales Unified District
Osborn Elementary District
Page Unified District
Paradise Valley Unified District
Pendergast Elementary District
Peoria Unified School District
Phoenix Elementary District
Phoenix Union High School District
Prescott Unified District
Queen Creek Unified District
Roosevelt Elementary District
Safford Unified District
Sahuarita Unified District
Santa Cruz Valley Unified District
Scottsdale Unified District
Sierra Vista Unified District
Sunnyside Unified District
Tempe School District
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