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schools lends even more support for widely reported poverty in the community.Table 3: Feeder Pattern F/R Lunch Rates 3Target High Schools Feeder Elementary Schools Feeder Middle SchoolsCrooms Academy ofInformationTechnologySeminole HighSchool(Crooms AOIT andSeminole High havethe same feederpattern)Bentley, 51.18%Crystal Lake, 38.86%Goldsboro, 58.4%Hamilton, 89.37%Hopper (special center), 100%Idyllwilde, 71.58%Midway, 75.39%Pine Crest, 85.41%Wicklow, 76.48%Wilson, 33.76%--Average F/R Lunch Rate: 68.04%Lyman High School Altamonte, 62.03%Lake Orienta, 72.09%Longwood, 57.77%Spring Lake, 73.77%Woodlands, 30.75%--Average F/R Lunch Rate: 59.28%Markham Woods, 34.0%Millennium, 54.38%Sanford, 44.41%--Average F/R Lunch Rate: 44.26%Milwee, 63.95%Rock Lake, 32.97%Rosenwald (special center), 100%--Average F/R Lunch Rate: 65.64%Access to and Success in Advanced Placement Programs by Low-Income StudentsIn 2009/10, 11,589 Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) testswere attempted across the district, with a 56% pass rate. This pass rate is notably above the stateand national average, and the number of students taking AP/IB exams in 2009/10 represents acontinuous growth in exams taken by students over the last five years. However, inconsideration of these district-wide accomplishments, a major focus in the assessment conductedof the district’s advanced placement needs was the participation and success rate of low-incomestudents in advanced placement coursework in the content areas of math, science and English.According to data from the district’s Office of Assessment and Accountability, a critical gapexists between the percentages of F/R lunch students versus non-F/R lunch students enrolled inadvanced placement courses. As presented in Table 4 and Table 5 below, the high schoolsProject Narrative Page 4 of 28Page 8