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The study addresses how district and campus characteristics relate to OnRamps implementation, which student characteristics are associated with participation, and how OnRamps presence influences students’ enrollment in advanced academic programs. 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This growth mirrors national trends and is in response to demand from students and incentives in the state educational accountability system. While much is known about each of these programs individually, little research has been done into how they interact with each other to provide access and opportunities to students in different schools and districts.  \nDual credit programs, which allow high school students to earn both high school and college credits concurrently, are a well-established part of the secondary school environment today. In Texas from Fall 2013 to Fall 2023, dual credit enrollment grew from 108,000 to 219,000 (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board) .  \nAdvanced Placement is a program developed by the College Board through which high school students take classes that are designed to be similar to college classes. Students may choose to take an exam at the end of the year that can lead to college credit when they enroll in post-secondary school. Similar to dual credit, the number of Texas highschool students taking AP classes has grown considerably over the past decade. From 2013-14 to 2023-24, the number of Texas students enrolled in AP classes has increased from 238,000 to 381,000 (Texas Education Agency) .  \nThe University of Texas at Austin’s OnRamps dual enrollment initiative offers high school students access to UT Austin courses, developed by UT Austin faculty and delivered by high school teachers on high school campuses and UT Austin faculty remotely. Students earn a separate grade for the OnRamps college course and can receive UT Austin credit. OnRamps enrollment has also grown dramatically over the past decade – from a few hundred students in 2013- 14 to 105,000 enrollments in 2024-25.  \nMany studies 1 have shown improved student outcomes in both high school and post-secondary education for participants in advanced academic programs. However, previous studies have also shown that access to these programs is uneven. Much of the previous work has looked at access to advanced academics by studying each program individually. Few studies have investigated how these three programs create an ecosphere of opportunities for students, including taking into account local conditions. This study investigated three questions: (1) what are the characteristics of school districts and campuses that have implemented OnRamps, the newest of the three main advanced academics programs statewide; (2) what are the student characteristics associated with participating in the three main advanced academics programs; and (3) to what extent does the presence of OnRamps at a school impact which students participate in advanced academics.  \nHow We Analyzed the Data  \nUsing Texas Education Agency (TEA) data we examined both student and employee characteristics of districts and campuses in Texas for school years between 2017-18 and 2022-23. Disciplinary and alternative education campuses  \n1 See Taylor, et al. (2022) for an extensive review of research on dual enrollment programs.  \nwere excluded from all samples. District and campus level participation is defined as those offering and enrolling students in at least one course from any of the three programs (dual credit, AP, OnRamps). Data supplied by OnRamps allowed identification of OnRamps districts, campuses and students, while TEA data identified districts and campuses offering dual credit and AP and students enrolled in those courses. Although OnRamps has been a functioning program since 2012-2013, the years of this analysis were restricted to ensure sufficient representation. 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