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  • J.C. Ellis Elementary School
  • Metairie, LA
  • Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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The students often do not have the basic supplies needed to do their work. Some children cannot do simple homework at home because they don't have crayons or scissors. The little things you take for granted, they don't have. The teachers have to use classroom expense money and even their own money to buy the necessities.

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The students often do not have the basic supplies needed to do their work. Some children cannot do simple homework at home because they don't have crayons or scissors. The little things you take for granted, they don't have. The teachers have to use classroom expense money and even their own money to buy the necessities.

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