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Atwater High School is
a suburban public school
in Atwater, California that is part of Merced Union High School District.
It serves 2,051 students
in grades 9 - 12 with a student/teacher ratio of 25.6:1.
Its teachers have had 1,327 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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83%
of students are Black, Latino, Native
American, or Asian
Data about school demographics comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. The numbers in this chart may not add up to 100% because of limitations in the available data.
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Atwater High School
$2.2 million
raised using DonorsChoose
1,327
projects
funded
99
teachers
funded
781
donors
85
projects
for
basic supplies
258
projects for
technology
27
projects for
books
28
projects
for
art supplies
Atwater High School has received support from
538 individuals from California and
243 individuals out-of-state.