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About this school
CICS - Irving Park is
an urban public school
in Chicago, Illinois that is part of Chicago Public School District 299.
It serves 505 students
in grades K - 8.
Its teachers have had 188 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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of students receive free or reduced price lunch
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84%
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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CICS - Irving Park
$117,050
raised using DonorsChoose
188
projects
funded
69
teachers
funded
964
donors
9
projects
for
basic supplies
16
projects for
technology
38
projects for
books
3
projects
for
art supplies
CICS - Irving Park has received support from
601 individuals from Illinois and
363 individuals out-of-state.
