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About this school
Doolen Middle School is
an urban public school
in Tucson, Arizona that is part of Tucson Unified School District.
It serves 481 students
in grades 6 - 8 with a student/teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
Its teachers have had 237 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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of students receive free or reduced price lunch
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65%
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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Doolen Middle School
$106,594
raised using DonorsChoose
237
projects
funded
39
teachers
funded
342
donors
52
projects
for
basic supplies
21
projects for
technology
21
projects for
books
18
projects
for
art supplies
Doolen Middle School has received support from
223 individuals from Arizona and
119 individuals out-of-state.