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About this school
Dr Norman Crisp School is
an urban public school
in Nashua, New Hampshire that is part of School Administrative Unit 42.
It serves 361 students
in grades K - 5 with a student/teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
Its teachers have had 331 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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of students receive free or reduced price lunch
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51%
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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Dr Norman Crisp School
$160,961
raised using DonorsChoose
331
projects
funded
58
teachers
funded
659
donors
34
projects
for
basic supplies
31
projects for
technology
60
projects for
books
16
projects
for
art supplies
Dr Norman Crisp School has received support from
383 individuals from New Hampshire and
276 individuals out-of-state.