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About this school
Dunbar Magnet School is
an urban public school
in Tampa, Florida that is part of Hillsborough County Public School District.
It serves 324 students
in grades K - 5 with a student/teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
Its teachers have had 118 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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of students receive free or reduced price lunch
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81%
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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Dunbar Magnet School
$60,164
raised using DonorsChoose
118
projects
funded
42
teachers
funded
483
donors
12
projects
for
basic supplies
15
projects for
technology
20
projects for
books
9
projects
for
art supplies
Dunbar Magnet School has received support from
332 individuals from Florida and
151 individuals out-of-state.