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About this school
Frye Elementary School is
an urban public school
in Chandler, Arizona that is part of Chandler Unified School District #80.
It serves 537 students
in grades Pre-K - 6 with a student/teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
Its teachers have had 205 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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86%
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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Frye Elementary School
$120,474
raised using DonorsChoose
205
projects
funded
50
teachers
funded
341
donors
25
projects
for
basic supplies
12
projects for
technology
45
projects for
books
10
projects
for
art supplies
Frye Elementary School has received support from
238 individuals from Arizona and
103 individuals out-of-state.