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About this school
Glen Flora Elementary School is
a suburban public school
in Waukegan, Illinois that is part of Waukegan Community Unit School District 60.
It serves 457 students
in grades K - 5 with a student/teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
Its teachers have had 362 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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of students receive free or reduced price lunch
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92%
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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Glen Flora Elementary School
$221,794
raised using DonorsChoose
362
projects
funded
46
teachers
funded
339
donors
38
projects
for
basic supplies
70
projects for
technology
42
projects for
books
18
projects
for
art supplies
Glen Flora Elementary School has received support from
192 individuals from Illinois and
147 individuals out-of-state.