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Halle the School of Inquiry is
an urban public school
in Cleveland, Ohio that is part of Cleveland Metropolitan School District.
It serves 412 students
in grades Pre-K - 8 with a student/teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
Its teachers have had 194 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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of students receive free or reduced price lunch
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72%
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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Halle the School of Inquiry
$98,301
raised using DonorsChoose
194
projects
funded
32
teachers
funded
651
donors
15
projects
for
basic supplies
69
projects for
technology
13
projects for
books
5
projects
for
art supplies
Halle the School of Inquiry has received support from
375 individuals from Ohio and
276 individuals out-of-state.