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About this school
Harbor City Elementary Steam Academy is
an urban public school
in Harbor City, California that is part of Los Angeles Unified School District.
It serves 427 students
in grades Pre-K - 5 with a student/teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
Its teachers have had 270 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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of students receive free or reduced price lunch
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Source: the National Center for Education Statistics
90%
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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Harbor City Elementary Steam Academy
$137,082
raised using DonorsChoose
270
projects
funded
31
teachers
funded
506
donors
20
projects
for
basic supplies
63
projects for
technology
21
projects for
books
23
projects
for
art supplies
Harbor City Elementary Steam Academy has received support from
401 individuals from California and
105 individuals out-of-state.