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About this school
Harding Street Elementary School is
an urban public school
in Sylmar, California that is part of Los Angeles Unified School District.
It serves 358 students
in grades Pre-K - 5 with a student/teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
Its teachers have had 201 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
93%
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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Harding Street Elementary School
$128,479
raised using DonorsChoose
201
projects
funded
25
teachers
funded
492
donors
22
projects
for
basic supplies
42
projects for
technology
12
projects for
books
23
projects
for
art supplies
Harding Street Elementary School has received support from
374 individuals from California and
118 individuals out-of-state.