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About this school
Hawthorne Elementary School is
an urban public school
in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that is part of Oklahoma City School District.
It serves 350 students
in grades Pre-K - 4 with a student/teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
Its teachers have had 184 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
84%
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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Hawthorne Elementary School
$106,956
raised using DonorsChoose
184
projects
funded
54
teachers
funded
353
donors
20
projects
for
basic supplies
15
projects for
technology
23
projects for
books
5
projects
for
art supplies
Hawthorne Elementary School has received support from
243 individuals from Oklahoma and
110 individuals out-of-state.