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About this school
Indian Bend Elementary School is
an urban public school
in Phoenix, Arizona that is part of Paradise Valley Unified School District.
It serves 570 students
in grades Pre-K - 6 with a student/teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
Its teachers have had 733 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
69%
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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Indian Bend Elementary School
$251,279
raised using DonorsChoose
733
projects
funded
71
teachers
funded
1,111
donors
77
projects
for
basic supplies
55
projects for
technology
137
projects for
books
61
projects
for
art supplies
Indian Bend Elementary School has received support from
526 individuals from Arizona and
585 individuals out-of-state.