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About this school
Leonard R Flynn Elementary School is
an urban public school
in San Francisco, California that is part of San Francisco Unified School District.
It serves 383 students
in grades Pre-K - 5 with a student/teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
Its teachers have had 297 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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of students receive free or reduced price lunch
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67%
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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Leonard R Flynn Elementary School
$173,205
raised using DonorsChoose
297
projects
funded
70
teachers
funded
981
donors
17
projects
for
basic supplies
42
projects for
technology
24
projects for
books
7
projects
for
art supplies
Leonard R Flynn Elementary School has received support from
764 individuals from California and
217 individuals out-of-state.