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About this school
Mount Healthy Junior Senior High School is
a suburban public school
in Cincinnati, Ohio that is part of Mount Healthy City School District.
It serves 1,275 students
in grades 7 - 12 with a student/teacher ratio of 26.0:1.
Its teachers have had 33 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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Mount Healthy Junior Senior High School Demographics
94%
of students receive free or reduced price lunch
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
Source: the National Center for Education Statistics
80%
of students are Black, Latino, Native
American, or Asian
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Mount Healthy Junior Senior High School
$18,008
raised using DonorsChoose
33
projects
funded
22
teachers
funded
124
donors
1
project
for
basic supplies
5
projects for
technology
6
projects for
books
Mount Healthy Junior Senior High School has received support from
93 individuals from Ohio and
31 individuals out-of-state.
