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Nipomo Elementary School

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Nipomo Elementary School is a town public school in Nipomo, California that is part of Lucia Mar Unified School District. It serves 386 students in grades Pre-K - 6 with a student/teacher ratio of 21.4:1. Its teachers have had 59 projects funded on DonorsChoose.

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Public School

Title 1

Grades Pre-K - 6

386 Students

18 Teachers

190 E Price St

Nipomo, CA 93444 View local requests

https://nipomo.luciamarschools.org/

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Nipomo Elementary School Demographics

92%

of students receive free or reduced price lunch

Source: the National Center for Education Statistics

78%

of students are Black, Latino, Native American, or Asian

Schools in districts that mainly serve students of color receive substantially less state and local support than similar districts that serve primarily White students. Learn more about this gap, why it exists, and how you can help close it.

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Nipomo Elementary School

$31,536

raised using DonorsChoose

projects funded

teachers funded

221

donors

projects for basic supplies

projects for technology

projects for books

projects for art supplies

Nipomo Elementary School has received support from 184 individuals from California and 37 individuals out-of-state.

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