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About this school
Patterson Senior High School 405 is
an urban public school
in Baltimore, Maryland that is part of Baltimore City Public School District.
It serves 1,330 students
in grades 9 - 12 with a student/teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
Its teachers have had 231 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
92%
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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Patterson Senior High School 405
$126,454
raised using DonorsChoose
231
projects
funded
88
teachers
funded
738
donors
37
projects
for
basic supplies
26
projects for
technology
19
projects for
books
16
projects
for
art supplies
Patterson Senior High School 405 has received support from
403 individuals from Maryland and
335 individuals out-of-state.