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About this school
Phoenix Academy High School is
an urban public school
in Chapel Hill, North Carolina that is part of Chapel Hill-carrboro City SD.
It serves 25 students
in grades 9 - 12 with a student/teacher ratio of 3.1:1.
Its teachers have had 8 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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of students receive free or reduced price lunch
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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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Phoenix Academy High School
$4,062
raised using DonorsChoose
8
projects
funded
3
teachers
funded
18
donors
1
project for
technology
3
projects for
books
Phoenix Academy High School has received support from
17 individuals from North Carolina and
1 individual out-of-state.
