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About this school
Plainview Academic Charter Academy is
an urban public school
in Tujunga, California that is part of Los Angeles Unified School District.
It serves 285 students
in grades Pre-K - 5 with a student/teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
Its teachers have had 298 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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of students receive free or reduced price lunch
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80%
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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Plainview Academic Charter Academy
$114,907
raised using DonorsChoose
298
projects
funded
15
teachers
funded
951
donors
42
projects
for
basic supplies
72
projects for
technology
35
projects for
books
11
projects
for
art supplies
Plainview Academic Charter Academy has received support from
330 individuals from California and
621 individuals out-of-state.