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About this school
Rainbow Lake Middle School is
a rural public school
in Chesnee, South Carolina that is part of Spartanburg County School District 2.
It serves 973 students
in grades 6 - 8 with a student/teacher ratio of 21.6:1.
Its teachers have had 210 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
27%
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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Rainbow Lake Middle School
$132,140
raised using DonorsChoose
210
projects
funded
16
teachers
funded
215
donors
7
projects
for
basic supplies
14
projects for
technology
2
projects for
books
1
project
for
art supplies
Rainbow Lake Middle School has received support from
54 individuals from South Carolina and
161 individuals out-of-state.