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About this school
Ajo School is
a rural public school
in Ajo, Arizona that is part of Ajo Unified School District 15.
It serves 400 students
in grades Pre-K - 12 with a student/teacher ratio of 36.4:1.
Its teachers have had 288 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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of students receive free or reduced price lunch
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78%
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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Ajo School
$154,296
raised using DonorsChoose
288
projects
funded
53
teachers
funded
280
donors
55
projects
for
basic supplies
75
projects for
technology
16
projects for
books
17
projects
for
art supplies
Ajo School has received support from
98 individuals from Arizona and
182 individuals out-of-state.