Tsehootsooi Intermediate Learning Center in Fort Defiance, Arizona on DonorsChoose

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About this school

Tsehootsooi Intermediate Learning Center is a rural public school in Fort Defiance, Arizona that is part of Window Rock Unified School District 8. It serves 319 students in grades 4 - 6 with a student/teacher ratio of 13.9:1. Its teachers have had 12 projects funded on DonorsChoose.

Equity Focus School

Support towards this school will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Public School

Title 1

Grades 4 - 6

319 Students

23 Teachers

Navajo Route 12

Fort Defiance, AZ 86504 View local requests

https://www.wrschool.net/TILC

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Tsehootsooi Intermediate Learning Center Teachers on DonorsChoose

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Mr. Yazzie

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Tsehootsooi Intermediate Learning Center Demographics

92%

of students receive free or reduced price lunch

Source: the National Center for Education Statistics

99%

of students are Black, Latino, Native American, or Asian

Schools in districts that mainly serve students of color receive substantially less state and local support than similar districts that serve primarily White students. Learn more about this gap, why it exists, and how you can help close it.

Tsehootsooi Intermediate Learning Center Support on DonorsChoose Last updated Dec 7, 2025

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