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About this school
Cibola High School is
an urban public school
in Yuma, Arizona that is part of Yuma Union High School District 70.
It serves 2,410 students
in grades 9 - 12 with a student/teacher ratio of 25.1:1.
Its teachers have had 98 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
87%
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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Cibola High School
$57,364
raised using DonorsChoose
98
projects
funded
25
teachers
funded
156
donors
10
projects
for
basic supplies
23
projects for
technology
9
projects for
books
11
projects
for
art supplies
Cibola High School has received support from
102 individuals from Arizona and
54 individuals out-of-state.