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About this school
John Reed Elementary School is
a suburban public school
in Rohnert Park, California that is part of Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District.
It serves 360 students
in grades Pre-K - 5 with a student/teacher ratio of 27.7:1.
Its teachers have had 207 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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of students receive free or reduced price lunch
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81%
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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John Reed Elementary School
$73,136
raised using DonorsChoose
207
projects
funded
28
teachers
funded
283
donors
22
projects
for
basic supplies
53
projects for
technology
33
projects for
books
14
projects
for
art supplies
John Reed Elementary School has received support from
186 individuals from California and
97 individuals out-of-state.