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Achieve Academy is
an urban public school
in Oakland, California that is part of Oakland Unified School District.
It serves 542 students
in grades Pre-K - 5.
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95%
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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Achieve Academy
$396,993
raised using DonorsChoose
588
projects
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teachers
funded
1,030
donors
31
projects
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basic supplies
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projects for
technology
128
projects for
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projects
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art supplies
Achieve Academy has received support from
772 individuals from California and
258 individuals out-of-state.