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About this school
Korematsu Discovery Academy is
an urban public school
in Oakland, California that is part of Oakland Unified School District.
It serves 176 students
in grades K - 5 with a student/teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
Its teachers have had 137 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
86%
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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Korematsu Discovery Academy
$112,357
raised using DonorsChoose
137
projects
funded
45
teachers
funded
427
donors
3
projects
for
basic supplies
14
projects for
technology
25
projects for
books
6
projects
for
art supplies
Korematsu Discovery Academy has received support from
299 individuals from California and
128 individuals out-of-state.