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About this school
Scott Lane Elementary School is
an urban public school
in Santa Clara, California that is part of Santa Clara Unified School District.
It serves 410 students
in grades Pre-K - 5 with a student/teacher ratio of 27.3:1.
Its teachers have had 436 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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of students receive free or reduced price lunch
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90%
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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Scott Lane Elementary School
$229,074
raised using DonorsChoose
436
projects
funded
43
teachers
funded
571
donors
61
projects
for
basic supplies
61
projects for
technology
87
projects for
books
40
projects
for
art supplies
Scott Lane Elementary School has received support from
462 individuals from California and
109 individuals out-of-state.