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About this school
Cooper - Carver Elementary School is
a rural public school
in Dawson, Georgia that is part of Terrell County School District.
It serves 440 students
in grades Pre-K - 5 with a student/teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
Its teachers have had 295 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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of students receive free or reduced price lunch
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93%
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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Cooper - Carver Elementary School
$96,484
raised using DonorsChoose
295
projects
funded
37
teachers
funded
809
donors
73
projects
for
basic supplies
51
projects for
technology
34
projects for
books
8
projects
for
art supplies
Cooper - Carver Elementary School has received support from
229 individuals from Georgia and
580 individuals out-of-state.