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About this school
Winship Elementary School is
an urban public school
in Brighton, Massachusetts that is part of Boston Public Schools.
It serves 265 students
in grades Pre-K - 5 with a student/teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
Its teachers have had 121 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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of students receive free or reduced price lunch
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62%
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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Winship Elementary School
$87,393
raised using DonorsChoose
121
projects
funded
36
teachers
funded
343
donors
2
projects
for
basic supplies
17
projects for
technology
23
projects for
books
10
projects
for
art supplies
Winship Elementary School has received support from
252 individuals from Massachusetts and
91 individuals out-of-state.