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About this school
Stride Academy is
an urban public school
in Saint Cloud, Minnesota that is part of Minnesota Department of Education.
It serves 569 students
in grades K - 8 with a student/teacher ratio of 20.3:1.
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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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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Stride Academy
$55,888
raised using DonorsChoose
137
projects
funded
36
teachers
funded
279
donors
8
projects
for
basic supplies
4
projects for
technology
43
projects for
books
4
projects
for
art supplies
Stride Academy has received support from
201 individuals from Minnesota and
78 individuals out-of-state.