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About this school
Sonia Sotomayor School 21 is
a suburban public school
in Passaic, New Jersey that is part of Passaic City Public School District.
It serves 539 students
in grades K - 8.
Its teachers have had one project funded on DonorsChoose.
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of students receive free or reduced price lunch
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98%
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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Sonia Sotomayor School 21
$231
raised using DonorsChoose
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project
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1
teacher
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1
donor
Sonia Sotomayor School 21 has received support from
0 individual from New Jersey and
1 individual out-of-state.