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Urban Assembly School for Leadership and Empowerment

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Urban Assembly School for Leadership and Empowerment is an urban public school in Brooklyn, New York that is part of New York City Dept Of Ed. It serves 489 students in grades 6 - 12 with a student/teacher ratio of 11.1:1. Its teachers have had 59 projects funded on DonorsChoose.

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Title 1

Grades 6 - 12

489 Students

44 Teachers

4200 16th Ave

Brooklyn, NY 11204 View local requests

http://www.uascriminaljustice.org

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Urban Assembly School for Leadership and Empowerment Demographics

88%

of students receive free or reduced price lunch

Source: the National Center for Education Statistics

77%

of students are Black, Latino, Native American, or Asian

Schools in districts that mainly serve students of color receive substantially less state and local support than similar districts that serve primarily White students. Learn more about this gap, why it exists, and how you can help close it.

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Urban Assembly School for Leadership and Empowerment

$45,435

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teachers funded

349

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projects for basic supplies

projects for technology

projects for books

projects for art supplies

Urban Assembly School for Leadership and Empowerment has received support from 190 individuals from New York and 159 individuals out-of-state.

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