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About this school
G.R. Edwards Elementary School is
a public school
in Rocky Mount, North Carolina that is part of Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools.
It serves 401 students
in grades K - 5.
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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Source: the National Center for Education Statistics
61%
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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