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About this school
Diggs - Latham Elementary School is
an urban public school
in Winston Salem, North Carolina that is part of Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools.
It serves 355 students
in grades K - 5 with a student/teacher ratio of 8.7:1.
Its teachers have had 140 projects 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
84%
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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Diggs - Latham Elementary School
$56,161
raised using DonorsChoose
140
projects
funded
42
teachers
funded
381
donors
8
projects
for
basic supplies
22
projects for
technology
8
projects for
books
12
projects
for
art supplies
Diggs - Latham Elementary School has received support from
238 individuals from North Carolina and
143 individuals out-of-state.