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About this school
Eastland Preparatory Academy is
an urban public school
in Columbus, Ohio that is part of Ohio Department of Education.
It serves 231 students
in grades K - 8.
Its teachers have had 13 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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of students receive free or reduced price lunch
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87%
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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Eastland Preparatory Academy
$4,665
raised using DonorsChoose
13
projects
funded
4
teachers
funded
23
donors
2
projects for
technology
4
projects for
books
Eastland Preparatory Academy has received support from
19 individuals from Ohio and
4 individuals out-of-state.