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About this school
Rosa Parks Elementary School is
an urban public school
in Portland, Oregon that is part of Portland Public Schools.
It serves 172 students
in grades K - 5 with a student/teacher ratio of 7.8:1.
Its teachers have had 354 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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of students receive free or reduced price lunch
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72%
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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Rosa Parks Elementary School
$177,851
raised using DonorsChoose
354
projects
funded
47
teachers
funded
744
donors
29
projects
for
basic supplies
69
projects for
technology
64
projects for
books
16
projects
for
art supplies
Rosa Parks Elementary School has received support from
527 individuals from Oregon and
217 individuals out-of-state.