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Rice Avenue Middle School

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Rice Avenue Middle School is a suburban public school in Girard, Pennsylvania that is part of Girard School District. It serves 443 students in grades 5 - 8 with a student/teacher ratio of 12.7:1. Its teachers have had 20 projects funded on DonorsChoose.

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Public School

Title 1

Grades 5 - 8

443 Students

35 Teachers

1100 Rice Ave

Girard, PA 16417 View local requests

http://www.girardsd.org

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Ms. Vero, a DonorsChoose teacher for 9 years.

Kindergarten teacher at PS81 - Robert J. Christen School in Bronx, NY

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Rice Avenue Middle School Demographics

90%

of students receive free or reduced price lunch

Source: the National Center for Education Statistics

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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Rice Avenue Middle School

$8,437

raised using DonorsChoose

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projects for technology

projects for books

Rice Avenue Middle School has received support from 33 individuals from Pennsylvania and 12 individuals out-of-state.

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Rice Avenue Middle School

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