Lowell High School Freshman Academy in Lowell, Massachusetts on �ǿմ�ý

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Lowell High School Freshman Academy

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Lowell High School Freshman Academy is a public school in Lowell, Massachusetts that is part of Lowell Public Schools. Its teachers have had 58 projects funded on �ǿմ�ý.

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Lowell, MA 01852 View local requests

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Lowell High School Freshman Academy Demographics

74%

of students receive free or reduced price lunch

Source: the National Center for Education Statistics

73%

of students are Black, Latino, Native American, or Asian

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