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Pleasant Gardens Elementary School is a rural public school in Marion, North Carolina that is part of McDowell County School District 580. It serves 270 students in grades K - 5 with a student/teacher ratio of 10.0:1. Its teachers have had 75 projects funded on �ǿմ�ý.

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Public School

Title 1

Grades K - 5

270 Students

27 Teachers

100 John Roach Dr

Marion, NC 28752 View local requests

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Pleasant Gardens Elementary School Demographics

92%

of students receive free or reduced price lunch

Source: the National Center for Education Statistics

15%

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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