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  • San Miguel Avenue Elementary School
  • South Gate, CA
  • Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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My students like to create, draw, and build. They like to use their imagination and invent. The city my students live in is predominately Hispanic, 92% of residents are Hispanic and 49%, are foreign born. The education of most residence is high school or less. Our school services Pre-K through fifth grade and is 99% Latino with 92% economically disadvantaged, because of this, 100% of our students receive free lunch. 47% of our students are English Learners and only 3% are gifted.

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My students like to create, draw, and build. They like to use their imagination and invent. The city my students live in is predominately Hispanic, 92% of residents are Hispanic and 49%, are foreign born. The education of most residence is high school or less. Our school services Pre-K through fifth grade and is 99% Latino with 92% economically disadvantaged, because of this, 100% of our students receive free lunch. 47% of our students are English Learners and only 3% are gifted.

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