What are Equity Focus Schools?

Equity Focus Schools on DonorsChoose are schools where 50% or more of students are Black, Latino, Native American, Pacific Islander, or multiracial, and 50% or more of students qualify for free or reduced price lunch, the standard measure for school economic level. We rely on data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and MDR Education to determine which schools are Equity Focus Schools.

Labels on your project page and school page will indicate an Equity Focus School. 

Projects from Equity Focus schools will display this blue tag:

You can also determine Equity Focus by looking at the school page:

• If you're a teacher, on the right-hand side of your dashboard, under Tools & Resources, you’ll see a link to your school page 
• If you're a donor, head to https://www.donorschoose.org/schools and find the school you're looking for via state and district 

If the school is an Equity Focus School, this will be indicated at the top of your school page:

If you think your school’s economic need level on our site may not be accurate, check out this help center article. If you believe our data on student racial demographics is incorrect in the DonorsChoose database, contact our team and provide us with either an official school report card/government website review of your school’s racial demographic, or ask your principal/director to email us providing updated demographics.