Lothrop Magnet Center is a

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elementary school located at 3300 North 22nd Street in the

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neighborhood of

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, United States. As a

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it focuses on the topics of science, Spanish and technology. The school currently serves 380 students in prekindergarten through fourth grade. The school was one of Omaha's "

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s." In 1998 the school was protested by a

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organization for offering

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courses on

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awareness after offensive slang was repeatedly heard throughout the school. The group later offered a public apology. In 2007 the school was locked down after gunshots were fired in the surrounding neighborhood.

Present demographics

In the 2007-08 school year African American students accounted for 84.7% of the total population of Lothrop. White students made up 8.1% and Hispanics accounted for 5.1% of the student population. The mobility rate was 22.2% and the attendance rate was 93.6%. Free and reduced lunch recipients accounted for 78.8% of the student population. It is a

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school with a 66.68% poverty rate."Lothrop Elementary School"
Southwestern Educational Development Laboratory. Retrieved 1/8/08.

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Official website

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Present demographics

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