Maybe, but you'd definitely need one of those very good ones with two eyepieces. You don't have to be an optical expert to make a good choice, if you follow the simple evaluation criteria given here. The working distances between eye and lens and lens and specimen are so small that they are very difficult to use. And a single powerful lens has so much aberration that the student who manages to get an image will be disappointed by its quality. Unfortunately, there are quite a few models offered in school supply catalogs.
Many manufacturers offer a design that looks like a pocket flashlight.
You can get scopes at that cost that will be durable and easy to use, with lenses that will deliver a sharp, bright image. In general, more expensive models will provide similar images but more convenience, and less expensive ones will have disappointing performance. Two types, actually, in roughly equal numbers. The image is inverted. Although a metal body is no guarantee of lens quality, metal focus gearing is more precise than twistable plastic designs.