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The highest-poverty public schools in Etowah County, Alabama

36 public schools in Etowah County, Alabama appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Adams Elementary School leads the list at 90.8%, against a median of 61.6% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Etowah County, Alabama

Top % FRL

90.8%

Median % FRL

61.6%

HIGHEST POVERTY · ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Adams Elementary School	Gadsden, AL	Gadsden City	Elementary	433	90.8%
2	W E Striplin Elementary School	Gadsden, AL	Gadsden City	Elementary	400	84.8%
3	Floyd Elementary School	Gadsden, AL	Gadsden City	Elementary	384	82.0%
4	Thompson Elementary School	Gadsden, AL	Gadsden City	Elementary	288	81.3%
5	Litchfield Middle School	Gadsden, AL	Gadsden City	Middle	252	80.2%
6	Walnut Park Elementary School	Gadsden, AL	Gadsden City	Elementary	218	78.9%
7	Sansom Middle School	Gadsden, AL	Gadsden City	Middle	339	77.6%
8	Etowah Middle School	Attalla, AL	Attalla City	Middle	342	74.0%
9	Donehoo Elementary School	Gadsden, AL	Gadsden City	Elementary	225	73.3%
10	Attalla Elementary School	Attalla, AL	Attalla City	Elementary	665	70.2%
11	Gadsden City High School	Gadsden, AL	Gadsden City	High	1,361	68.9%
12	Carlisle Elementary School	Boaz, AL	Etowah County	Elementary	343	68.8%
13	Gaston Elementary School	Gadsden, AL	Etowah County	Elementary	290	67.6%
14	Duck Springs Elementary School	Attalla, AL	Etowah County	Elementary	207	65.2%
15	Gaston High School	Gadsden, AL	Etowah County	High	380	63.9%
16	Gadsden Middle School	Gadsden, AL	Gadsden City	Middle	438	63.9%
17	Etowah High School	Attalla, AL	Attalla City	High	453	62.7%
18	Ivalee Elementary School	Attalla, AL	Etowah County	Elementary	200	62.0%
19	West End Elementary School	Altoona, AL	Etowah County	Elementary	390	61.3%
20	Mitchell Elementary School	Gadsden, AL	Gadsden City	Elementary	262	59.2%
21	West End High School	Walnut Grove, AL	Etowah County	High	370	54.6%
22	Sardis Middle School	Sardis City, AL	Etowah County	Middle	381	54.1%
23	Highland Elementary School	Gadsden, AL	Etowah County	Elementary	216	53.7%
24	John S Jones Elementary School	Rainbow City, AL	Etowah County	Elementary	745	53.7%
25	Sardis High School	Sardis City, AL	Etowah County	High	546	48.7%
26	Glencoe Middle School	Glencoe, AL	Etowah County	Middle	272	47.4%
27	Hokes Bluff Middle School	Hokes Bluff, AL	Etowah County	Middle	253	46.6%
28	Hokes Bluff Elementary School	Hokes Bluff, AL	Etowah County	Elementary	610	45.4%
29	Whitesboro Elementary School	Boaz, AL	Etowah County	Elementary	423	42.8%
30	Glencoe Elementary School	Glencoe, AL	Etowah County	Elementary	397	42.6%
31	Hokes Bluff High School	Hokes Bluff, AL	Etowah County	High	371	42.0%
32	Rainbow Middle School	Rainbow City, AL	Etowah County	Middle	634	40.2%
33	Glencoe High School	Glencoe, AL	Etowah County	High	300	37.7%
34	Southside High School	Southside, AL	Etowah County	High	825	33.7%
35	Eura Brown Elementary School	Gadsden, AL	Gadsden City	Elementary	340	32.6%
36	Southside Elementary School	Southside, AL	Etowah County	Elementary	585	31.8%

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