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The highest-poverty public high schools in Jefferson County, Alabama

Across Jefferson County, Alabama, 33 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. JacksonOlin High School leads the list at 86.1%, against a median of 63.4% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Jefferson County, Alabama

Top % FRL

86.1%

Median % FRL

63.4%

HIGHEST POVERTY · JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	JacksonOlin High School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	High	713	86.1%
2	Fairfield High Preparatory School	Fairfield, AL	Fairfield City	High	519	84.4%
3	Woodlawn High SchoolMagnet	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	High	750	83.7%
4	Midfield High School	Midfield, AL	Midfield City	High	327	83.5%
5	George Washington Carver High School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	High	570	81.6%
6	Wenonah High School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	High	670	81.2%
7	Center Point High School	Center Point, AL	Jefferson County	High	685	80.7%
8	Parker High School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	High	942	79.9%
9	Huffman High SchoolMagnet	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	High	1,094	79.8%
10	Bessemer City High School	Bessemer, AL	Bessemer City	High	760	79.6%
11	Tarrant High School	Tarrant, AL	Tarrant City	High	597	78.7%
12	Minor High School	Adamsville, AL	Jefferson County	High	978	72.7%
13	Fultondale High School	Birmingham, AL	Jefferson County	High	848	71.6%
14	ClayChalkville High School	Pinson, AL	Jefferson County	High	1,377	67.0%
15	Pinson Valley High School	Pinson, AL	Jefferson County	High	1,025	66.5%
16	Hueytown High School	Hueytown, AL	Jefferson County	High	1,200	66.0%
17	Pleasant Grove High School	Pleasant Grove, AL	Jefferson County	High	752	63.4%
18	Alabama Aerospace and Aviation High School	Bessemer, AL	Alabama Aerospace and Aviation	High	161	61.5%
19	Shades Valley High School	Irondale, AL	Jefferson County	High	1,094	54.7%
20	McAdory High School	McCalla, AL	Jefferson County	High	1,259	52.7%
21	Ramsay High School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	High	762	50.7%
22	Magic City Acceptance Academy	Birmingham, AL	Magic City Acceptance Academy	High	345	49.6%
23	Leeds High School	Leeds, AL	Leeds City	High	624	46.8%
24	Oak Grove High School	Bessemer, AL	Jefferson County	High	777	40.0%
25	Gardendale High School	Gardendale, AL	Jefferson County	High	1,076	38.6%
26	Mortimer Jordan High School	Kimberly, AL	Jefferson County	High	886	34.9%
27	Corner High School	Dora, AL	Jefferson County	High	492	32.9%
28	Hoover High School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	High	2,919	29.6%
29	Homewood High School	Homewood, AL	Homewood City	High	1,333	27.9%
30	HewittTrussville High School	Trussville, AL	Trussville City	High	1,571	15.3%
31	Vestavia Hills High School	Vestavia Hills, AL	Vestavia Hills City	High	1,625	9.8%
32	Vestavia Hills High School Freshman Campus	Vestavia Hills, AL	Vestavia Hills City	High	548	9.5%
33	Mountain Brook High School	Mountain Brook, AL	Mountain Brook City	High	985	2.8%

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