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The highest-poverty public schools in Madison County, Alabama

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public schools in Madison County, Alabama, drawn from 81 qualifying public schools. Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School leads the list at 79.9%, against a median of 43.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Madison County, Alabama

Top % FRL

79.9%

Median % FRL

43.2%

HIGHEST POVERTY · MADISON COUNTY, ALABAMA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	Elementary	458	79.9%
2	Sonnie Hereford Elementary School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	Elementary	578	79.4%
3	Chapman Middle School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	Middle	315	77.5%
4	Ronald McNair 78	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	Middle	390	77.4%
5	Lakewood Elementary School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	Elementary	397	75.1%
6	Montview Elementary School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	Elementary	213	74.2%
7	Morris Middle School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	Middle	397	74.1%
8	Rolling Hills Elementary School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	Elementary	483	72.3%
9	Highlands Elementary School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	Elementary	370	72.2%
10	Morris Elementary School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	Elementary	532	71.2%
11	James Dawson Elementary	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	Elementary	447	70.7%
12	Ridgecrest Elementary School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	Elementary	463	69.8%
13	Jemison High School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	High	858	69.5%
14	McDonnell Elementary School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	Elementary	511	66.5%
15	Lee High School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	High	877	59.7%
16	Sparkman Middle School	Toney, AL	Madison County	Middle	723	59.3%
17	Providence Elementary	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	Elementary	1,152	59.2%
18	Madison Cross Roads Elementary School	Toney, AL	Madison County	Elementary	841	58.0%
19	Whitesburg Middle School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	Middle	535	57.9%
20	Columbia High School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	High	916	57.5%
21	Madison County Elementary School	Gurley, AL	Madison County	Elementary	421	55.8%
22	Chapman Elementary School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	Elementary	167	55.1%
23	Walnut Grove School	New Market, AL	Madison County	Elementary	303	53.1%
24	Harvest School	Harvest, AL	Madison County	Elementary	663	53.1%
25	Whitesburg Elementary School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	Elementary	379	52.0%
26	Blossomwood Elementary School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	Elementary	596	50.5%
27	Huntsville Junior High School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	Middle	530	50.0%
28	Williams Middle School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	Middle	659	49.9%
29	Hazel Green Elementary School	Hazel Green, AL	Madison County	Elementary	963	49.4%
30	New Hope High School	New Hope, AL	Madison County	High	598	48.3%
31	Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	Elementary	400	48.3%
32	Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	Middle	194	47.9%
33	Owens Cross Roads School	Owens Cross Roads, AL	Madison County	Elementary	338	47.3%
34	New Hope Elementary School	New Hope, AL	Madison County	Elementary	534	47.2%
35	Williams Elementary School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	Elementary	484	46.1%
36	Roger B Chaffee Elementary School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	Elementary	396	46.0%
37	Meridianville Middle School	Hazel Green, AL	Madison County	Middle	1,100	45.2%
38	New Market School	New Market, AL	Madison County	Elementary	426	44.4%
39	Academy For Science Foreign Language	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	Elementary	303	44.2%
40	Academy for Academics and Arts Middle School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	Middle	270	43.7%
41	Sparkman Ninth Grade School	Harvest, AL	Madison County	High	621	43.2%
42	Moores Mill Intermediate School	New Market, AL	Madison County	Elementary	675	41.0%
43	Hazel Green High School	Hazel Green, AL	Madison County	High	1,454	40.7%
44	Lynn Fanning Elementary School	Meridianville, AL	Madison County	Elementary	618	39.0%
45	Endeavor Elementary School	Harvest, AL	Madison County	Elementary	760	37.9%
46	Sparkman High School	Harvest, AL	Madison County	High	1,770	36.6%
47	Central School	Huntsville, AL	Madison County	Elementary	610	36.2%
48	Challenger Middle School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	Middle	425	35.3%
49	Madison County High School	Gurley, AL	Madison County	High	451	35.0%
50	Virgil Grissom High School	Huntsville, AL	Huntsville City	High	1,847	35.0%

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