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The highest-poverty public elementary schools in Alabama

696 public elementary schools in Alabama appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public elementary schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Clark Elementary School leads the list at 97.3%, against a median of 59.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

696

Alabama

Top % FRL

97.3%

Median % FRL

59.2%

HIGHEST POVERTY · ALABAMA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Clark Elementary School	Selma, AL	Selma City	Elementary	113	97.3%
2	Payne Elementary School	Selma, AL	Selma City	Elementary	164	96.3%
3	Grant Elementary School	Prichard, AL	Mobile County	Elementary	285	94.4%
4	Holloway Elementary	Mobile, AL	Mobile County	Elementary	483	92.8%
5	Florence Howard Elementary School	Mobile, AL	Mobile County	Elementary	497	92.0%
6	West Forest Intermediate School	Opelika, AL	Opelika City	Elementary	393	91.6%
7	ChastangFournier Middle School	Mobile, AL	Mobile County	Elementary	503	91.3%
8	Carver Primary School	Opelika, AL	Opelika City	Elementary	414	91.1%
9	Morningside Elementary School	Mobile, AL	Mobile County	Elementary	480	90.8%
10	Adams Elementary School	Gadsden, AL	Gadsden City	Elementary	433	90.8%
11	Morris Elementary School	Montgomery, AL	Montgomery County	Elementary	414	90.3%
12	SpencerWestlawn Elementary School	Mobile, AL	Mobile County	Elementary	428	90.2%
13	Fitzpatrick Elementary School	Montgomery, AL	Montgomery County	Elementary	385	90.1%
14	Girard Elementary School	Dothan, AL	Dothan City	Elementary	380	89.5%
15	Eutaw Primary School	Eutaw, AL	Greene County	Elementary	282	89.4%
16	Maryvale Elementary School	Mobile, AL	Mobile County	Elementary	475	89.3%
17	Glen Oaks Intermediate School	Fairfield, AL	Fairfield City	Elementary	275	88.7%
18	John Will Elementary School	Mobile, AL	Mobile County	Elementary	549	88.7%
19	Edgewood Elementary School	Selma, AL	Selma City	Elementary	402	88.6%
20	Barbour County Intermediate School	Louisville, AL	Barbour County	Elementary	227	88.5%
21	Forest Hill Elementary School	Mobile, AL	Mobile County	Elementary	478	88.1%
22	Aliceville Elementary School	Aliceville, AL	Pickens County	Elementary	415	88.0%
23	Southside Primary School	Selma, AL	Dallas County	Elementary	147	87.8%
24	Davis Elementary School	Montgomery, AL	Montgomery County	Elementary	533	87.6%
25	Crossville Elementary School	Crossville, AL	DeKalb County	Elementary	658	87.4%
26	Whitley Elementary School	Prichard, AL	Mobile County	Elementary	237	87.3%
27	Leinkauf Elementary School	Mobile, AL	Mobile County	Elementary	542	87.3%
28	Fort Deposit Elementary School	Fort Deposit, AL	Lowndes County	Elementary	186	87.1%
29	Hudson KEight School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	Elementary	580	87.1%
30	Crump Elementary School	Montgomery, AL	Montgomery County	Elementary	575	87.0%
31	Dr Robert W Gilliard Elementary	Mobile, AL	Mobile County	Elementary	806	86.8%
32	Matthews Elementary School	Northport, AL	Tuscaloosa County	Elementary	401	86.8%
33	Brantley Elementary School	Selma, AL	Dallas County	Elementary	204	86.8%
34	Robinson Primary School	Fairfield, AL	Fairfield City	Elementary	238	86.6%
35	Chickasaw Intermediate School	Chickasaw, AL	Chickasaw City	Elementary	301	86.4%
36	CollinsRhodes Elementary School	Eight Mile, AL	Mobile County	Elementary	537	85.8%
37	JE Terry Elementary School	Plantersville, AL	Dallas County	Elementary	110	85.5%
38	Union Springs Elementary School	Union Springs, AL	Bullock County	Elementary	497	85.3%
39	Rachel Patterson Elementary School	Atmore, AL	Escambia County	Elementary	509	85.3%
40	George Hall Elementary School	Mobile, AL	Mobile County	Elementary	244	85.2%
41	Oliver K5 School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	Elementary	343	85.1%
42	Greenville Elementary School	Greenville, AL	Butler County	Elementary	268	85.1%
43	Hazlewood Elementary School	Town Creek, AL	Lawrence County	Elementary	221	85.1%
44	Selma Street Elementary School	Dothan, AL	Dothan City	Elementary	421	85.0%
45	W E Striplin Elementary School	Gadsden, AL	Gadsden City	Elementary	400	84.8%
46	Harlan Elementary School	Florence, AL	Florence City	Elementary	426	84.7%
47	Dannelly Elementary School	Montgomery, AL	Montgomery County	Elementary	588	84.5%
48	Morris Slingluff Elementary School	Dothan, AL	Dothan City	Elementary	381	84.5%
49	Randolph Park Elementary School	Anniston, AL	Anniston City	Elementary	339	84.4%
50	Faine Elementary School	Dothan, AL	Dothan City	Elementary	326	84.4%

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