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The highest-poverty public high schools in Alabama

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public high schools in Alabama, drawn from 317 qualifying public high schools. Lanier Senior High School leads the list at 93.4%, against a median of 55.2% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

317

Alabama

Top % FRL

93.4%

Median % FRL

55.2%

HIGHEST POVERTY · ALABAMA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Lanier Senior High School	Montgomery, AL	Montgomery County	High	517	93.4%
2	Talladega County Central High	Talladega, AL	Talladega County	High	143	90.9%
3	Keith MiddleHigh School	Orrville, AL	Dallas County	High	188	89.9%
4	Lillie B Williamson High School	Mobile, AL	Mobile County	High	889	89.5%
5	Wilcox Central High School	Camden, AL	Wilcox County	High	340	89.4%
6	Southside High School	Selma, AL	Dallas County	High	285	89.1%
7	Calhoun High School	Letohatchee, AL	Lowndes County	High	186	88.7%
8	Barbour County High School	Clayton, AL	Barbour County	High	297	87.9%
9	Linden High School	Linden, AL	Linden City	High	126	87.3%
10	Selma High School	Selma, AL	Selma City	High	680	87.1%
11	Ben C Rain High School	Mobile, AL	Mobile County	High	587	86.7%
12	JacksonOlin High School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	High	713	86.1%
13	McIntyre Comprehensive Academy	Montgomery, AL	Montgomery County	High	212	85.8%
14	John L Leflore Magnet School	Mobile, AL	Mobile County	High	582	85.7%
15	Sumter Central High School	York, AL	Sumter County	High	526	85.2%
16	CF Vigor High School	Prichard, AL	Mobile County	High	620	84.7%
17	Fairfield High Preparatory School	Fairfield, AL	Fairfield City	High	519	84.4%
18	Loachapoka High School	Loachapoka, AL	Lee County	High	277	84.1%
19	Greensboro High School	Greensboro, AL	Hale County	High	276	84.1%
20	Bullock County High School	Union Springs, AL	Bullock County	High	448	83.9%
21	Crossville High School	Crossville, AL	DeKalb County	High	649	83.8%
22	Woodlawn High SchoolMagnet	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	High	750	83.7%
23	Midfield High School	Midfield, AL	Midfield City	High	327	83.5%
24	Acceleration Day and Evening Academy	MOBILE, AL	MAEF Public Charter Schools	High	513	83.2%
25	Carver Senior High School	Montgomery, AL	Montgomery County	High	1,553	82.7%
26	Lafayette High School	Lafayette, AL	Chambers County	High	182	82.4%
27	Aliceville High School	Aliceville, AL	Pickens County	High	338	82.0%
28	George Washington Carver High School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	High	570	81.6%
29	Greene County High School	Eutaw, AL	Greene County	High	250	81.2%
30	Wenonah High School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	High	670	81.2%
31	Abbeville High School	Abbeville, AL	Henry County	High	266	80.8%
32	Center Point High School	Center Point, AL	Jefferson County	High	685	80.7%
33	Monroe County High School	Monroeville, AL	Monroe County	High	302	80.5%
34	Booker T Washington High	Tuskegee, AL	Macon County	High	656	80.3%
35	Escambia County High School	Atmore, AL	Escambia County	High	390	80.3%
36	Parker High School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	High	942	79.9%
37	Huffman High SchoolMagnet	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	High	1,094	79.8%
38	Bessemer City High School	Bessemer, AL	Bessemer City	High	760	79.6%
39	Central High School	Hayneville, AL	Lowndes County	High	175	79.4%
40	Percy Julian High School	Montgomery, AL	Montgomery County	High	1,282	79.2%
41	Anniston High School	Anniston, AL	Anniston City	High	498	78.9%
42	Chickasaw City High School	Chickasaw, AL	Chickasaw City	High	241	78.8%
43	Tanner High School	Tanner, AL	Limestone County	High	410	78.8%
44	Tarrant High School	Tarrant, AL	Tarrant City	High	597	78.7%
45	Holt High School	Tuscaloosa, AL	Tuscaloosa County	High	456	78.3%
46	Central High School	Tuscaloosa, AL	Tuscaloosa City	High	796	78.1%
47	Pickens County High School	Reform, AL	Pickens County	High	265	78.1%
48	Montevallo High School	Montevallo, AL	Shelby County	High	485	77.7%
49	McIntosh High School	McIntosh, AL	Washington County	High	175	77.7%
50	Mattie T Blount High School	Eight Mile, AL	Mobile County	High	1,058	77.6%

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