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The highest-poverty public schools in Riverside County, California

Across Riverside County, California, 466 public schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. La Familia Continuation High leads the list at 98.4%, against a median of 82.9% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

466

Riverside County, California

Top % FRL

98.4%

Median % FRL

82.9%

HIGHEST POVERTY · RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	La Familia Continuation High	Thermal, CA	Coachella Valley Unified	High	254	98.4%
2	James Workman Middle	Cathedral City, CA	Palm Springs Unified	Middle	1,020	97.8%
3	Desert Mirage High	Thermal, CA	Coachella Valley Unified	High	1,875	97.3%
4	Painted Hills Middle	Desert Hot Springs, CA	Palm Springs Unified	Middle	722	97.2%
5	Mecca Elementary	Mecca, CA	Coachella Valley Unified	Elementary	677	97.2%
6	Nellie N. Coffman Middle	Cathedral City, CA	Palm Springs Unified	Middle	914	97.2%
7	Oasis Elementary	Thermal, CA	Coachella Valley Unified	Elementary	488	97.1%
8	Riverside County Juvenile Court	Riverside, CA	Riverside County Office of Education	Combined	104	97.1%
9	Edgemont Elementary	Moreno Valley, CA	Moreno Valley Unified	Elementary	482	97.1%
10	Raymond Cree Middle	Palm Springs, CA	Palm Springs Unified	Middle	721	97.1%
11	Toro Canyon Middle	Thermal, CA	Coachella Valley Unified	Middle	989	97.1%
12	Arlanza Elementary	Riverside, CA	Alvord Unified	Elementary	431	97.0%
13	Herbert Hoover Elementary	Indio, CA	Desert Sands Unified	Elementary	326	96.9%
14	Desert Springs Middle	Desert Hot Springs, CA	Palm Springs Unified	Middle	749	96.7%
15	Cathedral City Elementary	Cathedral City, CA	Palm Springs Unified	Elementary	606	96.5%
16	Las Palmitas Elementary	Thermal, CA	Coachella Valley Unified	Elementary	570	96.5%
17	Jacob Wiens Elementary	Hemet, CA	Hemet Unified	Elementary	580	96.4%
18	Peter Pendleton Elementary	Coachella, CA	Coachella Valley Unified	Elementary	499	96.2%
19	Desert Hot Springs High	Desert Hot Springs, CA	Palm Springs Unified	High	1,687	96.1%
20	La Granada Elementary	Riverside, CA	Alvord Unified	Elementary	524	96.0%
21	Bobby Duke Middle	Coachella, CA	Coachella Valley Unified	Middle	648	96.0%
22	Columbia Elementary	Perris, CA	Val Verde Unified	Elementary	704	95.9%
23	Wells Middle	Riverside, CA	Alvord Unified	Middle	768	95.8%
24	Saul Martinez Elementary	Mecca, CA	Coachella Valley Unified	Elementary	961	95.7%
25	Palm Springs High	Palm Springs, CA	Palm Springs Unified	High	1,497	95.7%
26	Mt. San Jacinto High	Cathedral City, CA	Palm Springs Unified	High	325	95.7%
27	Parkridge Elementary	Corona, CA	Corona-Norco Unified	Elementary	634	95.6%
28	Cathedral City High	Cathedral City, CA	Palm Springs Unified	High	1,334	95.5%
29	Manuel L. Real Elementary	Perris, CA	Val Verde Unified	Elementary	593	95.4%
30	Vista del Monte Elementary	Palm Springs, CA	Palm Springs Unified	Elementary	435	95.4%
31	Sunnymead Elementary	Moreno Valley, CA	Moreno Valley Unified	Elementary	642	95.3%
32	Perris High	Perris, CA	Perris Union High	High	2,096	95.3%
33	Elsinore Elementary	Lake Elsinore, CA	Lake Elsinore Unified	Elementary	462	95.2%
34	Rancho Mirage High	Rancho Mirage, CA	Palm Springs Unified	High	1,401	95.2%
35	Palm View Elementary	Coachella, CA	Coachella Valley Unified	Elementary	561	94.8%
36	Amistad High (Continuation)	Indio, CA	Desert Sands Unified	High	192	94.8%
37	Acacia Middle	Hemet, CA	Hemet Unified	Middle	958	94.8%
38	Tomas Rivera Middle	Perris, CA	Val Verde Unified	Middle	1,014	94.8%
39	Pinacate Middle	Perris, CA	Perris Union High	Middle	952	94.7%
40	Alvord High	Riverside, CA	Alvord Unified	High	130	94.6%
41	Abraham Lincoln Continuation	Riverside, CA	Riverside Unified	High	148	94.6%
42	Badger Springs Middle	Moreno Valley, CA	Moreno Valley Unified	Middle	1,058	94.5%
43	Cabot Yerxa Elementary	Desert Hot Springs, CA	Palm Springs Unified	Elementary	664	94.4%
44	Serrano Elementary	Moreno Valley, CA	Moreno Valley Unified	Elementary	496	94.4%
45	Jefferson Elementary	Corona, CA	Corona-Norco Unified	Elementary	561	94.3%
46	San Jacinto Elementary	San Jacinto, CA	San Jacinto Unified	Elementary	519	94.2%
47	Valley View Elementary	Coachella, CA	Coachella Valley Unified	Elementary	603	94.2%
48	Sunnymead Middle	Moreno Valley, CA	Moreno Valley Unified	Middle	1,185	94.2%
49	Landau Elementary	Cathedral City, CA	Palm Springs Unified	Elementary	579	94.1%
50	Lakeland Village	Lake Elsinore, CA	Lake Elsinore Unified	Elementary	909	94.1%

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