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The highest-poverty public middle schools in Santa Cruz County, California

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public middle schools in Santa Cruz County, California, drawn from 12 qualifying public middle schools. E. A. Hall Middle leads the list at 97.4%, against a median of 44.6% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Santa Cruz County, California

Top % FRL

97.4%

Median % FRL

44.6%

HIGHEST POVERTY · SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	E. A. Hall Middle	Watsonville, CA	Pajaro Valley Unified	Middle	491	97.4%
2	Rolling Hills Middle	Watsonville, CA	Pajaro Valley Unified	Middle	588	94.6%
3	Lakeview Middle	Watsonville, CA	Pajaro Valley Unified	Middle	425	92.5%
4	Cesar E. Chavez Middle	Watsonville, CA	Pajaro Valley Unified	Middle	548	91.1%
5	Shoreline Middle	Santa Cruz, CA	Live Oak Elementary	Middle	478	64.9%
6	Aptos Junior High	Aptos, CA	Pajaro Valley Unified	Middle	587	51.1%
7	Branciforte Middle	Santa Cruz, CA	Santa Cruz City High	Middle	409	38.1%
8	Mission Hill Middle	Santa Cruz, CA	Santa Cruz City High	Middle	510	32.0%
9	New Brighton Middle	Capitola, CA	Soquel Union Elementary	Middle	585	30.3%
10	San Lorenzo Valley Middle	Felton, CA	San Lorenzo Valley Unified	Middle	396	24.0%
11	Scotts Valley Middle	Scotts Valley, CA	Scotts Valley Unified	Middle	463	11.2%
12	C. T. English Middle	Los Gatos, CA	Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary	Middle	164	11.0%

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