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The highest-poverty public K-12 schools in California

Across California, 96 public K-12 schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Monarch leads the list at 100%, against a median of 72.0% 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

California

Top % FRL

100%

Median % FRL

72.0%

HIGHEST POVERTY · CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Monarch	San Diego, CA	San Diego County Office of Education	Combined	225	100%
2	Glen Paul	Eureka, CA	Humboldt County Office of Education	Combined	128	99.2%
3	California School for the Deaf-Fremont	Fremont, CA	California School for the Deaf-Fremont (State Special Schl)	Combined	279	98.9%
4	San Diego County Court	San Diego, CA	San Diego County Office of Education	Combined	219	98.6%
5	Kern County Juvenile Court	Bakersfield, CA	Kern County Office of Education	Combined	191	98.4%
6	ACCESS Juvenile Hall	Costa Mesa, CA	Orange County Department of Education	Combined	186	98.4%
7	New Open World Academy K-12	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Combined	911	97.6%
8	Elizabeth Learning Center	Cudahy, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Combined	1,257	97.5%
9	Highlands Community Charter	Sacramento, CA	Highlands Community Charter District	Combined	11,713	97.4%
10	San Bernardino Co Juve Detention and Assessment Center	San Bernardino, CA	San Bernardino County Office of Education	Combined	113	97.3%
11	Independent Study Sojourner Truth	Oakland, CA	Oakland Unified	Combined	481	97.3%
12	UCLA Community K-12	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Combined	887	97.3%
13	Riverside County Juvenile Court	Riverside, CA	Riverside County Office of Education	Combined	104	97.1%
14	Marlton	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Combined	135	94.8%
15	Logan Memorial Educational Campus	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Combined	1,467	94.7%
16	Valley Academy	El Centro, CA	Imperial County Office of Education	Combined	205	93.7%
17	California Innovative Career Academy	Sacramento, CA	California Innovative Career Academy District	Combined	1,729	93.2%
18	San Diego County Community	San Diego, CA	San Diego County Office of Education	Combined	510	92.5%
19	Duane E. Furman Independent Study	Madera, CA	Madera Unified	Combined	348	92.2%
20	Keema School for Independent Study	Sacramento, CA	Twin Rivers Unified	Combined	529	91.9%
21	Kern County Community	Bakersfield, CA	Kern County Office of Education	Combined	325	91.7%
22	Mountain View (Alternative)	Reedley, CA	Kings Canyon Joint Unified	Combined	318	90.3%
23	Desert Learning Academy	Palm Springs, CA	Palm Springs Unified	Combined	317	89.6%
24	Thirty-Second Street USC Performing Arts	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Combined	842	89.1%
25	City of Angels	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Combined	1,058	87.2%
26	Berenece Carlson Home Hospital	North Hollywood, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Combined	381	86.1%
27	ACCESS County Community	Costa Mesa, CA	Orange County Department of Education	Combined	1,315	85.4%
28	San Joaquin County Community	Stockton, CA	San Joaquin County Office of Education	Combined	1,021	85.2%
29	Foshay Learning Center	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Combined	1,530	84.7%
30	Prospects High (Alternative)	Antioch, CA	Antioch Unified	Combined	304	83.9%
31	Riley/New Dawn	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Combined	142	83.8%
32	Charles Leroy Lowman Special Ed and Career Transition Center	North Hollywood, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Combined	170	82.9%
33	Fresno County Special Education	Fresno, CA	Fresno County Office of Education	Combined	597	82.7%
34	High Desert Premier Academy	Apple Valley, CA	Apple Valley Unified	Combined	208	80.8%
35	Shadow Ridge	Hesperia, CA	Hesperia Unified	Combined	378	79.6%
36	Lake Balboa College Preparatory Magnet K-12	Lake Balboa, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Combined	590	76.8%
37	Capital City Independent Study	Sacramento, CA	Sacramento City Unified	Combined	258	76.7%
38	Special Education	Visalia, CA	Tulare County Office of Education	Combined	1,141	76.7%
39	Central Unified Alternative/Opportunity	Fresno, CA	Central Unified	Combined	260	75.4%
40	San Bernardino County Special Education	San Bernardino, CA	San Bernardino County Office of Education	Combined	1,860	74.8%
41	Kern County Special Education	Bakersfield, CA	Kern County Office of Education	Combined	387	74.7%
42	Open Valley Independent Study	Patterson, CA	Patterson Joint Unified	Combined	100	74.0%
43	Ukiah Independent Study Academy	Ukiah, CA	Ukiah Unified	Combined	118	73.7%
44	Sequoia Career Academy	Ukiah, CA	Sequoia Career Academy District	Combined	144	73.6%
45	Gould Educational Center	Madera, CA	Madera County Superintendent of Schools	Combined	351	72.9%
46	Independence	Lodi, CA	Lodi Unified	Combined	166	72.3%
47	Mark Twain Special Center	Garden Grove, CA	Garden Grove Unified	Combined	101	72.3%
48	Richard H. Lewis Alternative	Clearlake, CA	Konocti Unified	Combined	118	72.0%
49	Las Flores High (Alternative)	Sacramento, CA	Elk Grove Unified	Combined	532	72.0%
50	Sutter County Special Education	Yuba City, CA	Sutter County Office of Education	Combined	332	69.6%

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