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The highest-poverty public high schools in Colorado Springs, Colorado

28 public high schools in Colorado Springs, Colorado appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public high schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Atlas Preparatory High School leads the list at 82.6%, against a median of 47.4% across the ranked schools.

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Colorado Springs, Colorado

Top % FRL

82.6%

Median % FRL

47.4%

HIGHEST POVERTY · COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Atlas Preparatory High School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Harrison School District No. 2 in the county of El Paso an	High	499	82.6%
2	Nikola Tesla Education Opportunity Center	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E	High	291	79.0%
3	The Bijou School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E	High	134	76.9%
4	Eastlake High School of Colorado Springs	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E	High	104	74.0%
5	Sierra High School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Harrison School District No. 2 in the county of El Paso an	High	843	72.5%
6	Harrison High School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Harrison School District No. 2 in the county of El Paso an	High	1,089	72.5%
7	Mitchell High School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E	High	757	69.2%
8	Hanover Junior-Senior High School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Hanover School District No. 28 in the county of El Paso an	High	134	64.2%
9	Palmer High School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E	High	1,265	61.4%
10	Odyssey Early College and Career Options	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E	High	287	51.2%
11	Sand Creek High School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	El Paso County Colorado School District 49	High	1,426	50.7%
12	Doherty High School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E	High	1,715	50.6%
13	James Irwin Charter High School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Harrison School District No. 2 in the county of El Paso an	High	425	48.7%
14	Coronado High School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E	High	1,279	48.3%
15	Power Technical	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	El Paso County Colorado School District 49	High	405	46.4%
16	Widefield High School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	School District No. 3 in the county of El Paso and State of	High	1,193	39.2%
17	CIVA Charter Academy	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E	High	174	39.1%
18	Colorado Early Colleges Colorado Springs	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	State Charter School Institute	High	677	39.0%
19	Vista Ridge High School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	El Paso County Colorado School District 49	High	1,473	37.9%
20	Mesa Ridge High School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	School District No. 3 in the county of El Paso and State of	High	1,304	35.9%
21	Rampart High School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an	High	1,305	31.4%
22	Liberty High School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an	High	1,526	25.4%
23	The Vanguard School (High)	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Harrison School District No. 2 in the county of El Paso an	High	303	24.8%
24	Cheyenne Mountain High School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E	High	1,275	18.0%
25	Discovery Canyon Campus High School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an	High	1,021	17.2%
26	Pine Creek High School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an	High	1,875	15.3%
27	The Classical Academy High School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an	High	616	13.1%
28	Monument Charter Academy Secondary School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38 in the co	High	541	10.9%

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