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The highest-poverty public high schools in Colorado

Across Colorado, 320 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Denver Justice High School leads the list at 94.3%, against a median of 48.4% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

320

Colorado

Top % FRL

94.3%

Median % FRL

48.4%

HIGHEST POVERTY · COLORADO

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Denver Justice High School	DENVER, CO	Denver Public Schools	High	106	94.3%
2	Aurora West College Preparatory Academy	AURORA, CO	Aurora Public Schools	High	927	94.1%
3	Rocky Mountain Prep SMART	DENVER, CO	Denver Public Schools	High	604	92.2%
4	Summit Academy	DENVER, CO	Denver Public Schools	High	236	91.9%
5	Center High School	CENTER, CO	Center Consolidated School District 26JT	High	153	91.5%
6	West High School	DENVER, CO	Denver Public Schools	High	519	90.9%
7	Justice High Charter School	LAFAYETTE, CO	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	High	108	89.8%
8	AUL Denver	DENVER, CO	Denver Public Schools	High	156	89.7%
9	Florence Crittenton High School	DENVER, CO	Denver Public Schools	High	107	89.7%
10	Colorado High School Charter - GES	DENVER, CO	Denver Public Schools	High	209	89.5%
11	Lester R Arnold High School	COMMERCE CITY, CO	Adams County School District 14	High	184	89.1%
12	Abraham Lincoln High School	DENVER, CO	Denver Public Schools	High	965	88.9%
13	Bruce Randolph School	DENVER, CO	Denver Public Schools	High	663	88.5%
14	Walsenburg Jr. Sr. High School	WALSENBURG, CO	Huerfano School District Re-1	High	179	88.3%
15	KIPP Denver Collegiate High School	DENVER, CO	Denver Public Schools	High	477	88.1%
16	Hinkley High School	AURORA, CO	Aurora Public Schools	High	1,527	87.8%
17	Hidden Lake Secondary	WESTMINSTER, CO	Westminster Public Schools	High	340	87.6%
18	Colorado High School Charter	DENVER, CO	Denver Public Schools	High	206	87.4%
19	Montbello High School	DENVER, CO	Denver Public Schools	High	1,112	86.9%
20	Denver Center for 21st-Century Learning at Wyman	DENVER, CO	Denver Public Schools	High	150	86.7%
21	North High School Engagement Center	DENVER, CO	Denver Public Schools	High	103	86.4%
22	Sheridan High School	ENGLEWOOD, CO	Sheridan School District No. 2	High	321	86.0%
23	Northeast Early College	DENVER, CO	Denver Public Schools	High	507	85.8%
24	DSST: College View High School	DENVER, CO	Denver Public Schools	High	533	85.7%
25	Career Education Center Early College	DENVER, CO	Denver Public Schools	High	468	85.5%
26	Excel Academy	DENVER, CO	Denver Public Schools	High	227	85.5%
27	Adams City High School	COMMERCE CITY, CO	Adams County School District 14	High	1,500	85.1%
28	Legacy Options High School	DENVER, CO	Denver Public Schools	High	153	85.0%
29	New America School - Thornton	THORNTON, CO	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	High	190	84.7%
30	Aurora Science & Tech High School	AURORA, CO	Aurora Public Schools	High	434	84.1%
31	Gateway High School	AURORA, CO	Aurora Public Schools	High	1,748	83.1%
32	Victory Preparatory Academy High State Charter School	COMMERCE CITY, CO	State Charter School Institute	High	118	83.1%
33	Atlas Preparatory High School	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Harrison School District Two	High	499	82.6%
34	East High School	PUEBLO, CO	Pueblo School District 60	High	1,081	82.4%
35	DSST: Cole High School	DENVER, CO	Denver Public Schools	High	287	82.2%
36	Westminster High School	WESTMINSTER, CO	Westminster Public Schools	High	2,010	82.0%
37	Contemporary Learning Academy	DENVER, CO	Denver Public Schools	High	126	81.7%
38	William Smith High School	AURORA, CO	Aurora Public Schools	High	410	81.5%
39	Las Animas High School	LAS ANIMAS, CO	Las Animas School District No. Re-1	High	132	81.1%
40	Black Canyon High School	MONTROSE, CO	Montrose County School District Re-1J	High	100	81.0%
41	Jefferson Junior/Senior High	GREELEY, CO	Greeley-Evans School District 6	High	614	80.8%
42	Vista Academy	DENVER, CO	Denver Public Schools	High	291	80.8%
43	Emily Griffith High School	DENVER, CO	Denver Public Schools	High	311	80.1%
44	Southwest Open Charter School	CORTEZ, CO	Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1	High	131	79.4%
45	Nikola Tesla Education Opportunity Center	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Colorado Springs School District 11	High	291	79.0%
46	Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early College	DENVER, CO	Denver Public Schools	High	1,027	79.0%
47	John F Kennedy High School	DENVER, CO	Denver Public Schools	High	681	78.9%
48	Jefferson Junior/Senior High School	EDGEWATER, CO	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	High	601	78.7%
49	Thornton High School	THORNTON, CO	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	High	1,439	78.7%
50	Manzanola Junior-Senior High School	MANZANOLA, CO	Manzanola School District 3J	High	103	78.6%

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