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The highest-poverty public schools in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

31 public schools in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Plainfield Memorial School leads the list at 61.5%, against a median of 43.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

Top % FRL

61.5%

Median % FRL

43.5%

HIGHEST POVERTY · NORTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT PLANNING REGION, CONNECTICUT

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Plainfield Memorial School	Plainfield, CT	Plainfield School District	Elementary	291	61.5%
2	Shepard Hill Elementary School	Plainfield, CT	Plainfield School District	Elementary	392	60.7%
3	Putnam Elementary School	Putnam, CT	Putnam School District	Elementary	558	60.4%
4	Killingly Central School	Dayville, CT	Killingly School District	Elementary	317	60.3%
5	Moosup Elementary School	Moosup, CT	Plainfield School District	Elementary	252	59.5%
6	Putnam High School	Putnam, CT	Putnam School District	High	253	59.3%
7	Plainfield Central School	Plainfield, CT	Plainfield School District	Middle	422	55.9%
8	Killingly Memorial School	Danielson, CT	Killingly School District	Elementary	485	55.5%
9	Parish Hill High School	Chaplin, CT	Regional School District 11	High	184	55.4%
10	Putnam Middle School	Putnam, CT	Putnam School District	Middle	353	54.1%
11	Killingly Intermediate School	Dayville, CT	Killingly School District	Middle	692	52.3%
12	Plainfield High School	Central Village, CT	Plainfield School District	High	515	51.8%
13	Mary R. Fisher Elementary School	North Grosvenordale, CT	Thompson School District	Elementary	359	48.2%
14	Thompson Middle School	North Grosvenordale, CT	Thompson School District	Middle	262	46.2%
15	Sterling Community School	Sterling, CT	Sterling School District	Elementary	301	44.2%
16	Brooklyn Elementary School	Brooklyn, CT	Brooklyn School District	Elementary	469	43.5%
17	Killingly High School	Dayville, CT	Killingly School District	High	744	42.9%
18	Tourtellotte Memorial High School	North Grosvenordale, CT	Thompson School District	High	184	40.8%
19	Ashford School	Ashford, CT	Ashford School District	Elementary	351	38.7%
20	Quinebaug Middle College	Danielson, CT	Eastern Connecticut Regional Educational Service Center (EAS	High	144	38.2%
21	H. H. Ellis Technical High School	Danielson, CT	Connecticut Technical Education and Career System	High	650	37.8%
22	Brooklyn Middle School	Brooklyn, CT	Brooklyn School District	Middle	373	36.7%
23	Voluntown Elementary School	Voluntown, CT	Voluntown School District	Elementary	216	36.6%
24	Canterbury Elementary School	Canterbury, CT	Canterbury School District	Elementary	295	34.9%
25	Chaplin Elementary School	Chaplin, CT	Chaplin School District	Elementary	150	34.7%
26	Dr. Helen Baldwin Middle School	Canterbury, CT	Canterbury School District	Middle	213	33.8%
27	Woodstock Middle School	Woodstock, CT	Woodstock School District	Middle	360	26.7%
28	Eastford Elementary School	Eastford, CT	Eastford School District	Elementary	173	24.9%
29	Pomfret Community School	Pomfret Center, CT	Pomfret School District	Elementary	332	23.2%
30	Woodstock Elementary School	Woodstock, CT	Woodstock School District	Elementary	391	23.0%
31	The Woodstock Academy	Woodstock, CT	The Woodstock Academy District	High	1,011	4.5%

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