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The highest-poverty public high schools in South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

Across South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, 28 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Hill Regional Career High School leads the list at 82.1%, against a median of 51.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

Top % FRL

82.1%

Median % FRL

51.5%

HIGHEST POVERTY · SOUTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT PLANNING REGION, CONNECTICUT

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Hill Regional Career High School	New Haven, CT	New Haven School District	High	625	82.1%
2	James Hillhouse High School	New Haven, CT	New Haven School District	High	1,124	81.4%
3	Orville H. Platt High School	Meriden, CT	Meriden School District	High	1,191	80.9%
4	Metropolitan Business Academy	New Haven, CT	New Haven School District	High	380	80.5%
5	High School In The Community	New Haven, CT	New Haven School District	High	251	80.1%
6	Wilbur Cross High School	New Haven, CT	New Haven School District	High	1,742	75.7%
7	Francis T. Maloney High School	Meriden, CT	Meriden School District	High	1,291	73.5%
8	Cooperative High School - Inter-District Magnet	New Haven, CT	New Haven School District	High	560	72.3%
9	Eli Whitney Technical High School	Hamden, CT	Connecticut Technical Education and Career System	High	586	70.0%
10	Common Ground High School	New Haven, CT	Common Ground High School District	High	221	64.3%
11	New Haven Academy	New Haven, CT	New Haven School District	High	321	63.2%
12	Sound School	New Haven, CT	New Haven School District	High	332	54.2%
13	East Haven High School	East Haven, CT	East Haven School District	High	879	54.2%
14	West Haven High School	West Haven, CT	West Haven School District	High	1,813	52.2%
15	Engineering - Science University Magnet School	West Haven, CT	New Haven School District	High	608	50.8%
16	Platt Technical High School	Milford, CT	Connecticut Technical Education and Career System	High	749	47.1%
17	Hamden High School	Hamden, CT	Hamden School District	High	1,609	46.9%
18	H. C. Wilcox Technical High School	Meriden, CT	Connecticut Technical Education and Career System	High	753	45.6%
19	Branford High School	Branford, CT	Branford School District	High	738	37.7%
20	Lyman Hall High School	Wallingford, CT	Wallingford School District	High	936	35.8%
21	Jonathan Law High School	Milford, CT	Milford School District	High	776	33.9%
22	Mark T. Sheehan High School	Wallingford, CT	Wallingford School District	High	673	31.5%
23	North Branford High School	North Branford, CT	North Branford School District	High	432	28.2%
24	Joseph A. Foran High School	Milford, CT	Milford School District	High	727	28.2%
25	North Haven High School	North Haven, CT	North Haven School District	High	944	24.2%
26	Amity Regional High School	Woodbridge, CT	Regional School District 05	High	1,347	16.8%
27	Guilford High School	Guilford, CT	Guilford School District	High	1,008	14.6%
28	Daniel Hand High School	Madison, CT	Madison School District	High	751	5.5%

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