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

Across South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, 21 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Washington Middle School leads the list at 86.4%, against a median of 35.4% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

Top % FRL

86.4%

Median % FRL

35.4%

HIGHEST POVERTY · SOUTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT PLANNING REGION, CONNECTICUT

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Washington Middle School	Meriden, CT	Meriden School District	Middle	536	86.4%
2	Lincoln Middle School	Meriden, CT	Meriden School District	Middle	684	78.5%
3	Edison Middle School	Meriden, CT	Meriden School District	Middle	773	74.5%
4	Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School	New Haven, CT	New Haven School District	Middle	348	73.9%
5	Joseph Melillo Middle School	East Haven, CT	East Haven School District	Middle	461	65.3%
6	Harry M. Bailey Middle School	West Haven, CT	West Haven School District	Middle	885	57.4%
7	Carrigan 5/6 Intermediate School	West Haven, CT	West Haven School District	Middle	829	55.5%
8	Hamden Middle School	Hamden, CT	Hamden School District	Middle	845	48.8%
9	Francis Walsh Intermediate School	Branford, CT	Branford School District	Middle	775	42.5%
10	West Shore Middle School	Milford, CT	Milford School District	Middle	394	39.6%
11	Dag Hammarskjold Middle School	Wallingford, CT	Wallingford School District	Middle	593	35.4%
12	James H. Moran Middle School	Wallingford, CT	Wallingford School District	Middle	531	34.7%
13	Harborside Middle School	Milford, CT	Milford School District	Middle	400	28.0%
14	East Shore Middle School	Milford, CT	Milford School District	Middle	339	27.7%
15	North Branford Intermediate School	North Branford, CT	North Branford School District	Middle	352	23.9%
16	North Haven Middle School	North Haven, CT	North Haven School District	Middle	752	22.6%
17	Amity Middle School: Bethany	Bethany, CT	Regional School District 05	Middle	373	17.7%
18	Amity Middle School: Orange	Orange, CT	Regional School District 05	Middle	380	16.3%
19	A. Baldwin Middle School	Guilford, CT	Guilford School District	Middle	463	14.7%
20	E. C. Adams Middle School	Guilford, CT	Guilford School District	Middle	478	14.4%
21	Walter C. Polson Middle School	Madison, CT	Madison School District	Middle	541	6.5%

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