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

Across Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, 23 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. J. M. Wright Technical High School leads the list at 59.9%, against a median of 28.0% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

Top % FRL

59.9%

Median % FRL

28.0%

HIGHEST POVERTY · WESTERN CONNECTICUT PLANNING REGION, CONNECTICUT

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	J. M. Wright Technical High School	Stamford, CT	Connecticut Technical Education and Career System	High	494	59.9%
2	Danbury High School	Danbury, CT	Danbury School District	High	3,612	55.1%
3	Stamford High School	Stamford, CT	Stamford School District	High	2,102	53.6%
4	Westhill High School	Stamford, CT	Stamford School District	High	2,224	53.6%
5	P-TECH Norwalk	Norwalk, CT	Norwalk School District	High	388	51.8%
6	Norwalk High School	Norwalk, CT	Norwalk School District	High	1,494	50.9%
7	Brien McMahon High School	Norwalk, CT	Norwalk School District	High	1,739	50.0%
8	The Academy of Information Technology & Engineering	Stamford, CT	Stamford School District	High	658	48.2%
9	Henry Abbott Technical High School	Danbury, CT	Connecticut Technical Education and Career System	High	721	37.9%
10	Center for Global Studies	Norwalk, CT	Norwalk School District	High	283	36.0%
11	Bethel High School	Bethel, CT	Bethel School District	High	1,097	31.7%
12	New Milford High School	New Milford, CT	New Milford School District	High	1,150	28.0%
13	Brookfield High School	Brookfield, CT	Brookfield School District	High	849	24.0%
14	Greenwich High School	Greenwich, CT	Greenwich School District	High	2,620	22.8%
15	New Fairfield High School	New Fairfield, CT	New Fairfield School District	High	693	19.9%
16	Newtown High School	Sandy Hook, CT	Newtown School District	High	1,254	15.8%
17	Joel Barlow High School	Redding, CT	Regional School District 09	High	698	10.9%
18	Ridgefield High School	Ridgefield, CT	Ridgefield School District	High	1,411	8.9%
19	Wilton High School	Wilton, CT	Wilton School District	High	1,202	6.3%
20	Darien High School	Darien, CT	Darien School District	High	1,382	3.9%
21	Staples High School	Westport, CT	Westport School District	High	1,629	3.0%
22	Weston High School	Weston, CT	Weston School District	High	691	1.7%
23	New Canaan High School	New Canaan, CT	New Canaan School District	High	1,257	0.2%

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