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The highest-poverty public high schools in Atlanta, Georgia

23 public high schools in Atlanta, Georgia appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public high schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Frederick Douglass High School leads the list at 100%, against a median of 98.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked
23
Atlanta, Georgia
Top % FRL
100%
Median % FRL
98.2%
HIGHEST POVERTY · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
#SchoolCityDistrictLevelStudents% FRL
1Frederick Douglass High SchoolAtlanta, GAAtlanta Public SchoolsHigh1,296100%
2Benjamin E. Mays High SchoolAtlanta, GAAtlanta Public SchoolsHigh1,338100%
3Hank Aaron New Beginnings AcademyAtlanta, GAAtlanta Public SchoolsHigh147100%
4Carver High School Early CollegeAtlanta, GAAtlanta Public SchoolsHigh514100%
5Kipp Atlanta Collegiate Charter SchoolAtlanta, GAAtlanta Public SchoolsHigh874100%
6Booker T. Washington High SchoolAtlanta, GAAtlanta Public SchoolsHigh856100%
7D. M. Therrell High SchoolAtlanta, GAAtlanta Public SchoolsHigh964100%
8Carver High SchoolAtlanta, GAAtlanta Public SchoolsHigh544100%
9McNair High SchoolAtlanta, GADeKalb CountyHigh779100%
10South Atlanta High SchoolAtlanta, GAAtlanta Public SchoolsHigh94299.9%
11Hapeville Charter Career AcademyAtlanta, GAFulton CountyHigh63899.8%
12Georgia Fugees Academy Charter SchoolAtlanta, GAState Specialty Schools II- Georgia Fugees Academy CharterHigh16598.2%
13Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership AcademyAtlanta, GAAtlanta Public SchoolsHigh37797.9%
14B.E.S.T AcademyAtlanta, GAAtlanta Public SchoolsHigh26896.6%
15Maynard Jackson High SchoolAtlanta, GAAtlanta Public SchoolsHigh1,54981.8%
16North Springs High SchoolAtlanta, GAFulton CountyHigh1,19553.7%
17Westlake High SchoolAtlanta, GAFulton CountyHigh2,05648.8%
18Lakeside High SchoolAtlanta, GADeKalb CountyHigh2,23447.1%
19Druid Hills High SchoolAtlanta, GADeKalb CountyHigh1,46843.8%
20Charles Drew Charter JA/SR AcademyAtlanta, GAAtlanta Public SchoolsHigh94142.2%
21Riverwood International Charter SchoolAtlanta, GAFulton CountyHigh1,73740.5%
22North Atlanta High SchoolAtlanta, GAAtlanta Public SchoolsHigh2,36830.3%
23Midtown High SchoolAtlanta, GAAtlanta Public SchoolsHigh1,69627.4%
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