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The highest-poverty public high schools in Georgia

426 public high schools in Georgia appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public high schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Callaway High School leads the list at 100%, against a median of 72.0% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked
426
Georgia
Top % FRL
100%
Median % FRL
72.0%
HIGHEST POVERTY · GEORGIA
#SchoolCityDistrictLevelStudents% FRL
1Callaway High SchoolHogansville, GATroup CountyHigh930100%
2Frederick Douglass High SchoolAtlanta, GAAtlanta Public SchoolsHigh1,296100%
3Benjamin E. Mays High SchoolAtlanta, GAAtlanta Public SchoolsHigh1,338100%
4Hank Aaron New Beginnings AcademyAtlanta, GAAtlanta Public SchoolsHigh147100%
5Carver High School Early CollegeAtlanta, GAAtlanta Public SchoolsHigh514100%
6Kipp Atlanta Collegiate Charter SchoolAtlanta, GAAtlanta Public SchoolsHigh874100%
7Booker T. Washington High SchoolAtlanta, GAAtlanta Public SchoolsHigh856100%
8D. M. Therrell High SchoolAtlanta, GAAtlanta Public SchoolsHigh964100%
9Carver High SchoolAtlanta, GAAtlanta Public SchoolsHigh544100%
10Brooks County High SchoolQuitman, GABrooks CountyHigh542100%
11Delta Innovative SchoolQuitman, GABrooks CountyHigh107100%
12Metter College and Career AcademyMetter, GACandler CountyHigh179100%
13Cedar Shoals High SchoolAthens, GAClarke CountyHigh1,489100%
14North Clayton High SchoolCollege Park, GAClayton CountyHigh1,124100%
15Jonesboro High SchoolJonesboro, GAClayton CountyHigh1,630100%
16Forest Park High SchoolForest Park, GAClayton CountyHigh1,711100%
17Riverdale High SchoolRiverdale, GAClayton CountyHigh1,359100%
18Morrow High SchoolEllenwood, GAClayton CountyHigh2,077100%
19Lovejoy High SchoolHampton, GAClayton CountyHigh2,049100%
20Mount Zion High SchoolJonesboro, GAClayton CountyHigh1,232100%
21Charles R. Drew High SchoolRiverdale, GAClayton CountyHigh1,708100%
22Elite Scholars Academy SchoolJonesboro, GAClayton CountyHigh757100%
23Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing ArtsJonesboro, GAClayton CountyHigh494100%
24Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center forJonesboro, GAClayton CountyHigh887100%
25Osborne High SchoolMarietta, GACobb CountyHigh2,790100%
26George Washington Carver Freshman CampusDouglas, GACoffee CountyHigh493100%
27Wiregrass Regional College and Career AcademyDouglas, GACoffee CountyHigh215100%
28CA Gray Junior High SchoolMoultrie, GAColquitt CountyHigh1,389100%
29New Beginning Learning CenterBainbridge, GADecatur CountyHigh183100%
30Redan High SchoolStone Mountain, GADeKalb CountyHigh1,052100%
31Cedar Grove High SchoolEllenwood, GADeKalb CountyHigh1,121100%
32Stone Mountain High SchoolStone Mountain, GADeKalb CountyHigh1,254100%
33Columbia High SchoolDecatur, GADeKalb CountyHigh877100%
34Towers High SchoolDecatur, GADeKalb CountyHigh876100%
35Cross Keys High SchoolBrookhaven, GADeKalb CountyHigh1,748100%
36Clarkston High SchoolClarkston, GADeKalb CountyHigh1,441100%
37McNair High SchoolAtlanta, GADeKalb CountyHigh779100%
38Martin Luther King- Jr. High SchoolLithonia, GADeKalb CountyHigh1,370100%
39Lithonia High SchoolLithonia, GADeKalb CountyHigh1,547100%
40Miller Grove High SchoolLithonia, GADeKalb CountyHigh1,073100%
41Monroe High SchoolAlbany, GADougherty CountyHigh1,189100%
42Dougherty Comprehensive High SchoolAlbany, GADougherty CountyHigh1,191100%
43Dublin High SchoolDublin, GADublin CityHigh596100%
44Claxton High SchoolClaxton, GAEvans CountyHigh471100%
45Banneker High SchoolCollege Park, GAFulton CountyHigh1,695100%
46Creekside High SchoolFairburn, GAFulton CountyHigh1,745100%
47Tri-Cities High SchoolEast Point, GAFulton CountyHigh1,748100%
48Langston Hughes High SchoolFairburn, GAFulton CountyHigh1,891100%
49Greene County High SchoolGreensboro, GAGreene CountyHigh432100%
50Hancock Central High SchoolSparta, GAHancock CountyHigh199100%
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