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The highest-poverty public high schools in Indiana

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public high schools in Indiana, drawn from 373 qualifying public high schools. KIPP Indy Legacy High leads the list at 98.0%, against a median of 44.1% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

373

Indiana

Top % FRL

98.0%

Median % FRL

44.1%

HIGHEST POVERTY · INDIANA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	KIPP Indy Legacy High	Indianapolis, IN	KIPP Indy Legacy High	High	349	98.0%
2	Calumet New Tech High School	Gary, IN	Lake Ridge New Tech Schools	High	620	90.6%
3	Christel House DORS	Indianapolis, IN	Christel House DORS	High	1,062	87.4%
4	Excel Center - Meadows	Indianapolis, IN	Excel Center - Meadows	High	396	81.3%
5	Rooted School Indianapolis	Indianapolis, IN	Rooted School Indianapolis	High	150	74.0%
6	Indianapolis Metropolitan High Sch	Indianapolis, IN	Indianapolis Metropolitan High Sch	High	194	73.7%
7	Ben Davis University High School	Indianapolis, IN	MSD Wayne Township	High	375	73.6%
8	Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch	Indianapolis, IN	Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch	High	309	72.8%
9	East Chicago Central High School	East Chicago, IN	School City of East Chicago	High	1,052	72.3%
10	East Allen University	Fort Wayne, IN	East Allen County Schools	High	291	72.2%
11	North White High School	Monon, IN	North White School Corp	High	272	72.1%
12	River Forest High School	Hobart, IN	River Forest Community Sch Corp	High	565	72.0%
13	Washington Learning Academy	Vincennes, IN	Vincennes Community School Corp	High	117	71.8%
14	Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS	Lake Station, IN	Lake Station Community Schools	High	595	71.8%
15	South Side High School	Fort Wayne, IN	Fort Wayne Community Schools	High	1,405	71.5%
16	Excel Center - Decatur	Indianapolis, IN	Excel Center - Decatur	High	259	71.4%
17	White's Jr-Sr High School	Wabash, IN	MSD Wabash County Schools	High	369	71.0%
18	Southport High School	Indianapolis, IN	Perry Township Schools	High	2,431	70.6%
19	Elwood Jr-Sr High School	Elwood, IN	Elwood Community School Corp	High	650	70.6%
20	Marion High School	Marion, IN	Marion Community Schools	High	1,058	69.8%
21	Christel House Watanabe Manual High School	Indianapolis, IN	Christel House Academy South	High	458	69.4%
22	Ben Davis High School	Indianapolis, IN	MSD Wayne Township	High	3,315	69.1%
23	The Academy at Logansport Community School	Logansport, IN	Logansport Community Sch Corp	High	244	68.9%
24	James and Rosemary Phalen Leadership Academy High School	Indianapolis, IN	James and Rosemary Phalen Leadership Academy High School	High	587	68.8%
25	Whiting High School	Whiting, IN	School City of Whiting	High	445	68.3%
26	Michigan City High School	Michigan City, IN	Michigan City Area Schools	High	1,506	68.3%
27	Hammond Academy of Science & Tech	Hammond, IN	Hammond Academy of Science & Tech	High	578	68.0%
28	Ben Davis Ninth Grade Center	Indianapolis, IN	MSD Wayne Township	High	1,243	67.7%
29	North Side High School	Fort Wayne, IN	Fort Wayne Community Schools	High	1,383	67.4%
30	Rise Up Academy at Eggleston	South Bend, IN	South Bend Community School Corp	High	149	67.1%
31	New Haven Jr/Sr High School	New Haven, IN	East Allen County Schools	High	1,413	65.5%
32	Washington High School	South Bend, IN	South Bend Community School Corp	High	795	65.3%
33	Excel Center - Shelbyville	Shelbyville, IN	Excel Center - Shelbyville	High	131	64.9%
34	Wayne High School	Fort Wayne, IN	Fort Wayne Community Schools	High	1,398	64.7%
35	Crispus Attucks High School	Indianapolis, IN	Indianapolis Public Schools	High	1,269	64.5%
36	Excel Center - Shadeland	Indianapolis, IN	Excel Center - Shadeland	High	404	64.4%
37	Culver Community Middle/High Sch	Culver, IN	Culver Community Schools Corp	High	391	64.2%
38	Purdue Polytechnic High School Ind	Indianapolis, IN	Purdue Polytechnic High School Ind	High	600	64.2%
39	Excel Center - Kokomo	Kokomo, IN	Excel Center - Kokomo	High	392	63.3%
40	Crawford County High School	Marengo, IN	Crawford County Community Sch Corp	High	369	62.9%
41	West Side Leadership Academy	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	High	1,232	62.6%
42	Mississinewa High School	Gas City, IN	Mississinewa Community School Corp	High	760	62.2%
43	Excel Center - Lafayette	Lafayette, IN	Excel Center - Lafayette	High	366	62.0%
44	Anderson High School	Anderson, IN	Anderson Community School Corp	High	1,768	62.0%
45	Union City Community Jr/Sr High	Union City, IN	Randolph Eastern School Corp	High	389	62.0%
46	Excel Center - Clarksville	Clarksville, IN	Excel Center - Clarksville	High	329	61.7%
47	Purdue Polytechnic High School South Bend	South Bend, IN	Purdue Polytechnic High School South Bend	High	138	61.6%
48	Mitchell High School	Mitchell, IN	Mitchell Community Schools	High	424	61.6%
49	Arsenal Technical High School	Indianapolis, IN	Indianapolis Public Schools	High	2,360	61.5%
50	Goshen High School	Goshen, IN	Goshen Community Schools	High	1,717	61.2%

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