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The highest-poverty public high schools in Iowa · page 2

Ranks 51–100 of the highest-poverty public schools in Iowa. Back to page 1.

HIGHEST POVERTY · IOWA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
51	Westside Junior-Senior High School	Westside, IA	Ar-We-Va Comm School District	High	108	50.9%
52	Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn High School	Hartley, IA	Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Comm School District	High	203	50.2%
53	City View High	Cedar Rapids, IA	Cedar Rapids Comm School District	High	100	50.0%
54	Keokuk High School	Keokuk, IA	Keokuk Comm School District	High	583	49.7%
55	Vinton-Shellsburg High School	Vinton, IA	Vinton-Shellsburg Comm School District	High	414	49.5%
56	Starmont High School	Arlington, IA	Starmont Comm School District	High	174	49.4%
57	Burlington Community High School	Burlington, IA	Burlington Comm School District	High	1,016	49.3%
58	Central High School	Davenport, IA	Davenport Comm School District	High	1,288	49.2%
59	Rockford Junior-Senior High School	Rockford, IA	Rudd-Rockford-Marble Rk Comm School District	High	173	49.1%
60	Valley Southwoods	West Des Moines, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	High	678	49.0%
61	Red Oak Junior/Senior High School	Red Oak, IA	Red Oak Comm School District	High	420	48.8%
62	Fort Dodge High School	Fort Dodge, IA	Fort Dodge Comm School District	High	1,020	48.3%
63	Sibley-Ocheyedan High School	Sibley, IA	Sibley-Ocheyedan Comm School District	High	195	48.2%
64	Sidney High School	Sidney, IA	Sidney Comm School District	High	196	48.0%
65	Sioux Central High School	Sioux Rapids, IA	Sioux Central Comm School District	High	255	47.5%
66	Estherville Lincoln Central High School	Estherville, IA	Estherville Lincoln Central Comm School District	High	359	47.1%
67	Southeast Valley High School	Gowrie, IA	Southeast Valley Community School District	High	340	47.1%
68	Hampton-Dumont High School	Hampton, IA	Hampton-Dumont Comm School District	High	457	46.8%
69	Clinton High School	Clinton, IA	Clinton Comm School District	High	981	46.3%
70	Graettinger-Terril High School	Graettinger, IA	Graettinger-Terril Comm School District	High	128	46.1%
71	Abraham Lincoln High School	Council Bluffs, IA	Council Bluffs Comm School District	High	1,333	46.1%
72	North Union High School	Armstrong, IA	North Union Comm School District	High	170	45.9%
73	Spencer High School	Spencer, IA	Spencer Comm School District	High	688	45.3%
74	Shenandoah High School	Shenandoah, IA	Shenandoah Comm School District	High	300	45.0%
75	Sioux Center High School	Sioux Center, IA	Sioux Center Comm School District	High	518	45.0%
76	Mount Ayr High School	Mount Ayr, IA	Mount Ayr Comm School District	High	304	44.7%
77	Charles City High School	Charles City, IA	Charles City Comm School District	High	472	44.7%
78	Bedford High School	Bedford, IA	Bedford Comm School District	High	245	44.5%
79	North Cedar Jr/Sr High School	Clarence, IA	North Cedar Comm School District	High	243	44.4%
80	Evans Junior High School	Ottumwa, IA	Ottumwa Comm School District	High	684	44.3%
81	Boyden-Hull High School	Hull, IA	Boyden-Hull Comm School District	High	253	44.3%
82	Creston High School	Creston, IA	Creston Comm School District	High	486	44.2%
83	Crestwood High School	Cresco, IA	Howard-Winneshiek Comm School District	High	346	44.2%
84	AGWSR High School	Ackley, IA	AGWSR Comm School District	High	190	44.2%
85	East Sac County High School	Lake View, IA	East Sac County Comm School District	High	344	43.6%
86	Dubuque Senior High School	Dubuque, IA	Dubuque Comm School District	High	1,490	43.6%
87	Midland Middle/High School	Wyoming, IA	Midland Comm School District	High	268	43.3%
88	Moravia High School	Moravia, IA	Moravia Comm School District	High	207	43.0%
89	English Valleys Jr-Sr High School	North English, IA	English Valleys Comm School District	High	214	43.0%
90	Boyer Valley Middle/High School	Dunlap, IA	Boyer Valley Comm School District	High	219	42.9%
91	Muscatine High School	Muscatine, IA	Muscatine Comm School District	High	1,380	42.9%
92	North Tama High School	Traer, IA	North Tama County Comm School District	High	203	42.9%
93	West Liberty High School	West Liberty, IA	West Liberty Comm School District	High	397	42.8%
94	Colo-NESCO Middle/High School	Colo, IA	Colo-NESCO Comm School District	High	216	42.6%
95	Newton Senior High School	Newton, IA	Newton Comm School District	High	806	42.6%
96	Oelwein High School	Oelwein, IA	Oelwein Comm School District	High	334	42.5%
97	Twin Cedars Jr-Sr High School	Bussey, IA	Twin Cedars Comm School District	High	142	42.3%
98	Pekin Community Junior/ Senior High School	Packwood, IA	Pekin Comm School District	High	258	42.2%
99	West Monona High School	Onawa, IA	West Monona Comm School District	High	161	42.2%
100	Keota High School	Keota, IA	Keota Comm School District	High	114	42.1%

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