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The highest-poverty public high schools in Lexington, Kentucky

12 public high schools in Lexington, Kentucky appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public high schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Martin L King Acad for Excellence Alt leads the list at 76.8%, against a median of 58.6% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Lexington, Kentucky

Top % FRL

76.8%

Median % FRL

58.6%

HIGHEST POVERTY · LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Martin L King Acad for Excellence Alt	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	High	164	76.8%
2	Fayette County Learning Center	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	High	191	70.2%
3	Success Academy	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	High	401	64.8%
4	Bryan Station High School	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	High	2,030	61.7%
5	Opportunity Middle College	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	High	102	60.8%
6	Carter G. Woodson Academy	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	High	316	60.4%
7	Tates Creek High School	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	High	1,723	56.8%
8	Frederick Douglass High School	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	High	1,770	46.2%
9	Henry Clay High School	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	High	1,939	41.7%
10	Paul Laurence Dunbar High School	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	High	1,828	40.6%
11	STEAM Academy	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	High	453	39.1%
12	Lafayette High School	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	High	2,370	33.1%

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