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The highest-poverty public high schools in Jefferson County, Kentucky

25 public high schools in Jefferson County, Kentucky appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public high schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The Academy @ Shawnee leads the list at 85.4%, against a median of 65.7% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Jefferson County, Kentucky

Top % FRL

85.4%

Median % FRL

65.7%

HIGHEST POVERTY · JEFFERSON COUNTY, KENTUCKY

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	The Academy @ Shawnee	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	High	1,051	85.4%
2	Minor Daniels Academy	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	High	184	79.9%
3	Newcomer Academy	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	High	578	78.2%
4	Iroquois High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	High	1,301	77.5%
5	Western High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	High	409	73.1%
6	Liberty High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	High	100	71.0%
7	Doss High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	High	1,235	70.0%
8	Pleasure Ridge Park High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	High	1,777	69.7%
9	Valley High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	High	850	68.5%
10	Seneca High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	High	1,255	67.8%
11	Marion C. Moore School	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	High	1,892	67.7%
12	Central High Magnet Career Academy	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	High	1,256	67.4%
13	Jeffersontown High	Jeffersontown, KY	Jefferson County	High	1,196	65.7%
14	Waggener High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	High	888	65.7%
15	Fairdale High	Fairdale, KY	Jefferson County	High	1,405	65.6%
16	Butler Traditional High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	High	1,290	65.3%
17	Southern High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	High	1,725	64.8%
18	W.E.B. DuBois Academy	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	High	477	61.8%
19	Fern Creek High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	High	1,525	58.5%
20	The Phoenix School of Discovery	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	High	383	57.2%
21	Louisville Male High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	High	1,763	46.2%
22	Atherton High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	High	1,466	41.1%
23	Ballard High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	High	2,148	36.1%
24	Eastern High	Middletown, KY	Jefferson County	High	1,790	35.5%
25	duPont Manual High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	High	1,899	23.4%

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