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The highest-poverty public high schools in the United States · page 5

Ranks 201250 of the highest-poverty public schools in the United States. Back to page 1.

HIGHEST POVERTY · THE UNITED STATES
#SchoolCityDistrictLevelStudents% FRL
201Booker T. Washington High SchoolAtlanta, GAAtlanta Public SchoolsHigh856100%
202D. M. Therrell High SchoolAtlanta, GAAtlanta Public SchoolsHigh964100%
203Carver High SchoolAtlanta, GAAtlanta Public SchoolsHigh544100%
204Brooks County High SchoolQuitman, GABrooks CountyHigh542100%
205Delta Innovative SchoolQuitman, GABrooks CountyHigh107100%
206Metter College and Career AcademyMetter, GACandler CountyHigh179100%
207Cedar Shoals High SchoolAthens, GAClarke CountyHigh1,489100%
208North Clayton High SchoolCollege Park, GAClayton CountyHigh1,124100%
209Jonesboro High SchoolJonesboro, GAClayton CountyHigh1,630100%
210Forest Park High SchoolForest Park, GAClayton CountyHigh1,711100%
211Riverdale High SchoolRiverdale, GAClayton CountyHigh1,359100%
212Morrow High SchoolEllenwood, GAClayton CountyHigh2,077100%
213Lovejoy High SchoolHampton, GAClayton CountyHigh2,049100%
214Mount Zion High SchoolJonesboro, GAClayton CountyHigh1,232100%
215Charles R. Drew High SchoolRiverdale, GAClayton CountyHigh1,708100%
216Elite Scholars Academy SchoolJonesboro, GAClayton CountyHigh757100%
217Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing ArtsJonesboro, GAClayton CountyHigh494100%
218Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center forJonesboro, GAClayton CountyHigh887100%
219Osborne High SchoolMarietta, GACobb CountyHigh2,790100%
220George Washington Carver Freshman CampusDouglas, GACoffee CountyHigh493100%
221Wiregrass Regional College and Career AcademyDouglas, GACoffee CountyHigh215100%
222CA Gray Junior High SchoolMoultrie, GAColquitt CountyHigh1,389100%
223New Beginning Learning CenterBainbridge, GADecatur CountyHigh183100%
224Redan High SchoolStone Mountain, GADeKalb CountyHigh1,052100%
225Cedar Grove High SchoolEllenwood, GADeKalb CountyHigh1,121100%
226Stone Mountain High SchoolStone Mountain, GADeKalb CountyHigh1,254100%
227Columbia High SchoolDecatur, GADeKalb CountyHigh877100%
228Towers High SchoolDecatur, GADeKalb CountyHigh876100%
229Cross Keys High SchoolBrookhaven, GADeKalb CountyHigh1,748100%
230Clarkston High SchoolClarkston, GADeKalb CountyHigh1,441100%
231McNair High SchoolAtlanta, GADeKalb CountyHigh779100%
232Martin Luther King- Jr. High SchoolLithonia, GADeKalb CountyHigh1,370100%
233Lithonia High SchoolLithonia, GADeKalb CountyHigh1,547100%
234Miller Grove High SchoolLithonia, GADeKalb CountyHigh1,073100%
235Monroe High SchoolAlbany, GADougherty CountyHigh1,189100%
236Dougherty Comprehensive High SchoolAlbany, GADougherty CountyHigh1,191100%
237Dublin High SchoolDublin, GADublin CityHigh596100%
238Claxton High SchoolClaxton, GAEvans CountyHigh471100%
239Banneker High SchoolCollege Park, GAFulton CountyHigh1,695100%
240Creekside High SchoolFairburn, GAFulton CountyHigh1,745100%
241Tri-Cities High SchoolEast Point, GAFulton CountyHigh1,748100%
242Langston Hughes High SchoolFairburn, GAFulton CountyHigh1,891100%
243Greene County High SchoolGreensboro, GAGreene CountyHigh432100%
244Hancock Central High SchoolSparta, GAHancock CountyHigh199100%
245Northside High SchoolWarner Robins, GAHouston CountyHigh1,949100%
246Warner Robins High SchoolWarner Robins, GAHouston CountyHigh1,812100%
247Johnson County High SchoolWrightsville, GAJohnson CountyHigh298100%
248Montgomery County High SchoolMount Vernon, GAMontgomery CountyHigh264100%
249Hardaway High SchoolColumbus, GAMuscogee CountyHigh1,067100%
250Spencer High SchoolColumbus, GAMuscogee CountyHigh1,016100%
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