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The highest-poverty public middle schools in the United States · page 40

Ranks 1,951–2,000 of the highest-poverty public schools in the United States. Back to page 1.

HIGHEST POVERTY · THE UNITED STATES

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1951	Fontana Middle	Fontana, CA	Fontana Unified	Middle	1,049	91.7%
1952	SCIENCE AND MEDICINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE)	BROOKLYN, NY	NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18	Middle	229	91.7%
1953	CLEVELAND MIDDLE	CLEVELAND, TX	CLEVELAND ISD	Middle	1,446	91.7%
1954	Carroll County Middle	Hillsville, VA	Carroll County Public Schools	Middle	747	91.7%
1955	Cooper Middle School	Austell, GA	Cobb County	Middle	1,000	91.7%
1956	Almond Tree Middle	Delano, CA	Delano Union Elementary	Middle	554	91.7%
1957	East Central Middle School	Tulsa, OK	TULSA	Middle	843	91.7%
1958	Armand Larive Middle School	Hermiston, OR	Hermiston SD 8	Middle	722	91.7%
1959	Lilburn Middle School	Lilburn, GA	Gwinnett County	Middle	1,636	91.7%
1960	JHS 14 SHELL BANK	BROOKLYN, NY	NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22	Middle	469	91.7%
1961	STELL MIDDLE	BROWNSVILLE, TX	BROWNSVILLE ISD	Middle	733	91.7%
1962	IS 171 ABRAHAM LINCOLN	BROOKLYN, NY	NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19	Middle	276	91.7%
1963	El Sausal Middle	Salinas, CA	Salinas Union High	Middle	1,067	91.7%
1964	Maywood Middle	Corning, CA	Corning Union Elementary	Middle	515	91.7%
1965	Risley International Academy of Innovation	PUEBLO, CO	Pueblo School District No. 60 in the county of Pueblo and	Middle	335	91.6%
1966	Eastmont Intermediate	Montebello, CA	Montebello Unified	Middle	562	91.6%
1967	Chandler Park Academy Middle School	HARPER WOODS, MI	Chandler Park Academy	Middle	514	91.6%
1968	ANTONIO LEDEE COLON	SALINAS, PR	PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Middle	191	91.6%
1969	APOLO SAN ANTONIO	VEGA ALTA, PR	PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Middle	358	91.6%
1970	Tenaya Middle	Merced, CA	Merced City Elementary	Middle	607	91.6%
1971	Fred L. Thompson Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Panama-Buena Vista Union	Middle	714	91.6%
1972	MARCELINO RODRIGUEZ ROMAN	MOCA, PR	PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Middle	214	91.6%
1973	EDWIN M WELLS MIDDLE	HOUSTON, TX	SPRING ISD	Middle	796	91.6%
1974	SANTIAGO TORRES	LAS PIEDRAS, PR	PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Middle	178	91.6%
1975	FOREST PARK MAGNET SCHOOL	LONGVIEW, TX	LONGVIEW ISD	Middle	474	91.6%
1976	Woodworth Middle School	DEARBORN, MI	Dearborn City School District	Middle	699	91.6%
1977	Newport Middle School	Newport, OR	Lincoln County SD	Middle	426	91.5%
1978	KIPP SPIRIT COLLEGE PREP	HOUSTON, TX	KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS	Middle	532	91.5%
1979	Price Intermediate	Orland, CA	Orland Joint Unified	Middle	449	91.5%
1980	JHS 226 VIRGIL I GRISSON	SOUTH OZONE PARK, NY	NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27	Middle	826	91.5%
1981	FRANCISCO ZAYAS SANTANA	VILLALBA, PR	PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Middle	295	91.5%
1982	Compass Academy	DENVER, CO	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	Middle	200	91.5%
1983	Jasper County Middle School	Monticello, GA	Jasper County	Middle	647	91.5%
1984	W A TODD MIDDLE	DONNA, TX	DONNA ISD	Middle	670	91.5%
1985	RIVERSIDE MIDDLE	EL PASO, TX	YSLETA ISD	Middle	705	91.5%
1986	MADIBA PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL	BROOKLYN, NY	NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16	Middle	176	91.5%
1987	Serrano Middle	Montclair, CA	Ontario-Montclair	Middle	657	91.5%
1988	MONROE DEMONSTRATION MS	Tulsa, OK	TULSA	Middle	657	91.5%
1989	Portola Middle	Orange, CA	Orange Unified	Middle	422	91.5%
1990	Hubert Howe Bancroft Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	457	91.5%
1991	RIPLEY HOUSE MIDDLE CAMPUS	HOUSTON, TX	BAKERRIPLEY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS	Middle	164	91.5%
1992	LEONARDO VALENTIN TIRADO	FLORIDA, PR	PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Middle	246	91.5%
1993	Walker-Grant Middle	Fredericksburg, VA	Fredericksburg City Public Schools	Middle	796	91.5%
1994	JOSEFINA FERRERO	FAJARDO, PR	PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Middle	316	91.5%
1995	Bucktail Area MS	Renovo, PA	Keystone Central SD	Middle	117	91.5%
1996	Chalone Peaks Middle	King City, CA	King City Union	Middle	854	91.5%
1997	WILKINSON MIDDLE	MESQUITE, TX	MESQUITE ISD	Middle	655	91.5%
1998	ALDINE MIDDLE	HOUSTON, TX	ALDINE ISD	Middle	842	91.4%
1999	West New York Middle School	WEST NEW YORK, NJ	West New York School District	Middle	1,087	91.4%
2000	PUC Excel Charter Academy	Los Angeles, CA	PUC Excel Charter Academy District	Middle	257	91.4%

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