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The highest-poverty public schools in Carroll County, Maryland

Across Carroll County, Maryland, 37 public schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Taneytown Elementary leads the list at 60.0%, against a median of 27.4% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Carroll County, Maryland

Top % FRL

60.0%

Median % FRL

27.4%

HIGHEST POVERTY · CARROLL COUNTY, MARYLAND

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Taneytown Elementary	Taneytown, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Elementary	450	60.0%
2	Robert Moton Elementary	Westminster, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Elementary	440	59.3%
3	Northwest Middle	Taneytown, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Middle	655	44.4%
4	Cranberry Station Elementary	Westminster, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Elementary	593	44.4%
5	Elmer A. Wolfe Elementary	Union Bridge, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Elementary	502	43.8%
6	Westminster Elementary	Westminster, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Elementary	564	41.5%
7	Francis Scott Key High	Union Bridge, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	High	906	41.3%
8	William Winchester Elementary	Westminster, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Elementary	587	40.0%
9	Westminster East Middle	Westminster, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Middle	796	38.1%
10	Winters Mill High	Westminster, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	High	1,156	37.1%
11	Runnymede Elementary	Westminster, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Elementary	625	34.4%
12	Westminster West Middle	Westminster, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Middle	923	33.2%
13	Spring Garden Elementary	Hampstead, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Elementary	439	32.8%
14	Manchester Elementary	Manchester, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Elementary	671	31.6%
15	Friendship Valley Elementary	Westminster, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Elementary	518	30.3%
16	North Carroll Middle	Hampstead, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Middle	626	30.0%
17	Manchester Valley High	Manchester, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	High	1,339	28.4%
18	Sandymount Elementary	Finksburg, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Elementary	640	28.0%
19	Ebb Valley Elementary	Manchester, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Elementary	563	27.4%
20	Shiloh Middle	Hampstead, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Middle	631	27.3%
21	Parr's Ridge Elementary	Mt Airy, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Elementary	391	26.3%
22	Hampstead Elementary	Hampstead, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Elementary	400	26.3%
23	Westminster High	Westminster, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	High	1,477	25.0%
24	Winfield Elementary	Westminster, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Elementary	724	22.0%
25	South Carroll High	Sykesville, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	High	933	20.8%
26	Piney Ridge Elementary	Sykesville, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Elementary	578	20.6%
27	Century High	Sykesville, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	High	1,101	20.1%
28	Mount Airy Elementary	Mount Airy, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Elementary	462	19.7%
29	Mount Airy Middle	Mount Airy, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Middle	761	19.4%
30	Sykesville Middle	Sykesville, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Middle	697	18.4%
31	Eldersburg Elementary	Sykesville, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Elementary	470	16.2%
32	Mechanicsville Elementary	Sykesville, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Elementary	510	15.5%
33	Linton Springs Elementary	Sykesville, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Elementary	759	15.0%
34	Oklahoma Road Middle	Sykesville, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Middle	816	14.6%
35	Carrolltowne Elementary	Sykesville, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Elementary	593	14.5%
36	Liberty High	Sykesville, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	High	1,007	14.5%
37	Freedom District Elementary	Sykesville, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Elementary	627	12.4%

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