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The highest-poverty public schools in Harford County, Maryland

52 public schools in Harford County, Maryland appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Magnolia Elementary leads the list at 88.1%, against a median of 30.9% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Harford County, Maryland

Top % FRL

88.1%

Median % FRL

30.9%

HIGHEST POVERTY · HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Magnolia Elementary	Joppa, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Elementary	545	88.1%
2	Halls Cross Roads Elementary	Aberdeen, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Elementary	425	85.9%
3	Old Post Road Elementary	Abingdon, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Elementary	850	79.6%
4	Magnolia Middle	Joppa, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Middle	689	76.2%
5	Deerfield Elementary	Edgewood, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Elementary	708	74.9%
6	Edgewood Elementary	Edgewood, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Elementary	428	72.7%
7	G. Lisby Elementary at Hillsdale	Aberdeen, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Elementary	528	70.3%
8	Edgewood Middle	Edgewood, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Middle	936	69.2%
9	Bakerfield Elementary	Aberdeen, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Elementary	460	68.0%
10	Riverside Elementary	Joppa, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Elementary	481	67.2%
11	Joppatowne High	Joppa, MD	Harford County Public Schools	High	882	65.5%
12	Joppatowne Elementary	Joppa, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Elementary	495	65.3%
13	Aberdeen Middle	Aberdeen, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Middle	1,071	61.4%
14	Church Creek Elementary	Belcamp, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Elementary	732	60.0%
15	Edgewood High	Edgewood, MD	Harford County Public Schools	High	1,440	59.4%
16	Harford Academy at Campus Hills	Bel Air, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Combined	141	57.4%
17	Aberdeen High	Aberdeen, MD	Harford County Public Schools	High	1,396	51.6%
18	Roye-Williams Elementary	Havre De Grace, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Elementary	444	50.2%
19	Havre de Grace Elementary	Havre De Grace, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Elementary	593	49.4%
20	Abingdon Elementary	Abingdon, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Elementary	641	46.5%
21	Havre de Grace Middle	Havre de Grace, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Middle	617	46.0%
22	Meadowvale Elementary	Havre De Grace, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Elementary	552	41.7%
23	Havre de Grace High	Havre de Grace, MD	Harford County Public Schools	High	822	40.8%
24	Dublin Elementary	Street, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Elementary	222	40.5%
25	Prospect Mill Elementary	Bel Air, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Elementary	579	33.2%
26	Bel Air Elementary	Bel Air, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Elementary	521	31.3%
27	Norrisville Elementary	White Hall, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Elementary	213	30.5%
28	William S. James Elementary	Abingdon, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Elementary	463	29.2%
29	North Harford Elementary	Pylesville, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Elementary	424	28.1%
30	Churchville Elementary	Churchville, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Elementary	364	25.3%
31	C. Milton Wright High	Bel Air, MD	Harford County Public Schools	High	1,291	25.3%
32	Hickory Elementary	Bel Air, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Elementary	635	24.9%
33	Bel Air Middle	Bel Air, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Middle	1,080	24.1%
34	North Harford High	Pylesville, MD	Harford County Public Schools	High	1,204	23.8%
35	Patterson Mill High School	Bel Air, MD	Harford County Public Schools	High	839	23.7%
36	Southampton Middle	Bel Air, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Middle	1,192	22.8%
37	Fountain Green Elementary	Bel Air, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Elementary	443	22.8%
38	Bel Air High	Bel Air, MD	Harford County Public Schools	High	1,341	22.7%
39	Emmorton Elementary	Bel Air, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Elementary	584	22.6%
40	North Harford Middle	Pylesville, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Middle	849	21.4%
41	Forest Lakes Elementary	Forest Hill, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Elementary	447	21.3%
42	Patterson Mill Middle School	Bel Air, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Middle	716	21.2%
43	Harford Technical High	Bel Air, MD	Harford County Public Schools	High	954	20.9%
44	Ring Factory Elementary	Bel Air, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Elementary	541	20.5%
45	Red Pump Elementary School	Bel Air, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Elementary	696	19.5%
46	North Bend Elementary	Jarrettsville, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Elementary	467	19.3%
47	Homestead/Wakefield Elementary	Bel Air, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Elementary	1,071	18.2%
48	Forest Hill Elementary	Forest Hill, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Elementary	451	15.7%
49	Fallston High	Fallston, MD	Harford County Public Schools	High	1,036	15.4%
50	Jarrettsville Elementary	Jarrettsville, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Elementary	467	14.1%

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