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The highest-poverty public schools in St. Mary's County, Maryland

26 public schools in St. Mary's County, Maryland appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. George Washington Carver Elementary leads the list at 76.3%, against a median of 38.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

St. Mary's County, Maryland

Top % FRL

76.3%

Median % FRL

38.5%

HIGHEST POVERTY · ST. MARY'S COUNTY, MARYLAND

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	George Washington Carver Elementary	Great Mills, MD	St. Mary's County Public Schools	Elementary	460	76.3%
2	Lexington Park Elementary	Lexington Park, MD	St. Mary's County Public Schools	Elementary	383	76.0%
3	Spring Ridge Middle	Lexington Park, MD	St. Mary's County Public Schools	Middle	913	63.7%
4	Green Holly Elementary School	Lexington Park, MD	St. Mary's County Public Schools	Elementary	478	63.0%
5	Park Hall Elementary	Park Hall, MD	St. Mary's County Public Schools	Elementary	569	58.5%
6	Great Mills High	Great Mills, MD	St. Mary's County Public Schools	High	1,697	57.5%
7	Greenview Knolls Elementary	Great Mills, MD	St. Mary's County Public Schools	Elementary	294	57.1%
8	Town Creek Elementary	Lexington Park, MD	St. Mary's County Public Schools	Elementary	220	56.4%
9	Ridge Elementary	Ridge, MD	St. Mary's County Public Schools	Elementary	209	54.5%
10	Oakville Elementary	Mechanicsville, MD	St. Mary's County Public Schools	Elementary	291	43.0%
11	Esperanza Middle	Lexington Park, MD	St. Mary's County Public Schools	Middle	835	42.8%
12	Dynard Elementary	Chaptico, MD	St. Mary's County Public Schools	Elementary	422	39.6%
13	Margaret Brent Middle	Mechanicsville, MD	St. Mary's County Public Schools	Middle	878	38.5%
14	Lettie Marshall Dent Elem	Mechanicsville, MD	St. Mary's County Public Schools	Elementary	479	38.4%
15	Benjamin Banneker Elementary	Loveville, MD	St. Mary's County Public Schools	Elementary	543	36.6%
16	Mechanicsville Elementary	Mechanicsville, MD	St. Mary's County Public Schools	Elementary	273	36.6%
17	Piney Point Elementary	Tall Timbers, MD	St. Mary's County Public Schools	Elementary	435	35.9%
18	White Marsh Elementary	Mechanicsville, MD	St. Mary's County Public Schools	Elementary	220	35.5%
19	Chopticon High	Morganza, MD	St. Mary's County Public Schools	High	1,526	34.7%
20	Leonardtown Elementary	Leonardtown, MD	St. Mary's County Public Schools	Elementary	509	32.4%
21	Hollywood Elementary	Hollywood, MD	St. Mary's County Public Schools	Elementary	414	32.1%
22	Chesapeake Charter School	Lexington Park, MD	St. Mary's County Public Schools	Elementary	539	26.9%
23	Leonardtown Middle	Leonardtown, MD	St. Mary's County Public Schools	Middle	969	26.3%
24	Evergreen Elementary School	California, MD	St. Mary's County Public Schools	Elementary	715	23.5%
25	Leonardtown High	Leonardtown, MD	St. Mary's County Public Schools	High	2,118	22.0%
26	Captain Walter Francis Duke Elementary	Leonardtown, MD	St. Mary's County Public Schools	Elementary	516	19.8%

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