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The highest-poverty public schools in Van Buren County, Michigan

31 public schools in Van Buren County, Michigan appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Redwood Elementary leads the list at 89.0%, against a median of 61.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Van Buren County, Michigan

Top % FRL

89.0%

Median % FRL

61.2%

HIGHEST POVERTY · VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Redwood Elementary	HARTFORD, MI	Hartford Public Schools	Elementary	516	89.0%
2	Covert Elementary School	COVERT, MI	Covert Public Schools	Elementary	144	81.3%
3	Hartford Middle School	HARTFORD, MI	Hartford Public Schools	Middle	321	80.7%
4	Lawrence Elementary School	LAWRENCE, MI	Lawrence Public Schools	Elementary	214	77.6%
5	South Walnut Elementary School	BANGOR, MI	Bangor Public Schools (Van Buren)	Elementary	341	76.8%
6	Covert High School	COVERT, MI	Covert Public Schools	High	101	76.2%
7	Maple Grove Elementary School	SOUTH HAVEN, MI	South Haven Public Schools	Elementary	300	73.7%
8	Lawrence JrSr High School	LAWRENCE, MI	Lawrence Public Schools	High	179	73.2%
9	Bloomingdale Elementary School	BLOOMINGDALE, MI	Bloomingdale Public School District	Elementary	272	71.3%
10	Hartford High School	HARTFORD, MI	Hartford Public Schools	High	379	70.7%
11	Lincoln School	SOUTH HAVEN, MI	South Haven Public Schools	Elementary	251	67.3%
12	Sister Lakes Elementary School	BENTON HARBOR, MI	Dowagiac Union School District	Elementary	166	66.9%
13	Bangor Middle School	BANGOR, MI	Bangor Public Schools (Van Buren)	Middle	272	65.4%
14	Bloomingdale Middle and High School	BLOOMINGDALE, MI	Bloomingdale Public School District	High	516	64.5%
15	Davis Elementary School	DECATUR, MI	Decatur Public Schools	Elementary	356	64.0%
16	Lawton Middle School	LAWTON, MI	Lawton Community School District	Middle	325	61.2%
17	Bangor High School	BANGOR, MI	Bangor Public Schools (Van Buren)	High	264	59.8%
18	Decatur Jr Sr High School	DECATUR, MI	Decatur Public Schools	High	399	58.4%
19	Gobles Elementary School	GOBLES, MI	Gobles Public School District	Elementary	355	57.7%
20	Gobles High School	GOBLES, MI	Gobles Public School District	High	396	54.0%
21	Lawton Elementary School	LAWTON, MI	Lawton Community School District	Elementary	397	53.9%
22	Lawton High School	LAWTON, MI	Lawton Community School District	High	279	53.0%
23	South Haven High School	SOUTH HAVEN, MI	South Haven Public Schools	High	588	51.2%
24	Paw Paw Early Elementary School	PAW PAW, MI	Paw Paw Public School District	Elementary	481	40.5%
25	Paw Paw Middle School	PAW PAW, MI	Paw Paw Public School District	Middle	498	37.6%
26	Paw Paw Later Elementary	PAW PAW, MI	Paw Paw Public School District	Elementary	453	37.5%
27	Mattawan Early Elem School	MATTAWAN, MI	Mattawan Consolidated School	Elementary	703	27.6%
28	Mattawan Middle School	MATTAWAN, MI	Mattawan Consolidated School	Middle	823	26.9%
29	Mattawan Later Elem School	MATTAWAN, MI	Mattawan Consolidated School	Elementary	808	25.2%
30	Paw Paw High School	PAW PAW, MI	Paw Paw Public School District	High	638	24.8%
31	Mattawan High School	MATTAWAN, MI	Mattawan Consolidated School	High	1,126	22.4%

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