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The highest-poverty public high schools in Michigan

660 public high schools in Michigan appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public high schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Riverside Academy West Campus leads the list at 100%, against a median of 46.5% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

660

Michigan

Top % FRL

100%

Median % FRL

46.5%

HIGHEST POVERTY · MICHIGAN

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Riverside Academy West Campus	DEARBORN, MI	Riverside Academy	High	470	100%
2	Covenant High School Grand Rapids	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Covenant High School Grand Rapids	High	218	99.5%
3	Academy for Business and Technology High School	MELVINDALE, MI	Academy for Business and Technology	High	231	98.7%
4	Crescent Academy MiddleHigh School	SOUTHFIELD, MI	Crescent Academy	High	145	98.6%
5	Voyageur College Prep	DETROIT, MI	Voyageur Academy	High	524	97.9%
6	Baldwin Senior High School	BALDWIN, MI	Baldwin Community Schools	High	110	97.3%
7	Cesar Chavez Academy High School	DETROIT, MI	Cesar Chavez Academy	High	730	97.1%
8	Covenant High School Southwest	DETROIT, MI	Covenant Schools Detroit	High	164	97.0%
9	Beecher High School	MOUNT MORRIS, MI	Beecher Community School District	High	185	96.2%
10	Covenant High School Central	DETROIT, MI	Covenant Schools Detroit	High	240	94.6%
11	Benton Harbor High School	BENTON HARBOR, MI	Benton Harbor Area Schools	High	469	94.2%
12	Covenant High School East	DETROIT, MI	Covenant Schools Detroit	High	171	94.2%
13	Saginaw Covenant Academy	SAGINAW, MI	Saginaw Covenant Academy	High	221	94.1%
14	Atherton Jr Sr High School	BURTON, MI	Atherton Community Schools	High	323	94.1%
15	Godwin Heights Senior High School	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Godwin Heights Public Schools	High	656	93.8%
16	Southwestern Classical Academy	FLINT, MI	Flint School District of the City of	High	464	93.1%
17	Central High School	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	High	403	93.1%
18	Osborn High School	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	High	403	92.8%
19	American International Academy High SchoolMiddle Schooll	INKSTER, MI	American International Academy	High	240	92.5%
20	Madison Academy High School	BURTON, MI	Madison Academy	High	276	92.4%
21	Jalen Rose Leadership Academy	DETROIT, MI	Jalen Rose Leadership Academy	High	420	92.4%
22	Southeastern High School	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	High	602	92.4%
23	Saginaw High School	SAGINAW, MI	Saginaw School District of the City of	High	427	92.0%
24	Bridgeport High School	BRIDGEPORT, MI	Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District	High	501	91.8%
25	Pershing High School	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	High	415	91.3%
26	Muskegon Heights Academy	MUSKEGON, MI	Muskegon Heights Public School Academy System	High	253	91.3%
27	Detroit Lions Academy	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	High	400	91.3%
28	CA Alternative EdAtlantis	Flint, MI	Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools	High	110	90.9%
29	Pathways Academy	DETROIT, MI	Pathways Academy	High	140	90.7%
30	Cody High School	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	High	563	90.4%
31	JW Sexton High School	LANSING, MI	Lansing Public School District	High	586	90.3%
32	Lee High School	WYOMING, MI	Godfrey-Lee Public Schools	High	537	90.1%
33	Bendle High School	BURTON, MI	Bendle Public Schools	High	307	89.9%
34	Denby High School	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	High	464	89.9%
35	Houghton Lake Community Education	HOUGHTON LAKE, MI	Houghton Lake Community Schools	High	103	89.3%
36	Henry Ford High School	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	High	607	89.1%
37	Accelerated Learning Academy	FLINT, MI	Flint School District of the City of	High	126	88.9%
38	Battle Creek Area Learning Center	SPRINGFIELD, MI	Battle Creek Area Learning Center	High	194	88.7%
39	Everett High School	LANSING, MI	Lansing Public School District	High	1,017	88.6%
40	Oakland International Academy 912	HAMTRAMCK, MI	Oakland International Academy	High	614	88.4%
41	East English Village Preparatory Academy at Finney	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	High	639	88.4%
42	Northwestern High School	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	High	305	87.9%
43	Bay City Eastern High School	BAY CITY, MI	Bay City School District	High	137	87.6%
44	Bridge Academy of Southwest Michigan	BENTON HARBOR, MI	Bridge Academy of Southwest Michigan	High	112	87.5%
45	Lansing Technical High School	LANSING, MI	Lansing Public School District	High	157	87.3%
46	Eastpointe High School	EASTPOINTE, MI	Eastpointe Community Schools	High	624	86.7%
47	Eau Claire High School	EAU CLAIRE, MI	Eau Claire Public Schools	High	180	86.7%
48	Michigan Collegiate MiddleHigh School	WARREN, MI	Michigan Collegiate	High	560	86.6%
49	Eastern High School	LANSING, MI	Lansing Public School District	High	798	86.6%
50	Chandler Park Academy High School	HARPER WOODS, MI	Chandler Park Academy	High	688	86.2%

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