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The highest-poverty public middle schools in Michigan

Across Michigan, 479 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. George Washington Carver Middle School leads the list at 99.4%, against a median of 46.6% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

479

Michigan

Top % FRL

99.4%

Median % FRL

46.6%

HIGHEST POVERTY · MICHIGAN

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	George Washington Carver Middle School	HIGHLAND PARK, MI	George Washington Carver Academy	Middle	155	99.4%
2	Baldwin Junior High School	BALDWIN, MI	Baldwin Community Schools	Middle	112	99.1%
3	Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences Middle School	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences	Middle	339	98.8%
4	BridgeportSpaulding Middle SchoolSchrah	SAGINAW, MI	Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District	Middle	379	97.1%
5	Tomlinson Middle School	INKSTER, MI	Westwood Community School District	Middle	180	96.7%
6	Sheridan Road	LANSING, MI	Lansing Public School District	Middle	356	96.3%
7	Fair Plain Middle School	BENTON HARBOR, MI	Benton Harbor Area Schools	Middle	240	96.3%
8	Richfield Public School Academy	FLINT, MI	Richfield Public School Academy	Middle	418	95.9%
9	SAGINAW MIDDLE SCHOOL	SAGINAW, MI	Saginaw School District of the City of	Middle	134	94.8%
10	Godwin Heights Middle School	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Godwin Heights Public Schools	Middle	382	94.8%
11	Cesar Chavez Academy Middle School	DETROIT, MI	Cesar Chavez Academy	Middle	615	94.5%
12	Lee Middle School	WYOMING, MI	Godfrey-Lee Public Schools	Middle	346	93.6%
13	Salina Intermediate 4 8	DEARBORN, MI	Dearborn City School District	Middle	461	93.3%
14	Holmes STEM Middle School Academy	FLINT, MI	Flint School District of the City of	Middle	256	93.0%
15	Lincoln Middle School	WARREN, MI	Van Dyke Public Schools	Middle	408	92.9%
16	Eastpointe Middle School	EASTPOINTE, MI	Eastpointe Community Schools	Middle	295	92.9%
17	J E Clark Preparatory Academy	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	Middle	125	92.8%
18	Hamady Middle School	FLINT, MI	Westwood Heights Schools	Middle	154	92.2%
19	Mt Hope School	LANSING, MI	Lansing Public School District	Middle	323	92.0%
20	Chandler Park Academy Middle School	HARPER WOODS, MI	Chandler Park Academy	Middle	514	91.6%
21	Woodworth Middle School	DEARBORN, MI	Dearborn City School District	Middle	699	91.6%
22	Mount Clemens Middle School	MOUNT CLEMENS, MI	Mount Clemens Community School District	Middle	151	91.4%
23	Eau Claire Middle School	EAU CLAIRE, MI	Eau Claire Public Schools	Middle	139	91.4%
24	Riverside Middle School	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Grand Rapids Public Schools	Middle	227	91.2%
25	Thompson Middle School	SAGINAW, MI	Saginaw School District of the City of	Middle	585	90.9%
26	Bendle Middle School	BURTON, MI	Bendle Public Schools	Middle	219	90.9%
27	Lowrey Middle School	DEARBORN, MI	Dearborn City School District	Middle	448	90.6%
28	LincolnKing AdamsYoung 68	DETROIT, MI	Lincoln-King Adams-Young Academy	Middle	429	90.2%
29	Lincoln Park Middle School	LINCOLN PARK, MI	Lincoln Park School District of the City of	Middle	1,089	90.2%
30	Julian O Strong Middle School	MELVINDALE, MI	Melvindale-Northern Allen Park Schools	Middle	651	90.2%
31	Clippert Academy	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	Middle	424	89.6%
32	CarmanAinsworth Middle School	FLINT, MI	Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools	Middle	652	89.6%
33	Alger Middle School	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Grand Rapids Public Schools	Middle	314	89.2%
34	CB Sabbath 68 Preparatory Academy	RIVER ROUGE, MI	River Rouge School District of the City of	Middle	261	88.1%
35	Northwestern Middle School	BATTLE CREEK, MI	Battle Creek Public Schools	Middle	209	88.0%
36	Unis Middle School	DEARBORN, MI	Dearborn City School District	Middle	522	87.5%
37	Charles Hackley Middle School	MUSKEGON, MI	Muskegon Public Schools of the City of	Middle	774	87.1%
38	Hoover Middle School	TAYLOR, MI	Taylor School District	Middle	515	87.0%
39	Westwood Middle School	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Grand Rapids Public Schools	Middle	176	86.9%
40	Wyoming Intermediate	WYOMING, MI	Wyoming Public Schools	Middle	579	86.5%
41	Wyoming Junior High School	WYOMING, MI	Wyoming Public Schools	Middle	584	86.1%
42	Harper Woods Middle School	HARPER WOODS, MI	Harper Woods The School District of the City of	Middle	353	86.1%
43	Stout Middle School	DEARBORN, MI	Dearborn City School District	Middle	698	84.1%
44	Carrollton Middle School	SAGINAW, MI	Carrollton Public Schools	Middle	344	82.6%
45	Clintondale Middle School	CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MI	Clintondale Community Schools	Middle	269	82.5%
46	Kosciuszko School	HAMTRAMCK, MI	Hamtramck School District of the City of	Middle	279	82.4%
47	Kelloggsville Middle School	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Kelloggsville Public Schools	Middle	475	82.3%
48	Leota Fiedler Elementary School	FLINT, MI	Kearsley Community School District	Middle	431	81.7%
49	Valleywood Middle School	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Kentwood Public Schools	Middle	541	81.1%
50	Mt Morris Middle School	MOUNT MORRIS, MI	Mt. Morris Consolidated Schools	Middle	297	81.1%

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