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The highest-poverty public high schools in St. Louis County, Minnesota

17 public high schools in St. Louis County, Minnesota appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public high schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. EAST RANGE ACADEMY OF TECH-SCIENCE leads the list at 89.8%, against a median of 41.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

St. Louis County, Minnesota

Top % FRL

89.8%

Median % FRL

41.2%

HIGHEST POVERTY · ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MINNESOTA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	EAST RANGE ACADEMY OF TECH-SCIENCE	MOUNTAIN IRON, MN	EAST RANGE ACADEMY OF TECH-SCIENCE	High	127	89.8%
2	ALC Independent Study	DULUTH, MN	DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	235	58.7%
3	CHISHOLM SECONDARY	CHISHOLM, MN	CHISHOLM PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	291	51.5%
4	DENFELD HIGH SCHOOL	DULUTH, MN	DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	951	48.5%
5	MESABI EAST SECONDARY	AURORA, MN	MESABI EAST SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	392	46.7%
6	SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARY	CULVER, MN	ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	258	42.6%
7	HARBOR CITY INTERNATIONAL CHARTER	DULUTH, MN	HARBOR CITY INTERNATIONAL CHARTER	High	194	41.2%
8	NORTHEAST RANGE SECONDARY	BABBITT, MN	ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	114	41.2%
9	NORTH WOODS SECONDARY	COOK, MN	ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	245	41.2%
10	MOUNTAIN IRON-BUHL SECONDARY	MOUNTAIN IRON, MN	MOUNTAIN IRON-BUHL SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	283	39.2%
11	Hibbing High	HIBBING, MN	Hibbing Public School District	High	829	36.4%
12	Proctor Senior High	PROCTOR, MN	Proctor Public School District	High	540	33.1%
13	CHERRY SECONDARY	IRON, MN	ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	273	32.6%
14	Rock Ridge High School	VIRGINIA, MN	Rock Ridge Public Schools	High	1,048	30.2%
15	MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL	ELY, MN	ELY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	181	26.0%
16	East High School	DULUTH, MN	DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	1,495	19.7%
17	Hermantown Senior High	HERMANTOWN, MN	Hermantown Community Schools	High	655	16.5%

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