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The highest-poverty public K-12 schools in Mississippi

29 public K-12 schools in Mississippi appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public K-12 schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. CANTON PUBLIC 9TH GRADE SCHOOL leads the list at 100%, against a median of 69.4% across the ranked schools.

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Mississippi

Top % FRL

100%

Median % FRL

69.4%

HIGHEST POVERTY · MISSISSIPPI

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	CANTON PUBLIC 9TH GRADE SCHOOL	CANTON, MS	CANTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST	Combined	262	100%
2	Wesson Attendance Center	Wesson, MS	Copiah County School District	Combined	833	100%
3	Scott Central Attendance Center	FOREST, MS	Scott County School District	Combined	856	99.6%
4	Sebastopol Attendance Center	SEBASTOPOL, MS	Scott County School District	Combined	684	99.6%
5	Mt. Olive Attendance Center	Mount Olive, MS	Covington County School District	Combined	282	98.9%
6	Blue Mountain High School	Blue Mountain, MS	South Tippah School District	Combined	295	92.2%
7	Taylorsville Attendance Center	TAYLORSVILLE, MS	Smith County School District	Combined	572	88.6%
8	Jumpertown School	Booneville, MS	Prentiss County School District	Combined	305	86.6%
9	Thrasher High School	Booneville, MS	Prentiss County School District	Combined	387	76.5%
10	Vardaman Attendance Center	Vardaman, MS	Calhoun County School District	Combined	624	74.7%
11	Pine Grove High School	Ripley, MS	South Tippah School District	Combined	573	73.1%
12	Houlka Attendance Center	HOULKA, MS	Chickasaw County School District	Combined	457	72.9%
13	Tremont Attendance Center	Tremont, MS	Itawamba County	Combined	312	71.8%
14	Mantachie Attendance Center	MANTACHIE, MS	Itawamba County	Combined	926	70.5%
15	Stringer Attendance Center	STRINGER, MS	West Jasper School District	Combined	579	69.4%
16	Noxapater Attendance	NOXAPATER, MS	Louisville Municipal School District	Combined	473	68.9%
17	Bogue Chitto School	BOGUE CHITTO, MS	Lincoln County School District	Combined	747	68.1%
18	Loyd Star Attendance Center	BROOKHAVEN, MS	Lincoln County School District	Combined	741	67.5%
19	Wheeler High School	Booneville, MS	Prentiss County School District	Combined	577	65.7%
20	Belmont Schools	Belmont, MS	Tishomingo County School District	Combined	855	65.4%
21	Salem	Tylertown, MS	Walthall County School District	Combined	469	64.6%
22	Enterprise Attendance Center	BROOKHAVEN, MS	Lincoln County School District	Combined	667	64.5%
23	Mize Attendance Center	MIZE, MS	Smith County School District	Combined	831	62.7%
24	West Lincoln School	BROOKHAVEN, MS	Lincoln County School District	Combined	636	61.2%
25	Nanih Waiya Attendance Center	Louisville, MS	Louisville Municipal School District	Combined	517	59.6%
26	Hatley School	AMORY, MS	Monroe County School District	Combined	905	58.2%
27	West Union Attendance Center	MYRTLE, MS	Union County School District	Combined	660	57.6%
28	Ingomar Attendance Center	NEW ALBANY, MS	Union County School District	Combined	678	50.0%
29	Smithville School	SMITHVILLE, MS	Monroe County School District	Combined	540	48.7%

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