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The highest-poverty public high schools in Mississippi

194 public high schools in Mississippi appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public high schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Hazlehurst High School leads the list at 101%, against a median of 80.0% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

194

Mississippi

Top % FRL

101%

Median % FRL

80.0%

HIGHEST POVERTY · MISSISSIPPI

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Hazlehurst High School	HAZLEHURST, MS	Hazlehurst City School District	High	385	101%
2	Northside High School	SHELBY, MS	North Bolivar Consolidated	High	370	100%
3	Thomas E. Edwards Sr. High School	RULEVILLE, MS	Sunflower County Consolidated School District	High	331	100%
4	Gentry High School	Indianola, MS	Sunflower County Consolidated School District	High	465	100%
5	Holmes County Central High School	Lexington, MS	Holmes County Consolidated	High	714	100%
6	Amanda Elzy High School	Greenwood, MS	Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District	High	367	100%
7	Leflore County High School	ITTA BENA, MS	Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District	High	293	100%
8	Aberdeen High School	Aberdeen, MS	Aberdeen School District	High	312	100%
9	Amite County High School	LIBERTY, MS	Amite County School District	High	284	100%
10	Canton High School	Canton, MS	Canton Public Schools	High	899	100%
11	Port Gibson High School	PORT GIBSON, MS	Claiborne County Public Schools	High	381	100%
12	J.W. Stampley 9th Grade Academy	CLARKSDALE, MS	Clarksdale Municipal School District	High	106	100%
13	Coahoma County High School	CLARKSDALE, MS	Coahoma County School District	High	345	100%
14	Coffeeville High School	Coffeeville, MS	Coffeeville School District	High	110	100%
15	Heidelberg High School	HEIDELBERG, MS	East Jasper School District	High	246	100%
16	Greenville High School	Greenville, MS	Greenville Public School District	High	836	100%
17	Simmons High School	HOLLANDALE, MS	Hollandale	High	172	100%
18	Humphreys County High School	Belzoni, MS	MS Achievement SD Of Humphreys County	High	427	100%
19	Callaway High School	Jackson, MS	Jackson Public Schools	High	994	100%
20	Forest Hill High School	Jackson, MS	Jackson Public Schools	High	1,139	100%
21	Lanier Junior/Senior High School	Jackson, MS	Jackson Public Schools	High	895	100%
22	Provine High School	Jackson, MS	Jackson Public Schools	High	791	100%
23	WINGFIELD HIGH SCHOOL	JACKSON, MS	JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	590	100%
24	Jefferson County High	FAYETTE, MS	Jefferson County School District	High	331	100%
25	Kemper County High School	DeKalb, MS	Kemper County School District	High	304	100%
26	Leake Central High School	CARTHAGE, MS	Leake County School District	High	592	100%
27	Leland High School	LELAND, MS	Leland School District	High	200	100%
28	McComb High School	MCCOMB, MS	McComb School District	High	632	100%
29	Moss Point High School	MOSS POINT, MS	Moss Point School District	High	491	100%
30	Natchez High School	NATCHEZ, MS	Natchez-Adams School District	High	606	100%
31	Natchez Early College @ Co-Lin	Natchez, MS	Natchez-Adams School District	High	174	100%
32	Noxubee County High	MACON, MS	Noxubee County School District	High	405	100%
33	Okolona High School	OKOLONA, MS	Okolona School District	High	149	100%
34	Philadelphia High School	Philadelphia, MS	Philadelphia Public School District	High	327	100%
35	Madison Palmer High School	MARKS, MS	Quitman County School District	High	239	100%
36	Rosa Fort High	TUNICA, MS	Tunica School District	High	438	100%
37	Vicksburg High School	VICKSBURG, MS	Vicksburg Warren School District	High	785	100%
38	Warren Central High	VICKSBURG, MS	Vicksburg Warren School District	High	1,145	100%
39	Wilkinson County High School	Woodville, MS	Wilkinson County School District	High	228	100%
40	Murrah High School	Jackson, MS	Jackson Public Schools	High	1,259	99.9%
41	Hattiesburg High School	HATTIESBURG, MS	Hattiesburg	High	1,014	99.9%
42	Jim Hill High School	Jackson, MS	Jackson Public Schools	High	975	99.9%
43	Cleveland Central High School	CLEVELAND, MS	Cleveland School District	High	799	99.9%
44	Laurel High School	LAUREL, MS	Laurel School District	High	732	99.9%
45	Greenwood High School/Votech	Greenwood, MS	Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District	High	633	99.8%
46	Columbus High School	Columbus, MS	Columbus Municipal School District	High	865	99.8%
47	Meridian High School	Meridian, MS	Meridian Public Schools	High	1,253	99.8%
48	Crystal Springs High School	Crystal Springs, MS	Copiah County School District	High	397	99.7%
49	Leake County High School	WALNUT GROVE, MS	Leake County School District	High	266	99.6%
50	Wayne County High School	Waynesboro, MS	Wayne County School District	High	775	99.6%

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