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The highest-poverty public high schools in Mississippi · page 2

Ranks 51–100 of the highest-poverty public schools in Mississippi. Back to page 1.

HIGHEST POVERTY · MISSISSIPPI

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
51	Choctaw Central High School	CHOCTAW, MS	Choctaw Central High School	High	537	99.4%
52	Yazoo City High School	YAZOO CITY, MS	MS Achievement SD Of Yazoo City	High	531	99.4%
53	Choctaw County High School	ACKERMAN, MS	Choctaw County Schools	High	511	99.4%
54	Winona Secondary School	Winona, MS	Winona-Montgomery Consolidated School District	High	502	99.4%
55	North Pontotoc High School	ECRU, MS	PONTOTOC COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	488	99.4%
56	Morton High School	MORTON, MS	Scott County School District	High	476	99.4%
57	O'Bannon High School	Greenville, MS	Western Line Schools	High	474	99.4%
58	South Pontotoc High School	PONTOTOC, MS	PONTOTOC COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	455	99.3%
59	Greene County High School	Leakesville, MS	Greene County Schools	High	446	99.3%
60	Byhalia High School	BYHALIA, MS	Marshall County School District	High	428	99.3%
61	South Pike High School	Magnolia, MS	South Pike School District	High	425	99.3%
62	Yazoo County High School	YAZOO CITY, MS	Yazoo County School District	High	400	99.3%
63	Seminary High	SEMINARY, MS	Covington County School District	High	382	99.2%
64	Collins High School	COLLINS, MS	Covington County School District	High	373	99.2%
65	Jefferson Davis County High School	BASSFIELD, MS	Jeff Davis County School District	High	368	99.2%
66	H. W. Byers High School	HOLLY SPRINGS, MS	Marshall County School District	High	362	99.2%
67	Potts Camp High School	Potts Camp, MS	Marshall County School District	High	356	99.2%
68	Clarksdale High School	CLARKSDALE, MS	Clarksdale Municipal School District	High	473	99.2%
69	WEST MARION HIGH SCHOOL	Foxworth, MS	Marion County School District	High	347	99.1%
70	North Panola High School	SARDIS, MS	North Panola	High	329	99.1%
71	Riverside High School	Avon, MS	Western Line Schools	High	320	99.1%
72	West Tallahatchie High School	WEBB, MS	West Tallahatchie School District	High	297	99.0%
73	Harrison Central High	Gulfport, MS	Harrison County School District	High	1,483	99.0%
74	Union High School	UNION, MS	Union Public School District	High	280	98.9%
75	Charleston High School	CHARLESTON, MS	East Tallahatchie School District	High	273	98.9%
76	Lake High School	Lake, MS	Scott County School District	High	231	98.7%
77	Ethel Attendance Center	ETHEL, MS	Attala County Schools	High	230	98.7%
78	West Bolivar High School	ROSEDALE, MS	West Bolivar Consolidated School District	High	227	98.7%
79	EAST MARION HIGH SCHOOL	Columbia, MS	Marion County School District	High	216	98.6%
80	West Lowndes High School	COLUMBUS, MS	Lowndes County School District	High	206	98.5%
81	Shaw High School	SHAW, MS	West Bolivar Consolidated School District	High	200	98.5%
82	South Delta High School	ROLLING FORK, MS	South Delta School District	High	176	98.3%
83	McAdams Attendance Center	MCADAMS, MS	Attala County Schools	High	167	98.2%
84	J.Z. George High School	NORTH CARROLLTON, MS	Carroll County School District	High	343	96.8%
85	Bay Springs High School	BAY SPRINGS, MS	West Jasper School District	High	241	94.2%
86	Velma Jackson High School	Camden, MS	Madison County Schools	High	224	90.6%
87	North Forrest High School	Hattiesburg, MS	Forrest County School District	High	349	90.0%
88	Ashland High School	Ashland, MS	Benton County School District	High	212	88.2%
89	Forest High School	FOREST, MS	Forest Municipal School District	High	438	86.8%
90	Mendenhall High School	Mendenhall, MS	Simpson County School District	High	646	85.9%
91	Magee High School	Magee, MS	Simpson County School District	High	380	85.5%
92	South Panola High School	Batesville, MS	South Panola School District	High	1,113	84.7%
93	Holly Springs High School	Holly Springs, MS	Holly Springs School District	High	288	84.0%
94	Lumberton High School	Lumberton, MS	Lamar County School District	High	268	83.2%
95	Calhoun City High School	CALHOUN CITY, MS	Calhoun County School District	High	379	81.5%
96	Perry Central High School	New Augusta, MS	Perry County School District	High	262	81.3%
97	Nettleton High School	Nettleton, MS	Nettleton School District	High	316	80.4%
98	Shannon High School	SHANNON, MS	Lee County	High	529	79.6%
99	Newton High School	Newton, MS	NEWTON MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	237	79.3%
100	Franklin High School	Meadville, MS	Franklin County School District	High	377	78.0%

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