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The highest-poverty public schools in Middlesex County, New Jersey

Across Middlesex County, New Jersey, 202 public schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Lord Stirling Community School leads the list at 97.0%, against a median of 38.9% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked
202
Middlesex County, New Jersey
Top % FRL
97.0%
Median % FRL
38.9%
HIGHEST POVERTY · MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
#SchoolCityDistrictLevelStudents% FRL
1Lord Stirling Community SchoolNEW BRUNSWICK, NJNew Brunswick School DistrictElementary43697.0%
2Roosevelt Elementary SchoolNEW BRUNSWICK, NJNew Brunswick School DistrictElementary59797.0%
3New Brunswick Middle SchoolNEW BRUNSWICK, NJNew Brunswick School DistrictMiddle82994.8%
4Blanquita B. Valenti Community SchoolNew Brunswick, NJNew Brunswick School DistrictElementary81093.7%
5Pathways Middle SchoolNew Brunswick, NJNew Brunswick School DistrictMiddle26293.5%
6Paul Robeson Community School for the ArtsNEW BRUNSWICK, NJNew Brunswick School DistrictElementary62493.4%
7Livingston Elementary SchoolNEW BRUNSWICK, NJNew Brunswick School DistrictElementary34293.3%
8Lincoln Elementary SchoolNEW BRUNSWICK, NJNew Brunswick School DistrictElementary35693.3%
9Mckinley Community SchoolNEW BRUNSWICK, NJNew Brunswick School DistrictElementary52492.9%
10Academy for Urban Leadership Charter SchoolPerth Amboy, NJAcademy for Urban Leadership Charter SchoolHigh25989.2%
11A Chester Redshaw SchoolNEW BRUNSWICK, NJNew Brunswick School DistrictElementary67888.6%
12New Brunswick High SchoolNEW BRUNSWICK, NJNew Brunswick School DistrictHigh2,44388.1%
13Anthony V. Ceres Elementary SchoolPERTH AMBOY, NJPerth Amboy Public School DistrictElementary55983.7%
14Greater Brunswick Charter SchoolNEW BRUNSWICK, NJGreater Brunswick Charter SchoolElementary39783.1%
15Nathan Hale Elementary SchoolCARTERET, NJCarteret Public School DistrictElementary43682.6%
16Carteret Middle SchoolCARTERET, NJCarteret Public School DistrictMiddle54080.0%
17Robert N. Wilentz Elementary SchoolPERTH AMBOY, NJPerth Amboy Public School DistrictElementary61679.9%
18William C. McGinnis Middle SchoolPERTH AMBOY, NJPerth Amboy Public School DistrictMiddle98478.8%
19Carteret Junior High SchoolCarteret, NJCarteret Public School DistrictMiddle56878.0%
20Edward J. Patten Elementary SchoolPERTH AMBOY, NJPerth Amboy Public School DistrictElementary64977.5%
21Ignacio Cruz Early Childhood CenterPERTH AMBOY, NJPerth Amboy Public School DistrictElementary57776.8%
22Dual Language SchoolFords, NJPerth Amboy Public School DistrictMiddle38476.3%
23Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century SchoolPERTH AMBOY, NJPerth Amboy Public School DistrictElementary63276.1%
24Woodrow Wilson Elementary SchoolNEW BRUNSWICK, NJNew Brunswick School DistrictElementary35176.1%
25Columbus Elementary SchoolCARTERET, NJCarteret Public School DistrictElementary64275.4%
26Rose M. Lopez Elementary SchoolPerth Amboy, NJPerth Amboy Public School DistrictElementary79375.3%
27James J. Flynn Elementary SchoolPERTH AMBOY, NJPerth Amboy Public School DistrictElementary59975.1%
28Middlesex County STEM Charter SchoolPerth Amboy, NJMiddlesex County STEM Charter SchoolElementary73975.1%
29Perth Amboy Magnet SchoolPERTH AMBOY, NJMiddlesex County Vocational and Technical School DistrictHigh26974.3%
30Samuel E. Shull Middle SchoolPERTH AMBOY, NJPerth Amboy Public School DistrictMiddle94173.3%
31Carteret High SchoolCARTERET, NJCarteret Public School DistrictHigh1,18872.6%
32Edmund Hmieleski Early Childhood CenterPERTH AMBOY, NJPerth Amboy Public School DistrictElementary34272.2%
33Private Nicholas Minue Elementary SchoolCARTERET, NJCarteret Public School DistrictElementary52971.5%
34South River Elementary SchoolSOUTH RIVER, NJSouth River Public School DistrictElementary49671.0%
35ParsonsNORTH BRUNSWICK, NJNorth Brunswick Township School DistrictElementary56670.5%
36Perth Amboy High SchoolPERTH AMBOY, NJPerth Amboy Public School DistrictHigh2,76969.8%
37South River Middle SchoolSOUTH RIVER, NJSouth River Public School DistrictMiddle52466.8%
38Grace M. Breckwedel Middle SchoolJAMESBURG, NJJamesburg Public School DistrictMiddle21765.9%
39Piscataway Magnet SchoolPISCATAWAY, NJMiddlesex County Vocational and Technical School DistrictHigh64065.3%
40Lindeneau Elementary SchoolEDISON, NJEdison Township School DistrictElementary44665.2%
41South River Primary SchoolSOUTH RIVER, NJSouth River Public School DistrictElementary50865.0%
42South River High SchoolSOUTH RIVER, NJSouth River Public School DistrictHigh71664.2%
43Linwood SchoolNORTH BRUNSWICK, NJNorth Brunswick Township School DistrictMiddle76162.7%
44South Amboy ElementarySOUTH AMBOY, NJSouth Amboy School DistrictElementary58462.0%
45Ross Street Elementary SchoolWOODBRIDGE, NJWoodbridge Township School DistrictElementary63360.8%
46North Brunswick Twp. Middle SchoolNorth Brunswick, NJNorth Brunswick Township School DistrictMiddle75459.9%
47Avenel Middle SchoolAVENEL, NJWoodbridge Township School DistrictMiddle62959.5%
48Parker Elementary SchoolMIDDLESEX, NJMiddlesex Borough School DistrictElementary19259.4%
49South Amboy Middle/High SchoolSOUTH AMBOY, NJSouth Amboy School DistrictHigh61658.6%
50John F. Kennedy Elementary SchoolJAMESBURG, NJJamesburg Public School DistrictElementary47757.0%
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