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The highest-poverty public high schools in Somerset County, New Jersey

Across Somerset County, New Jersey, 12 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Bound Brook High School leads the list at 83.6%, against a median of 18.7% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Somerset County, New Jersey

Top % FRL

83.6%

Median % FRL

18.7%

HIGHEST POVERTY · SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Bound Brook High School	Bound Brook, NJ	Bound Brook School District	High	579	83.6%
2	North Plainfield High School	North Plainfield, NJ	North Plainfield School District	High	1,141	75.7%
3	Manville High School	Manville, NJ	Manville School District	High	528	64.2%
4	Franklin High School	Somerset, NJ	Franklin Township Public School District	High	2,134	50.2%
5	Somerville High School	Somerville, NJ	Somerville Public School District	High	1,072	26.3%
6	Somerset County Vocational Technical High School	Bridgewater, NJ	Somerset County Vocational and Technical School District	High	332	19.3%
7	Bernards High School	Bernardsville, NJ	Somerset Hills Regional School District	High	751	18.1%
8	Hillsborough High School	Hillsborough, NJ	Hillsborough Township Public School District	High	2,377	15.7%
9	Bridgewater-Raritan High School	Bridgewater, NJ	Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District	High	2,673	15.1%
10	Montgomery High School	Skillman, NJ	Montgomery Township School District	High	1,611	7.8%
11	Watchung Hills Regional High School	Warren, NJ	Watchung Hills Regional High School District	High	1,653	3.4%
12	Ridge High School	Basking Ridge, NJ	Bernards Township School District	High	1,577	2.3%

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