The highest-poverty public K-12 schools in New York
136 public K-12 schools in New York appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public K-12 schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL leads the list at 98.2%, against a median of 53.4% across the ranked schools.
The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.
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