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The highest-poverty public high schools in Durham County, North Carolina

12 public high schools in Durham County, North Carolina appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public high schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. C E Jordan High leads the list at 99.9%, against a median of 99.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Durham County, North Carolina

Top % FRL

99.9%

Median % FRL

99.2%

HIGHEST POVERTY · DURHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	C E Jordan High	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	2,189	99.9%
2	Riverside High	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	1,900	99.8%
3	Hillside High	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	1,433	99.8%
4	Southern School of Energy and Sustainabi	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	1,384	99.8%
5	Northern High	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	1,281	99.8%
6	J D Clement Early College HS	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	380	99.2%
7	Durham School of the Arts	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	1,764	99.2%
8	The School for Creative Studies	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	350	98.9%
9	Durham School of Technology	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	219	98.6%
10	City of Medicine Academy	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	329	98.5%
11	Middle College HS @ DTCC	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	164	98.2%
12	Durham's Performance Learning Center	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	122	90.2%

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