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The highest-poverty public schools in Lee County, North Carolina

16 public schools in Lee County, North Carolina appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Southern Lee High School leads the list at 99.7%, against a median of 98.9% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Lee County, North Carolina

Top % FRL

99.7%

Median % FRL

98.9%

HIGHEST POVERTY · LEE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Southern Lee High School	Sanford, NC	Lee County Schools	High	1,180	99.7%
2	SanLee Middle School	Sanford, NC	Lee County Schools	Middle	792	99.6%
3	J Glenn Edwards Elementary	Sanford, NC	Lee County Schools	Elementary	587	99.5%
4	Greenwood Elementary	Sanford, NC	Lee County Schools	Elementary	571	99.5%
5	BT Bullock Elementary	Sanford, NC	Lee County Schools	Elementary	511	99.4%
6	J R Ingram Jr Elementary	Sanford, NC	Lee County Schools	Elementary	419	99.3%
7	WB Wicker Elementary	Sanford, NC	Lee County Schools	Elementary	588	99.1%
8	Lee County High	Sanford, NC	Lee County Schools	High	1,459	98.9%
9	Lee Early College	Sanford, NC	Lee County Schools	High	272	98.9%
10	Tramway Elementary	Sanford, NC	Lee County Schools	Elementary	559	98.7%
11	Rising Leaders Academy	Sanford, NC	Rising Leaders Academy	Elementary	282	98.2%
12	East Lee Middle	Sanford, NC	Lee County Schools	Middle	526	97.5%
13	Broadway Elementary	Broadway, NC	Lee County Schools	Elementary	490	96.9%
14	West Lee Middle	Sanford, NC	Lee County Schools	Middle	522	96.9%
15	Deep River Elementary	Sanford, NC	Lee County Schools	Elementary	557	96.8%
16	Central Carolina Academy	Sanford, NC	Central Carolina Academy	High	536	26.5%

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