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

Across Orange County, North Carolina, 30 public schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Efland Cheeks Elementary leads the list at 99.4%, against a median of 33.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Orange County, North Carolina

Top % FRL

99.4%

Median % FRL

33.2%

HIGHEST POVERTY · ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Efland Cheeks Elementary	Efland, NC	Orange County Schools	Elementary	532	99.4%
2	New Hope Elementary	Chapel Hill, NC	Orange County Schools	Elementary	528	99.1%
3	Central Elementary	Hillsborough, NC	Orange County Schools	Elementary	261	98.9%
4	Grady Brown Elementary	Hillsborough, NC	Orange County Schools	Elementary	406	59.6%
5	A L Stanback Middle	Hillsborough, NC	Orange County Schools	Middle	648	57.7%
6	Gravelly Hill Middle	Efland, NC	Orange County Schools	Middle	415	56.4%
7	Pathways Elementary	Hillsborough, NC	Orange County Schools	Elementary	371	54.4%
8	Northside Elementary	Chapel Hill, NC	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	Elementary	412	52.9%
9	Rashkis Elementary	Chapel Hill, NC	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	Elementary	455	47.7%
10	Cedar Ridge High	Hillsborough, NC	Orange County Schools	High	1,148	47.2%
11	Orange High	Hillsborough, NC	Orange County Schools	High	1,161	46.3%
12	Orange Middle	Hillsborough, NC	Orange County Schools	Middle	514	43.4%
13	River Park Elementary	Hillsborough, NC	Orange County Schools	Elementary	523	37.5%
14	FPG Elementary	Chapel Hill, NC	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	Elementary	536	36.4%
15	Culbreth Middle	Chapel Hill, NC	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	Middle	632	33.9%
16	Carrboro Elementary	Carrboro, NC	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	Elementary	515	32.6%
17	McDougle Elementary	Chapel Hill, NC	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	Elementary	497	31.4%
18	Carrboro High	Carrboro, NC	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	High	885	30.4%
19	Seawell Elementary	Chapel Hill, NC	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	Elementary	416	30.0%
20	Ephesus Elementary	Chapel Hill, NC	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	Elementary	410	30.0%
21	Scroggs Elementary	Chapel Hill, NC	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	Elementary	410	30.0%
22	McDougle Middle	Chapel Hill, NC	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	Middle	659	27.6%
23	Phillips Middle	Chapel Hill, NC	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	Middle	600	27.0%
24	Estes Hills Elementary	Chapel Hill, NC	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	Elementary	336	26.5%
25	Morris Grove Elementary	Chapel Hill, NC	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	Elementary	383	22.5%
26	Smith Middle	Chapel Hill, NC	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	Middle	763	22.4%
27	Chapel Hill High	Chapel Hill, NC	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	High	1,608	22.2%
28	East Chapel Hill High	Chapel Hill, NC	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	High	1,419	22.2%
29	Glenwood Elementary	Chapel Hill, NC	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	Elementary	390	19.2%
30	Hillsborough Elementary	Hillsborough, NC	Orange County Schools	Elementary	435	17.5%

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