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

9 public high schools in Wayne 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. Wayne School of Engineering leads the list at 99.4%, against a median of 98.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Wayne County, North Carolina

Top % FRL

99.4%

Median % FRL

98.5%

HIGHEST POVERTY · WAYNE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Wayne School of Engineering	Goldsboro, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	High	486	99.4%
2	Wayne Early / Middle College High	Goldsboro, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	High	239	98.7%
3	Charles B Aycock High	Pikeville, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	High	1,138	98.7%
4	Spring Creek High	Seven Springs, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	High	732	98.6%
5	Rosewood High	Goldsboro, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	High	460	98.5%
6	Eastern Wayne High	Goldsboro, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	High	781	98.1%
7	Southern Wayne High	Dudley, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	High	1,007	97.9%
8	Wayne School of Technical Arts	Goldsboro, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	High	271	97.8%
9	Goldsboro High	Goldsboro, NC	Wayne County Public Schools	High	412	97.6%

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