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The highest-poverty public schools in Ohio

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public schools in Ohio, drawn from 1,528 qualifying public schools. Beaver Local High School leads the list at 99.5%, against a median of 42.0% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

1,528

Ohio

Top % FRL

99.5%

Median % FRL

42.0%

HIGHEST POVERTY · OHIO

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Beaver Local High School	East Liverpool, OH	Beaver Local	High	547	99.5%
2	Adena Elementary School	Frankfort, OH	Adena Local	Elementary	524	99.4%
3	Prospect Elementary School	Girard, OH	Girard City School District	Elementary	498	99.4%
4	Bellaire Elementary School	Bellaire, OH	Bellaire Local	Elementary	489	99.4%
5	Northeastern Middle/High School	South Vienna, OH	Northeastern Local	High	482	99.4%
6	Northmor High School	Galion, OH	Northmor Local	High	450	99.3%
7	St. Marys Middle School	Saint Marys, OH	St Marys City	Middle	445	99.3%
8	Girard Sr High School	Girard, OH	Girard City School District	High	421	99.3%
9	Amanda-Clearcreek High School	Amanda, OH	Amanda-Clearcreek Local	High	413	99.3%
10	Richmond Heights Elementary School	Richmond Heights, OH	Richmond Heights Local	Elementary	378	99.2%
11	Milton-Union High School	West Milton, OH	Milton-Union Exempted Village	High	369	99.2%
12	Northwood High School	Northwood, OH	Northwood Local Schools	High	357	99.2%
13	Preble Shawnee High School High School	Camden, OH	Preble Shawnee Local	High	345	99.1%
14	Martins Ferry High School	Martins Ferry, OH	Martins Ferry City	High	343	99.1%
15	Spencerville Elementary School	Spencerville, OH	Spencerville Local	Elementary	336	99.1%
16	Southeast Primary Elementary School	Ravenna, OH	Southeast Local	Elementary	328	99.1%
17	Arcanum High School	Arcanum, OH	Arcanum-Butler Local	High	325	99.1%
18	Riverdale High School	Mt Blanchard, OH	Riverdale Local	High	321	99.1%
19	Elmwood High School	Bloomdale, OH	Elmwood Local	High	319	99.1%
20	Delaware Area Career Center South Campus	Delaware, OH	Delaware Area Career Center	High	315	99.0%
21	Parkway High School	Rockford, OH	Parkway Local	High	306	99.0%
22	Patrick Henry High School	Hamler, OH	Patrick Henry Local	High	272	98.9%
23	Madison-Plains Intermediate School	London, OH	Madison-Plains Local	Middle	269	98.9%
24	Tolles Career & Technical Center	Plain City, OH	Tolles Career & Technical Center	High	268	98.9%
25	Mechanicsburg High School	Mechanicsburg, OH	Mechanicsburg Exempted Village	High	266	98.9%
26	Cory-Rawson High School	Rawson, OH	Cory-Rawson Local	High	265	98.9%
27	William S Guy Middle School	Youngstown, OH	Liberty Local	Middle	254	98.8%
28	Allen East High School	Harrod, OH	Allen East Local	High	253	98.8%
29	Crestview High School	Convoy, OH	Crestview Local	High	249	98.8%
30	Bucyrus Secondary School	Bucyrus, OH	Bucyrus City	High	247	98.8%
31	Bradford High School	Bradford, OH	Bradford Exempted Village	High	244	98.8%
32	Rittman High School	Rittman, OH	Rittman Exempted Village	High	212	98.6%
33	North Central Junior/High School	Pioneer, OH	North Central Local	High	208	98.6%
34	Butler Tech Bioscience Center	West Chester, OH	Butler Technology & Career Development Schools	High	208	98.6%
35	Lowellville High School	Lowellville, OH	Lowellville Local	High	207	98.6%
36	Hilltop High School	West Unity, OH	Millcreek-West Unity Local	High	207	98.6%
37	New London Middle School	New London, OH	New London Local	Middle	204	98.5%
38	Arcadia High School	Arcadia, OH	Arcadia Local	High	192	98.4%
39	Pandora-Gilboa High School	Pandora, OH	Pandora-Gilboa Local	High	183	98.4%
40	Columbiana County	Lisbon, OH	Columbiana County	High	180	98.3%
41	Antwerp Local High School	Antwerp, OH	Antwerp Local	High	178	98.3%
42	Vanguard Tech Center	Fremont, OH	Vanguard-Sentinel Career & Technology Centers	High	177	98.3%
43	Whiteoak High School	Mowrystown, OH	Bright Local	High	174	98.3%
44	Danbury High School	Lakeside Marblehead, OH	Danbury Local	High	172	98.3%
45	Jackson-Milton High School	North Jackson, OH	Jackson-Milton Local	High	170	98.2%
46	Fayetteville-Perry Middle School	Fayetteville, OH	Fayetteville-Perry Local	Middle	163	98.2%
47	Black River Education Center Middle School	Sullivan, OH	Black River Local	Middle	153	98.0%
48	Rossford High School	Rossford, OH	Rossford Exempted Village	High	395	98.0%
49	Western Reserve High School	Berlin Center, OH	Western Reserve Local	High	127	97.6%
50	Chalker High School	Southington, OH	Southington Local	High	127	97.6%

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