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The highest-poverty public schools in Franklin County, Ohio

Across Franklin County, Ohio, 141 public schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Finland Elementary School leads the list at 90.8%, against a median of 37.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

141

Franklin County, Ohio

Top % FRL

90.8%

Median % FRL

37.5%

HIGHEST POVERTY · FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Finland Elementary School	Columbus, OH	South-Western City	Elementary	371	90.8%
2	West Franklin Elementary School	Columbus, OH	South-Western City	Elementary	488	90.2%
3	Stiles Elementary School	Columbus, OH	South-Western City	Elementary	511	88.6%
4	Finland Middle School	Columbus, OH	South-Western City	Middle	673	87.8%
5	Horizon Science Academy Primary	Columbus, OH	Horizon Science Academy Primary	Elementary	386	85.5%
6	Franklin Woods Intermediate School	Columbus, OH	South-Western City	Middle	666	85.0%
7	Galloway Ridge Intermediate School	Galloway, OH	South-Western City	Middle	705	83.1%
8	Pleasant View Middle School	Grove City, OH	South-Western City	Middle	651	81.1%
9	Norton Middle School	Columbus, OH	South-Western City	Middle	583	80.6%
10	Prairie Lincoln Elementary School	Columbus, OH	South-Western City	Elementary	515	78.8%
11	Holt Crossing Intermediate School	Grove City, OH	South-Western City	Middle	733	77.6%
12	Prairie Norton Elementary School	Columbus, OH	South-Western City	Elementary	510	76.7%
13	French Run Elementary School	Reynoldsburg, OH	Reynoldsburg City	Elementary	389	75.1%
14	Highland Park Elementary School	Grove City, OH	South-Western City	Elementary	475	74.5%
15	Herbert Mills Elementary School	Reynoldsburg, OH	Reynoldsburg City	Elementary	431	73.5%
16	Darby Woods Elementary School	Galloway, OH	South-Western City	Elementary	554	72.2%
17	Hawthorne Elementary School	Columbus, OH	Westerville City	Elementary	538	71.4%
18	Baldwin Road Junior High School	Reynoldsburg, OH	Reynoldsburg City	Middle	781	71.2%
19	Franklin Heights High School	Columbus, OH	South-Western City	High	1,398	71.0%
20	Bolton Crossing Elementary	Grove, OH	South-Western City	Elementary	717	70.0%
21	James A Harmon Elementary School	Grove City, OH	South-Western City	Elementary	589	69.6%
22	Huber Ridge Elementary School	Westerville, OH	Westerville City	Elementary	481	69.0%
23	Westland High School	Galloway, OH	South-Western City	High	1,853	68.4%
24	Minerva France Elementary School	Columbus, OH	Westerville City	Elementary	559	68.2%
25	Waggoner Road Junior High	Reynoldsburg, OH	Reynoldsburg City	Middle	924	67.3%
26	Waggoner Road Elementary	Reynoldsburg, OH	Reynoldsburg City	Elementary	691	67.3%
27	Beulah Park Middle School	Grove City, OH	South-Western City	Middle	710	66.8%
28	Daniel Wright Elementary School	Columbus, OH	Dublin City	Elementary	590	65.8%
29	Pointview Elementary School	Westerville, OH	Westerville City	Elementary	242	65.7%
30	Rose Hill Elementary School	Reynoldsburg, OH	Reynoldsburg City	Elementary	393	64.6%
31	J W Reason Elementary School	Hilliard, OH	Hilliard City	Elementary	472	61.7%
32	Alton Hall Elementary School	Galloway, OH	South-Western City	Elementary	504	61.5%
33	Park Street Intermediate School	Grove City, OH	South-Western City	Middle	667	60.7%
34	Minerva Park Middle School	Columbus, OH	Westerville City	Middle	753	60.7%
35	Darbydale Elementary School	Grove City, OH	South-Western City	Elementary	405	59.3%
36	Slate Hill Elementary School	Worthington, OH	Worthington City	Elementary	479	58.7%
37	Richard Avenue Elementary School	Grove City, OH	South-Western City	Elementary	423	58.6%
38	Hilliard Horizon Elementary School	Columbus, OH	Hilliard City	Elementary	596	58.4%
39	Central Crossing High School	Grove City, OH	South-Western City	High	1,674	56.1%
40	Gahanna West Middle School	Gahanna, OH	Gahanna-Jefferson City	Middle	608	55.8%
41	Cherrington Elementary School	Westerville, OH	Westerville City	Elementary	338	55.6%
42	Everest Elementary School	Blacklick, OH	Licking Heights Local	Elementary	682	54.4%
43	Ohio School for the Deaf	Columbus, OH	Ohio Deaf and Blind Education Services	Combined	127	53.5%
44	Hopewell Elementary	Dublin, OH	Dublin City	Elementary	536	52.8%
45	Monterey Elementary School	Grove City, OH	South-Western City	Elementary	425	52.2%
46	Goshen Lane Elementary School	Gahanna, OH	Gahanna-Jefferson City	Elementary	464	51.9%
47	Arts & College Preparatory Academy	Columbus, OH	Arts & College Preparatory Academy	High	473	51.6%
48	John Sells Middle School	Dublin, OH	Dublin City	Middle	715	51.0%
49	Ohio State School for the Blind	Columbus, OH	Ohio Deaf and Blind Education Services	Combined	114	50.9%
50	Wilder Elementary School	Westerville, OH	Westerville City	Elementary	491	50.7%

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