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The highest-poverty public middle schools in Franklin County, Ohio

Across Franklin County, Ohio, 33 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Finland Middle School leads the list at 87.8%, against a median of 41.3% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Franklin County, Ohio

Top % FRL

87.8%

Median % FRL

41.3%

HIGHEST POVERTY · FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Finland Middle School	Columbus, OH	South-Western City	Middle	673	87.8%
2	Franklin Woods Intermediate School	Columbus, OH	South-Western City	Middle	666	85.0%
3	Galloway Ridge Intermediate School	Galloway, OH	South-Western City	Middle	705	83.1%
4	Pleasant View Middle School	Grove City, OH	South-Western City	Middle	651	81.1%
5	Norton Middle School	Columbus, OH	South-Western City	Middle	583	80.6%
6	Holt Crossing Intermediate School	Grove City, OH	South-Western City	Middle	733	77.6%
7	Baldwin Road Junior High School	Reynoldsburg, OH	Reynoldsburg City	Middle	781	71.2%
8	Waggoner Road Junior High	Reynoldsburg, OH	Reynoldsburg City	Middle	924	67.3%
9	Beulah Park Middle School	Grove City, OH	South-Western City	Middle	710	66.8%
10	Park Street Intermediate School	Grove City, OH	South-Western City	Middle	667	60.7%
11	Minerva Park Middle School	Columbus, OH	Westerville City	Middle	753	60.7%
12	Gahanna West Middle School	Gahanna, OH	Gahanna-Jefferson City	Middle	608	55.8%
13	John Sells Middle School	Dublin, OH	Dublin City	Middle	715	51.0%
14	Perry Middle School	Worthington, OH	Worthington City	Middle	528	44.7%
15	Blendon Middle School	Westerville, OH	Westerville City	Middle	609	44.7%
16	Ann Simpson Davis Middle School	Dublin, OH	Dublin City	Middle	890	44.5%
17	Hilliard Station Sixth Grade Elementary School	Hilliard, OH	Hilliard City	Middle	763	41.3%
18	Walnut Springs Middle School	Westerville, OH	Westerville City	Middle	613	40.1%
19	Hilliard Memorial Middle School	Hilliard, OH	Hilliard City	Middle	797	37.5%
20	Hilliard Weaver Middle School	Hilliard, OH	Hilliard City	Middle	917	33.3%
21	Gahanna South Middle School	Gahanna, OH	Gahanna-Jefferson City	Middle	653	33.1%
22	Hilliard Heritage Middle School	Hilliard, OH	Hilliard City	Middle	791	32.5%
23	Worthingway Middle School	Worthington, OH	Worthington City	Middle	640	31.4%
24	Hayes Intermediate School	Grove City, OH	South-Western City	Middle	464	30.4%
25	Jackson Middle School	Grove City, OH	South-Western City	Middle	665	29.3%
26	Mccord Middle School	Columbus, OH	Worthington City	Middle	636	26.1%
27	Hilliard Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary School	Hilliard, OH	Hilliard City	Middle	512	25.8%
28	Gahanna East Middle School	Gahanna, OH	Gahanna-Jefferson City	Middle	660	20.6%
29	Kilbourne Middle School	Worthington, OH	Worthington City	Middle	464	16.2%
30	New Albany Intermediate School	New Albany, OH	New Albany-Plain Local	Middle	1,134	14.9%
31	Henry Karrer Middle School	Dublin, OH	Dublin City	Middle	885	9.7%
32	Hastings Middle School	Upper Arlington, OH	Upper Arlington City	Middle	753	7.3%
33	Jones Middle School	Upper Arlington, OH	Upper Arlington City	Middle	733	6.8%

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