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The highest-poverty public high schools in Ohio

436 public high schools in Ohio appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public high schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Beaver Local High School leads the list at 99.5%, against a median of 43.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

436

Ohio

Top % FRL

99.5%

Median % FRL

43.5%

HIGHEST POVERTY · OHIO

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Beaver Local High School	East Liverpool, OH	Beaver Local	High	547	99.5%
2	Northeastern Middle/High School	South Vienna, OH	Northeastern Local	High	482	99.4%
3	Northmor High School	Galion, OH	Northmor Local	High	450	99.3%
4	Girard Sr High School	Girard, OH	Girard City School District	High	421	99.3%
5	Amanda-Clearcreek High School	Amanda, OH	Amanda-Clearcreek Local	High	413	99.3%
6	Milton-Union High School	West Milton, OH	Milton-Union Exempted Village	High	369	99.2%
7	Northwood High School	Northwood, OH	Northwood Local Schools	High	357	99.2%
8	Preble Shawnee High School High School	Camden, OH	Preble Shawnee Local	High	345	99.1%
9	Martins Ferry High School	Martins Ferry, OH	Martins Ferry City	High	343	99.1%
10	Arcanum High School	Arcanum, OH	Arcanum-Butler Local	High	325	99.1%
11	Riverdale High School	Mt Blanchard, OH	Riverdale Local	High	321	99.1%
12	Elmwood High School	Bloomdale, OH	Elmwood Local	High	319	99.1%
13	Delaware Area Career Center South Campus	Delaware, OH	Delaware Area Career Center	High	315	99.0%
14	Parkway High School	Rockford, OH	Parkway Local	High	306	99.0%
15	Patrick Henry High School	Hamler, OH	Patrick Henry Local	High	272	98.9%
16	Tolles Career & Technical Center	Plain City, OH	Tolles Career & Technical Center	High	268	98.9%
17	Mechanicsburg High School	Mechanicsburg, OH	Mechanicsburg Exempted Village	High	266	98.9%
18	Cory-Rawson High School	Rawson, OH	Cory-Rawson Local	High	265	98.9%
19	Allen East High School	Harrod, OH	Allen East Local	High	253	98.8%
20	Crestview High School	Convoy, OH	Crestview Local	High	249	98.8%
21	Bucyrus Secondary School	Bucyrus, OH	Bucyrus City	High	247	98.8%
22	Bradford High School	Bradford, OH	Bradford Exempted Village	High	244	98.8%
23	Rittman High School	Rittman, OH	Rittman Exempted Village	High	212	98.6%
24	North Central Junior/High School	Pioneer, OH	North Central Local	High	208	98.6%
25	Butler Tech Bioscience Center	West Chester, OH	Butler Technology & Career Development Schools	High	208	98.6%
26	Lowellville High School	Lowellville, OH	Lowellville Local	High	207	98.6%
27	Hilltop High School	West Unity, OH	Millcreek-West Unity Local	High	207	98.6%
28	Arcadia High School	Arcadia, OH	Arcadia Local	High	192	98.4%
29	Pandora-Gilboa High School	Pandora, OH	Pandora-Gilboa Local	High	183	98.4%
30	Columbiana County	Lisbon, OH	Columbiana County	High	180	98.3%
31	Antwerp Local High School	Antwerp, OH	Antwerp Local	High	178	98.3%
32	Vanguard Tech Center	Fremont, OH	Vanguard-Sentinel Career & Technology Centers	High	177	98.3%
33	Whiteoak High School	Mowrystown, OH	Bright Local	High	174	98.3%
34	Danbury High School	Lakeside Marblehead, OH	Danbury Local	High	172	98.3%
35	Jackson-Milton High School	North Jackson, OH	Jackson-Milton Local	High	170	98.2%
36	Rossford High School	Rossford, OH	Rossford Exempted Village	High	395	98.0%
37	Western Reserve High School	Berlin Center, OH	Western Reserve Local	High	127	97.6%
38	Chalker High School	Southington, OH	Southington Local	High	127	97.6%
39	Indian River (Irjcf)	Massillon, OH	Buckeye United School District	High	126	97.6%
40	Luther E Ball (Chjcf)	Highland Hills, OH	Buckeye United School District	High	120	97.5%
41	Plymouth High School	Plymouth, OH	Plymouth-Shiloh Local	High	118	97.5%
42	Ralph C Starkey (Cjcf)	Circleville, OH	Buckeye United School District	High	108	97.2%
43	Mahoning Valley Community School	Youngstown, OH	Mahoning Valley Community School	High	107	97.2%
44	Seneca East High School	Attica, OH	Seneca East Local	High	289	94.5%
45	Ada High School	Ada, OH	Ada Exempted Village	High	404	93.1%
46	Berne Union High School	Sugar Grove, OH	Berne Union Local	High	366	92.6%
47	Fairview High School	Sherwood, OH	Central Local	High	254	92.5%
48	Maritime Academy of Toledo The	Toledo, OH	Maritime Academy of Toledo The	High	215	91.6%
49	Paulding High School	Paulding, OH	Paulding Exempted Village	High	322	90.1%
50	Columbus Grove High School	Columbus Grove, OH	Columbus Grove Local	High	247	89.9%

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