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The highest-poverty public high schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Across Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 66 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Dobbins Area Vocational-Technical High School leads the list at 132%, against a median of 98.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Top % FRL

132%

Median % FRL

98.2%

HIGHEST POVERTY · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Dobbins Area Vocational-Technical High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	581	132%
2	Girls HS	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	592	122%
3	Philadelphia Military Academy at Elverson	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	273	116%
4	Lankenau HS	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	228	114%
5	Parkway West	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	149	112%
6	Robeson HS for Human Services	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	266	109%
7	Washington George HS	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	1,755	108%
8	Penn Treaty Sch	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	398	107%
9	The Science Leadership Academy at Beeber	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	532	105%
10	Swenson Arts and Technology High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	805	105%
11	The U School: Innovative Lab	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	195	104%
12	Boys' Latin of Philadelphia CS	Philadelphia, PA	Boys' Latin of Philadelphia CS	High	747	104%
13	Building 21	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	371	103%
14	Roxborough HS	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	613	102%
15	Creative and Performing Arts	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	643	102%
16	Masterman Julia R Sec Sch	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	1,183	101%
17	The Linc	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	223	101%
18	Kensington HS	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	458	101%
19	King Martin Luther HS	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	527	100%
20	Randolph A. Philip Area Vocational-Technical High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	437	99.8%
21	Franklin Towne CHS	Philadelphia, PA	Franklin Towne CHS	High	1,292	99.8%
22	Science Leadership Academy	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	502	99.6%
23	Mastery CS - Shoemaker Campus	Philadelphia, PA	Mastery CS-Shoemaker Campus	High	722	99.6%
24	KIPP DuBois CS	Philadelphia, PA	KIPP DuBois CS	High	523	99.4%
25	Saul W B Agricultural School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	417	99.3%
26	Universal Audenried CS	Philadelphia, PA	Universal Audenried CS	High	588	99.1%
27	HS of Engineering & Science	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	851	99.1%
28	Vaux HS: A Big Picture School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	284	98.9%
29	Mastery CS-Gratz Campus	Philadelphia, PA	Mastery CS-Gratz Campus	High	1,048	98.9%
30	Motivation HS	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	199	98.5%
31	School of the Future	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	569	98.4%
32	Fels Samuel HS	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	1,255	98.4%
33	Kensington Health Sciences	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	457	98.2%
34	Central HS	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	2,329	98.2%
35	Kensington Creative & Performing Arts HS	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	510	97.8%
36	Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS	High	629	97.8%
37	Parkway Center City Middle College	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	436	97.7%
38	Mastery CS-Pickett Campus	Philadelphia, PA	Mastery CS-Pickett Campus	High	929	97.5%
39	Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	599	97.3%
40	Academy at Palumbo	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	1,225	97.0%
41	Multicultural Academy CS	Philadelphia, PA	Multicultural Academy CS	High	254	96.1%
42	Mastery CHS-Lenfest Campus	Philadelphia, PA	Mastery CHS-Lenfest Campus	High	660	96.1%
43	South Philadelphia HS	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	684	96.1%
44	Franklin Benjamin HS	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	570	95.3%
45	Bodine William W HS	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	489	94.9%
46	Sayre William L MS	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	447	94.9%
47	National Constitution Center HS	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	421	94.8%
48	Frankford HS	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	907	94.7%
49	YouthBuild Phila CS	Philadelphia, PA	Youth Build Phila CS	High	271	94.5%
50	Northeast HS	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	3,463	94.3%

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