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The highest-poverty public middle schools in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

25 public middle schools in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public middle schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Pittsburgh Classical 6-8 leads the list at 112%, against a median of 41.0% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Top % FRL

112%

Median % FRL

41.0%

HIGHEST POVERTY · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Pittsburgh Classical 6-8	Pittsburgh, PA	Pittsburgh SD	Middle	245	112%
2	Pittsburgh Arsenal 6-8	Pittsburgh, PA	Pittsburgh SD	Middle	148	110%
3	Pittsburgh South Brook 6-8	Pittsburgh, PA	Pittsburgh SD	Middle	242	105%
4	Linton MS	Pittsburgh, PA	Penn Hills SD	Middle	626	103%
5	Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8	Pittsburgh, PA	Pittsburgh SD	Middle	183	101%
6	Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8	Pittsburgh, PA	Pittsburgh SD	Middle	260	100%
7	J.E. Harrison MS	Pittsburgh, PA	Baldwin-Whitehall SD	Middle	716	99.6%
8	Pittsburgh Allegheny 6-8	Pittsburgh, PA	Pittsburgh SD	Middle	179	97.8%
9	Pittsburgh South Hills 6-8	Pittsburgh, PA	Pittsburgh SD	Middle	387	83.7%
10	Brentwood MS	Pittsburgh, PA	Brentwood Borough SD	Middle	269	56.5%
11	Provident CS	Pittsburgh, PA	Provident CS	Middle	306	52.6%
12	Life Male STEAM Academy CS	Pittsburgh, PA	Life Male STEAM Academy CS	Middle	101	43.6%
13	Keystone Oaks MS	Pittsburgh, PA	Keystone Oaks SD	Middle	442	41.0%
14	Holiday Park Intermediate Sch	Pittsburgh, PA	Plum Borough SD	Middle	513	33.1%
15	Plum MS	Pittsburgh, PA	Plum Borough SD	Middle	550	31.8%
16	Pleasant Hills MS	Pittsburgh, PA	West Jefferson Hills SD	Middle	813	28.3%
17	North Hills MS	Pittsburgh, PA	North Hills SD	Middle	1,127	26.4%
18	Dorseyville MS	Pittsburgh, PA	Fox Chapel Area SD	Middle	981	22.1%
19	Jefferson MS	Pittsburgh, PA	Mt Lebanon SD	Middle	621	17.6%
20	Carson MS	Pittsburgh, PA	North Allegheny SD	Middle	652	14.0%
21	Mellon MS	Pittsburgh, PA	Mt Lebanon SD	Middle	661	13.8%
22	Boyce MS	Pittsburgh, PA	Upper St. Clair SD	Middle	624	12.3%
23	Fort Couch MS	Pittsburgh, PA	Upper St. Clair SD	Middle	647	11.3%
24	Avonworth MS	Pittsburgh, PA	Avonworth SD	Middle	446	10.5%
25	Ingomar MS	Pittsburgh, PA	North Allegheny SD	Middle	514	6.8%

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