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The highest-poverty public schools in Carbon County, Pennsylvania

Across Carbon County, Pennsylvania, 18 public schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Panther Valley El Sch leads the list at 110%, against a median of 58.3% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Carbon County, Pennsylvania

Top % FRL

110%

Median % FRL

58.3%

HIGHEST POVERTY · CARBON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Panther Valley El Sch	Nesquehoning, PA	Panther Valley SD	Elementary	556	110%
2	Panther Valley JSHS	Lansford, PA	Panther Valley SD	High	759	104%
3	Panther Valley Intermediate Sch	Lansford, PA	Panther Valley SD	Middle	458	98.0%
4	Weatherly Area HS	Weatherly, PA	Weatherly Area SD	High	125	76.8%
5	Weatherly Area El Sch	Weatherly, PA	Weatherly Area SD	Elementary	291	66.7%
6	Penn-Kidder Campus	Albrightsville, PA	Jim Thorpe Area SD	Elementary	541	65.1%
7	L B Morris El Sch	Jim Thorpe, PA	Jim Thorpe Area SD	Elementary	615	61.5%
8	Jim Thorpe Area HS	Jim Thorpe, PA	Jim Thorpe Area SD	High	490	61.4%
9	S S Palmer El Sch	Palmerton, PA	Palmerton Area SD	Elementary	399	58.6%
10	Parkside Education Center	Palmerton, PA	Palmerton Area SD	Elementary	150	58.0%
11	Lehighton Area Elementary Center	Lehighton, PA	Lehighton Area SD	Elementary	1,005	56.2%
12	Lehighton Area MS	Lehighton, PA	Lehighton Area SD	Middle	478	52.5%
13	Lehighton Area HS	Lehighton, PA	Lehighton Area SD	High	630	51.7%
14	Weatherly Area MS	Weatherly, PA	Weatherly Area SD	Middle	172	49.4%
15	Palmerton Area JHS	Palmerton, PA	Palmerton Area SD	Middle	261	48.3%
16	Palmerton Area HS	Palmerton, PA	Palmerton Area SD	High	478	41.6%
17	Towamensing El Sch	Lehighton, PA	Palmerton Area SD	Elementary	328	39.9%
18	Carbon Career & Technical Institute	Jim Thorpe, PA	Carbon Career & Technical Institute	High	375	28.3%

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