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The highest-poverty public high schools in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Across Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 14 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Central Dauphin East SHS leads the list at 102%, against a median of 49.8% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Top % FRL

102%

Median % FRL

49.8%

HIGHEST POVERTY · DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Central Dauphin East SHS	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	High	1,573	102%
2	Harrisburg HS	Harrisburg, PA	Harrisburg City SD	High	1,343	99.4%
3	Dauphin County Technical School	Harrisburg, PA	Dauphin County Technical School	High	1,187	99.1%
4	Harrisburg HS - SciTech Cmp	Harrisburg, PA	Harrisburg City SD	High	347	93.1%
5	Williams Valley JSHS	Tower City, PA	Williams Valley SD	High	433	79.9%
6	Susquehanna Twp HS	Harrisburg, PA	Susquehanna Township SD	High	767	64.7%
7	Middletown Area HS	Middletown, PA	Middletown Area SD	High	702	50.7%
8	Upper Dauphin Area HS	Elizabethville, PA	Upper Dauphin Area SD	High	331	48.9%
9	Millersburg Area High School	Millersburg, PA	Millersburg Area SD	High	207	48.8%
10	Halifax Area HS	Halifax, PA	Halifax Area SD	High	234	37.6%
11	Central Dauphin SHS	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	High	1,966	36.5%
12	Lower Dauphin HS	Hummelstown, PA	Lower Dauphin SD	High	1,057	26.5%
13	Hershey HS	Hershey, PA	Derry Township SD	High	1,050	25.0%
14	Capital Area School for the Arts CS	Harrisburg, PA	Capital Area School for the Arts CS	High	193	5.7%

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