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The highest-poverty public schools in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

106 public schools in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Price El Sch leads the list at 108%, against a median of 49.6% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

106

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Top % FRL

108%

Median % FRL

49.6%

HIGHEST POVERTY · LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Price El Sch	Lancaster, PA	Lancaster SD	Elementary	331	108%
2	Martin School	Lancaster, PA	Lancaster SD	Elementary	623	104%
3	Smith-Wade-El El Sch	Lancaster, PA	Lancaster SD	Elementary	397	103%
4	Washington El Sch	Lancaster, PA	Lancaster SD	Elementary	467	102%
5	Lafayette El Sch	Lancaster, PA	Lancaster SD	Elementary	437	102%
6	La Academia Partnership CS	Lancaster, PA	La Academia Partnership CS	High	196	102%
7	Wharton El Sch	Lancaster, PA	Lancaster SD	Elementary	327	102%
8	Centerville MS	Lancaster, PA	Hempfield SD	Middle	559	99.5%
9	Mountville El Sch	Mountville, PA	Hempfield SD	Elementary	552	99.5%
10	Farmdale El Sch	Mount Joy, PA	Hempfield SD	Elementary	489	99.4%
11	Fulton El Sch	Lancaster, PA	Lancaster SD	Elementary	274	99.3%
12	Hamilton El Sch	Lancaster, PA	Lancaster SD	Elementary	339	98.8%
13	Wickersham El Sch	Lancaster, PA	Lancaster SD	Elementary	402	98.8%
14	King El Sch	Lancaster, PA	Lancaster SD	Elementary	413	97.6%
15	Rohrerstown El Sch	Lancaster, PA	Hempfield SD	Elementary	457	97.4%
16	East Petersburg El Sch	East Petersburg, PA	Hempfield SD	Elementary	480	95.8%
17	Lincoln MS	Lancaster, PA	Lancaster SD	Middle	465	94.4%
18	Ross El Sch	Lancaster, PA	Lancaster SD	Elementary	281	94.0%
19	Carter and MacRae El Sch	Lancaster, PA	Lancaster SD	Elementary	444	92.6%
20	Phoenix Academy	Lancaster, PA	Lancaster SD	High	305	89.2%
21	McCaskey Campus	Lancaster, PA	Lancaster SD	High	2,600	89.0%
22	Reynolds MS	Lancaster, PA	Lancaster SD	Middle	511	87.5%
23	Burrowes El Sch	Lancaster, PA	Lancaster SD	Elementary	308	85.4%
24	Wheatland MS	Lancaster, PA	Lancaster SD	Middle	453	85.2%
25	Jackson MS	Lancaster, PA	Lancaster SD	Middle	524	84.5%
26	Leola El Sch	Lancaster, PA	Conestoga Valley SD	Elementary	287	72.8%
27	Akron El Sch	Akron, PA	Ephrata Area SD	Elementary	276	69.9%
28	Hambright El Sch	Lancaster, PA	Penn Manor SD	Elementary	574	66.4%
29	Pequea Valley Intrmd Sch	Kinzers, PA	Pequea Valley SD	Middle	212	64.2%
30	Paradise El Sch	Paradise, PA	Pequea Valley SD	Elementary	382	63.6%
31	Salisbury El Sch	Gap, PA	Pequea Valley SD	Elementary	258	63.6%
32	Fulton El Sch	Ephrata, PA	Ephrata Area SD	Elementary	297	61.6%
33	New Holland Elementary	New Holland, PA	Eastern Lancaster County SD	Elementary	484	59.7%
34	Pequea El Sch	Willow Street, PA	Penn Manor SD	Elementary	336	58.0%
35	Baron EL Sch	Manheim, PA	Manheim Central SD	Elementary	350	58.0%
36	Blue Ball El Sch	East Earl, PA	Eastern Lancaster County SD	Elementary	374	57.2%
37	Fritz El Sch	Lancaster, PA	Conestoga Valley SD	Elementary	526	56.1%
38	Gerald G Huesken MS	Lancaster, PA	Conestoga Valley SD	Middle	851	55.3%
39	Pequea Valley HS	Kinzers, PA	Pequea Valley SD	High	451	55.0%
40	Highland El Sch	Ephrata, PA	Ephrata Area SD	Elementary	438	54.8%
41	Donegal JHS	Mount Joy, PA	Donegal SD	Middle	419	53.7%
42	Providence El Sch	New Providence, PA	Solanco SD	Elementary	386	53.4%
43	Ephrata Intermediate Sch	Ephrata, PA	Ephrata Area SD	Middle	568	53.3%
44	Ephrata MS	Ephrata, PA	Ephrata Area SD	Middle	601	53.1%
45	Central Manor El Sch	Washington Boro, PA	Penn Manor SD	Elementary	595	51.6%
46	Manor Middle School	Lancaster, PA	Penn Manor SD	Middle	472	51.5%
47	East High Street El Sch	Elizabethtown, PA	Elizabethtown Area SD	Elementary	466	50.9%
48	Brecht Sch	Lancaster, PA	Manheim Township SD	Elementary	236	50.4%
49	Ephrata SHS	Ephrata, PA	Ephrata Area SD	High	1,347	50.3%
50	Denver El Sch	Denver, PA	Cocalico SD	Elementary	460	50.0%

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