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The highest-poverty public schools in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

76 public schools in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Jackson Early Childhood Center leads the list at 124%, against a median of 61.1% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Top % FRL

124%

Median % FRL

61.1%

HIGHEST POVERTY · LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Jackson Early Childhood Center	Allentown, PA	Allentown City SD	Elementary	212	124%
2	Union Terrace Elementary School	Allentown, PA	Allentown City SD	Elementary	674	113%
3	Hiram W Dodd Elementary School	Allentown, PA	Allentown City SD	Elementary	627	109%
4	Trexler Middle School	Allentown, PA	Allentown City SD	Middle	771	106%
5	Arts Academy Elementary CS	Allentown, PA	Arts Academy Elementary CS	Elementary	425	105%
6	Jefferson Elementary School	Allentown, PA	Allentown City SD	Elementary	522	104%
7	Mosser Elementary School	Allentown, PA	Allentown City SD	Elementary	551	103%
8	Whitehall-Coplay Middle School	Whitehall, PA	Whitehall-Coplay SD	Middle	975	102%
9	Whitehall High School	Whitehall, PA	Whitehall-Coplay SD	High	1,462	102%
10	Slatington Elementary School	Slatington, PA	Northern Lehigh SD	Elementary	487	101%
11	Luis A. Ramos Elementary School	Allentown, PA	Allentown City SD	Elementary	695	101%
12	Central Elementary School	Allentown, PA	Allentown City SD	Elementary	694	100%
13	Francis D Raub Middle School	Allentown, PA	Allentown City SD	Middle	876	100%
14	Brigadier General Anna Mae Hays Elementary School	Allentown, PA	Allentown City SD	Elementary	807	99.9%
15	South Mountain Middle School	Allentown, PA	Allentown City SD	Middle	972	99.4%
16	Washington Elementary School	Allentown, PA	Allentown City SD	Elementary	362	99.2%
17	William Allen High School	Allentown, PA	Allentown City SD	High	3,074	99.1%
18	Building 21 Allentown	Allentown, PA	Allentown City SD	High	415	99.0%
19	George D Steckel Elementary School	Whitehall, PA	Whitehall-Coplay SD	Elementary	561	98.8%
20	Louis E Dieruff High School	Allentown, PA	Allentown City SD	High	1,914	98.5%
21	Roosevelt Elementary School	Allentown, PA	Allentown City SD	Elementary	631	98.4%
22	Zephyr Elementary School	Whitehall, PA	Whitehall-Coplay SD	Elementary	598	98.3%
23	Catasauqua Middle School	Catasauqua, PA	Catasauqua Area SD	Middle	477	98.1%
24	Clarence M Gockley Elementary School	Whitehall, PA	Whitehall-Coplay SD	Elementary	574	97.7%
25	Muhlenberg Elementary School	Allentown, PA	Allentown City SD	Elementary	606	97.5%
26	Peters Elementary School	Slatington, PA	Northern Lehigh SD	Elementary	389	97.2%
27	Sheridan Elementary School	Allentown, PA	Allentown City SD	Elementary	591	97.1%
28	Lehigh Parkway Elementary School	Allentown, PA	Allentown City SD	Elementary	276	97.1%
29	Francis H Sheckler Elementary School	Catasauqua, PA	Catasauqua Area SD	Elementary	589	96.9%
30	Northern Lehigh Middle School	Slatington, PA	Northern Lehigh SD	Middle	238	96.6%
31	Northern Lehigh SHS	Slatington, PA	Northern Lehigh SD	High	502	95.8%
32	Harrison-Morton Middle School	Allentown, PA	Allentown City SD	Middle	704	94.7%
33	Arts Academy CS	Allentown, PA	Arts Academy CS	Middle	296	93.2%
34	Ritter Elementary School	Allentown, PA	Allentown City SD	Elementary	463	92.0%
35	Fountain Hill Elementary School	Bethlehem, PA	Bethlehem Area SD	Elementary	530	82.8%
36	Clearview Elementary School	Bethlehem, PA	Bethlehem Area SD	Elementary	384	71.6%
37	Innovative Arts Academy CS	Catasauqua, PA	Innovative Arts Academy CS	High	477	70.6%
38	James Buchanan Elementary School	Bethlehem, PA	Bethlehem Area SD	Elementary	253	67.2%
39	Calypso Elementary School	Bethlehem, PA	Bethlehem Area SD	Elementary	222	55.0%
40	Salisbury Elementary School	Allentown, PA	Salisbury Township SD	Elementary	461	52.7%
41	Salisbury Middle School	Allentown, PA	Salisbury Township SD	Middle	448	49.1%
42	Nitschmann Middle School	Bethlehem, PA	Bethlehem Area SD	Middle	731	48.8%
43	Kratzer School	Allentown, PA	Parkland SD	Elementary	510	48.6%
44	Salisbury SHS	Allentown, PA	Salisbury Township SD	High	546	46.5%
45	Lincoln Elementary School	Emmaus, PA	East Penn SD	Elementary	376	44.7%
46	Jefferson Elementary School	Emmaus, PA	East Penn SD	Elementary	268	42.9%
47	Lower Macungie Middle School	Macungie, PA	East Penn SD	Middle	1,041	40.7%
48	Schnecksville School	Schnecksville, PA	Parkland SD	Elementary	465	39.4%
49	Veterans Memorial Elementary School	Breinigsville, PA	Parkland SD	Elementary	451	37.5%
50	Alburtis Elementary School	Alburtis, PA	East Penn SD	Elementary	360	36.7%

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