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

11 public high schools in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public high schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Whitehall HS leads the list at 102%, against a median of 70.6% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Top % FRL

102%

Median % FRL

70.6%

HIGHEST POVERTY · LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Whitehall HS	Whitehall, PA	Whitehall-Coplay SD	High	1,462	102%
2	William Allen HS	Allentown, PA	Allentown City SD	High	3,074	99.1%
3	Building 21 Allentown	Allentown, PA	Allentown City SD	High	415	99.0%
4	Louis E Dieruff HS	Allentown, PA	Allentown City SD	High	1,914	98.5%
5	Northern Lehigh SHS	Slatington, PA	Northern Lehigh SD	High	502	95.8%
6	Innovative Arts Academy CS	Catasauqua, PA	Innovative Arts Academy CS	High	477	70.6%
7	Salisbury SHS	Allentown, PA	Salisbury Township SD	High	546	46.5%
8	Parkland HS	Allentown, PA	Parkland SD	High	3,279	34.2%
9	Emmaus HS	Emmaus, PA	East Penn SD	High	2,842	33.3%
10	Northwestern Lehigh HS	New Tripoli, PA	Northwestern Lehigh SD	High	658	25.1%
11	Southern Lehigh SHS	Center Valley, PA	Southern Lehigh SD	High	1,013	20.7%

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