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The highest-poverty public schools in Northampton County, Pennsylvania

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public schools in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, drawn from 58 qualifying public schools. Palmer El Sch leads the list at 104%, against a median of 54.7% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Top % FRL

104%

Median % FRL

54.7%

HIGHEST POVERTY · NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Palmer El Sch	Easton, PA	Easton Area SD	Elementary	531	104%
2	Easton Area HS	Easton, PA	Easton Area SD	High	2,778	103%
3	Tracy El Sch	Easton, PA	Easton Area SD	Elementary	410	103%
4	Cheston El Sch	Easton, PA	Easton Area SD	Elementary	559	102%
5	Forks El Sch	Easton, PA	Easton Area SD	Elementary	336	101%
6	Easton Area MS	Easton, PA	Easton Area SD	Middle	1,879	99.8%
7	Paxinosa El Sch	Easton, PA	Easton Area SD	Elementary	572	99.7%
8	Lehigh Valley Dual Language CS	Bethlehem, PA	Lehigh Valley Dual Language CS	Elementary	457	99.3%
9	Marvine El Sch	Bethlehem, PA	Bethlehem Area SD	Elementary	265	98.9%
10	Shawnee El Sch	Easton, PA	Easton Area SD	Elementary	567	98.8%
11	March El Sch	Easton, PA	Easton Area SD	Elementary	296	98.6%
12	Catasauqua SHS	Northampton, PA	Catasauqua Area SD	High	467	98.5%
13	Donegan El Sch	Bethlehem, PA	Bethlehem Area SD	Elementary	467	92.5%
14	Freemansburg El Sch	Freemansburg, PA	Bethlehem Area SD	Elementary	328	91.2%
15	Thomas Jefferson El Sch	Bethlehem, PA	Bethlehem Area SD	Elementary	238	86.1%
16	Broughal MS	Bethlehem, PA	Bethlehem Area SD	Middle	520	85.4%
17	William Penn El Sch	Bethlehem, PA	Bethlehem Area SD	Elementary	242	78.9%
18	Northeast MS	Bethlehem, PA	Bethlehem Area SD	Middle	715	72.6%
19	Lincoln El Sch	Bethlehem, PA	Bethlehem Area SD	Elementary	355	66.5%
20	Wilson Borough El Sch	Easton, PA	Wilson Area SD	Elementary	285	64.6%
21	Liberty HS	Bethlehem, PA	Bethlehem Area SD	High	2,541	64.3%
22	Avona El Sch	Easton, PA	Wilson Area SD	Elementary	205	63.9%
23	Governor Wolf El Sch	Bethlehem, PA	Bethlehem Area SD	Elementary	432	62.7%
24	Easton Arts Academy Elementary CS	Easton, PA	Easton Arts Academy Elementary CS	Elementary	254	59.4%
25	Washington El Sch	Bangor, PA	Bangor Area SD	Elementary	375	57.3%
26	Wilson Area Intermediate Sch	Easton, PA	Wilson Area SD	Middle	643	56.9%
27	DeFranco El Sch	Bangor, PA	Bangor Area SD	Middle	413	55.9%
28	George Wolf El Sch	Bath, PA	Northampton Area SD	Elementary	428	55.8%
29	Colonel John Siegfried El Sch	Northampton, PA	Northampton Area SD	Elementary	808	55.2%
30	Five Points El Sch	Bangor, PA	Bangor Area SD	Elementary	580	54.1%
31	Freedom HS	Bethlehem, PA	Bethlehem Area SD	High	1,792	53.2%
32	Plainfield El Sch	Nazareth, PA	Pen Argyl Area SD	Elementary	434	53.0%
33	Wilson Area HS	Easton, PA	Wilson Area SD	High	709	52.9%
34	Wind Gap MS	Pen Argyl, PA	Pen Argyl Area SD	Middle	510	52.7%
35	East Hills MS	Bethlehem, PA	Bethlehem Area SD	Middle	966	52.7%
36	Bangor Area HS	Bangor, PA	Bangor Area SD	High	883	50.6%
37	Northampton Area MS	Northampton, PA	Northampton Area SD	Middle	1,175	49.4%
38	Bangor Area MS	Bangor, PA	Bangor Area SD	Middle	421	49.4%
39	Pen Argyl Area HS	Pen Argyl, PA	Pen Argyl Area SD	High	475	48.6%
40	Spring Garden El Sch	Bethlehem, PA	Bethlehem Area SD	Elementary	532	47.7%
41	Lehigh El Sch	Walnutport, PA	Northampton Area SD	Elementary	474	43.9%
42	Miller Heights El Sch	Bethlehem, PA	Bethlehem Area SD	Elementary	328	43.0%
43	Shafer El Sch	Nazareth, PA	Nazareth Area SD	Elementary	559	42.6%
44	Northampton Area HS	Northampton, PA	Northampton Area SD	High	1,866	40.8%
45	Moore El Sch	Bath, PA	Northampton Area SD	Elementary	362	36.2%
46	Saucon Valley El Sch	Hellertown, PA	Saucon Valley SD	Elementary	627	34.8%
47	Farmersville El Sch	Easton, PA	Bethlehem Area SD	Elementary	357	34.2%
48	Asa Packer El Sch	Bethlehem, PA	Bethlehem Area SD	Elementary	314	33.8%
49	Saucon Valley MS	Hellertown, PA	Saucon Valley SD	Middle	599	30.7%
50	Saucon Valley SHS	Hellertown, PA	Saucon Valley SD	High	627	29.8%

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