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The highest-poverty public high schools in Pennsylvania · page 5

Ranks 201–250 of the highest-poverty public schools in Pennsylvania. Back to page 1.

HIGHEST POVERTY · PENNSYLVANIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
201	Erie High School	Erie, PA	Erie City SD	High	2,501	96.6%
202	Carmichaels Area High School	Carmichaels, PA	Carmichaels Area SD	High	293	96.6%
203	Farrell Area HS/UMS	Farrell, PA	Farrell Area SD	High	281	96.4%
204	Union City High School	Union City, PA	Union City Area SD	High	304	96.4%
205	Shenango High School	New Castle, PA	Shenango Area SD	High	449	96.2%
206	Wilkes-Barre Area High School	Plains, PA	Wilkes-Barre Area SD	High	2,569	96.1%
207	Multicultural Academy CS	Philadelphia, PA	Multicultural Academy CS	High	254	96.1%
208	Mastery CHS-Lenfest Campus	Philadelphia, PA	Mastery CHS-Lenfest Campus	High	660	96.1%
209	South Philadelphia High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	684	96.1%
210	Northern Lehigh SHS	Slatington, PA	Northern Lehigh SD	High	502	95.8%
211	Northgate MSHS	Pittsburgh, PA	Northgate SD	High	476	95.8%
212	William Penn SHS	York, PA	York City SD	High	1,681	95.7%
213	Cornell High School	Coraopolis, PA	Cornell SD	High	252	95.6%
214	Windber Area High School	Windber, PA	Windber Area SD	High	337	95.5%
215	Hazleton Area High School	Hazle Township, PA	Hazleton Area SD	High	4,071	95.4%
216	Jefferson County-DuBois Area Vocational-Technical School	Reynoldsville, PA	Jefferson County-DuBois Area Vocational-Technical School	High	587	95.4%
217	Franklin Benjamin High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	570	95.3%
218	Bodine William W High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	489	94.9%
219	Sayre William L Middle School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	447	94.9%
220	Reynolds JSHS	Greenville, PA	Reynolds SD	High	426	94.8%
221	National Constitution Center High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	421	94.8%
222	Urban Pathways 6-12 CS	Pittsburgh, PA	Urban Pathways 6-12 CS	High	325	94.8%
223	Frankford High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	907	94.7%
224	YouthBuild Phila CS	Philadelphia, PA	Youth Build Phila CS	High	271	94.5%
225	Northeast High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	3,463	94.3%
226	Lawrence County Career and Technical Center	New Castle, PA	Lawrence County Career and Technical Center	High	418	94.0%
227	Commodore Perry JSHS	Hadley, PA	Commodore Perry SD	High	202	93.6%
228	Pittsburgh Allderdice High School	Pittsburgh, PA	Pittsburgh SD	High	1,386	93.4%
229	Greater Johnstown SHS	Johnstown, PA	Greater Johnstown SD	High	917	93.3%
230	Harrisburg HS - SciTech Cmp	Harrisburg, PA	Harrisburg City SD	High	347	93.1%
231	Freire CS	Philadelphia, PA	Freire CS	High	1,024	93.1%
232	Brownsville Area High School	Brownsville, PA	Brownsville Area SD	High	457	93.0%
233	Furness Horace High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	896	91.7%
234	Claysburg-Kimmel Sr High School	Claysburg, PA	Claysburg-Kimmel SD	High	266	91.7%
235	Parkway Northwest	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	238	91.6%
236	STEM at Showalter	Chester, PA	Chester-Upland SD	High	477	91.4%
237	Gamp	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	634	91.0%
238	TECH Freire CS	Philadelphia, PA	TECH Freire CS	High	541	90.8%
239	Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	651	90.3%
240	Edison HS/Fareira Skills	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	983	90.2%
241	Bartram John - Main	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	583	90.2%
242	Sullivan Co JSHS	Laporte, PA	Sullivan County SD	High	314	89.5%
243	Hill Freedman World Academy	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	640	89.4%
244	Phoenix Academy	Lancaster, PA	Lancaster SD	High	305	89.2%
245	McCaskey Campus	Lancaster, PA	Lancaster SD	High	2,600	89.0%
246	Lincoln High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	2,472	89.0%
247	Overbrook High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	440	88.9%
248	Center for Student Learning CS at Pennsbury	Levittown, PA	Center for Student Learning CS at Pennsbury	High	170	88.8%
249	City CHS	Pittsburgh, PA	City CHS	High	594	88.6%
250	Jeannette High School	Jeannette, PA	Jeannette City SD	High	405	88.4%

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