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The highest-poverty public high schools in McLennan County, Texas

22 public high schools in McLennan County, Texas appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public high schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Brazos High School leads the list at 97.0%, against a median of 51.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

McLennan County, Texas

Top % FRL

97.0%

Median % FRL

51.2%

HIGHEST POVERTY · MCLENNAN COUNTY, TEXAS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Brazos High School	WACO, TX	WACO ISD	High	100	97.0%
2	La Vega High School	WACO, TX	LA VEGA ISD	High	881	88.3%
3	Harmony School of Innovation - Waco	BEVERLY HILLS, TX	HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - NORTH TEXAS	High	614	86.2%
4	Premier H S of Waco	WACO, TX	PREMIER HIGH SCHOOLS	High	128	84.4%
5	University High School	WACO, TX	WACO ISD	High	1,752	83.9%
6	Waco High School	WACO, TX	WACO ISD	High	1,885	83.7%
7	Connally High School	WACO, TX	CONNALLY ISD	High	614	73.3%
8	Mart High School	MART, TX	MART ISD	High	253	58.1%
9	Paul and Jane Meyer Public High School	WACO, TX	RAPOPORT ACADEMY PUBLIC SCHOOL	High	233	56.2%
10	Moody High School	MOODY, TX	MOODY ISD	High	216	54.6%
11	McGregor High School	MCGREGOR, TX	MCGREGOR ISD	High	437	52.4%
12	Axtell High School	AXTELL, TX	AXTELL ISD	High	236	50.0%
13	Bruceville-Eddy High School	EDDY, TX	BRUCEVILLE-EDDY ISD	High	201	49.8%
14	Valley Mills High School	VALLEY MILLS, TX	VALLEY MILLS ISD	High	206	44.7%
15	Riesel School	RIESEL, TX	RIESEL ISD	High	334	41.0%
16	Robinson High School	ROBINSON, TX	ROBINSON ISD	High	725	36.7%
17	Midway High School	WACO, TX	MIDWAY ISD	High	2,687	30.3%
18	Bosqueville High School	WACO, TX	BOSQUEVILLE ISD	High	227	29.1%
19	China Spring High School	CHINA SPRING, TX	CHINA SPRING ISD	High	959	27.8%
20	West High School	WEST, TX	WEST ISD	High	375	27.2%
21	Lorena High	LORENA, TX	LORENA ISD	High	580	25.5%
22	Crawford High School	CRAWFORD, TX	CRAWFORD ISD	High	318	14.2%

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