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

82 public high schools in Tarrant 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. Premier H S - Fort Worth (jacksboro) leads the list at 96.0%, against a median of 69.4% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Tarrant County, Texas

Top % FRL

96.0%

Median % FRL

69.4%

HIGHEST POVERTY · TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Premier H S - Fort Worth (jacksboro)	FORT WORTH, TX	PREMIER HIGH SCHOOLS	High	101	96.0%
2	Everman High School	EVERMAN, TX	EVERMAN ISD	High	1,529	95.2%
3	Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School	FORT WORTH, TX	FORT WORTH ISD	High	877	94.5%
4	North Side High School	FORT WORTH, TX	FORT WORTH ISD	High	1,676	93.3%
5	Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Westcreek	FORT WORTH, TX	TEXANS CAN ACADEMIES	High	240	92.9%
6	O D Wyatt High School	FORT WORTH, TX	FORT WORTH ISD	High	1,499	92.7%
7	Dunbar High School	FORT WORTH, TX	FORT WORTH ISD	High	821	92.6%
8	Polytechnic High School	FORT WORTH, TX	FORT WORTH ISD	High	1,375	91.3%
9	Carter-Riverside High School	FORT WORTH, TX	FORT WORTH ISD	High	1,039	90.7%
10	South Hills High School	FORT WORTH, TX	FORT WORTH ISD	High	1,846	90.5%
11	Premier H S of Fort Worth	FT WORTH, TX	PREMIER HIGH SCHOOLS	High	124	90.3%
12	Castleberry High School	FORT WORTH, TX	CASTLEBERRY ISD	High	1,085	90.3%
13	Sam Houston High School	ARLINGTON, TX	ARLINGTON ISD	High	3,208	89.9%
14	Trimble Technical High School	FORT WORTH, TX	FORT WORTH ISD	High	1,924	89.3%
15	Eastern Hills High School	FORT WORTH, TX	FORT WORTH ISD	High	1,189	89.2%
16	Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue	FORT WORTH, TX	TEXANS CAN ACADEMIES	High	319	88.4%
17	Uplift Mighty Prep High School	FORT WORTH, TX	UPLIFT EDUCATION	High	402	88.3%
18	Western Hills High School	FORT WORTH, TX	FORT WORTH ISD	High	854	88.2%
19	Venture Alter High School	ARLINGTON, TX	ARLINGTON ISD	High	778	87.3%
20	IDEA Achieve College Preparatory	HALTOM CITY, TX	IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	High	466	86.9%
21	Lake Worth High School	LAKE WORTH, TX	LAKE WORTH ISD	High	953	86.9%
22	IDEA Rise College Preparatory	FORT WORTH, TX	IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	High	598	86.8%
23	Success High School	FORT WORTH, TX	FORT WORTH ISD	High	585	85.0%
24	Southwest High School	FORT WORTH, TX	FORT WORTH ISD	High	1,155	84.7%
25	Premier H S - Fort Worth (southside)	FORT WORTH, TX	PREMIER HIGH SCHOOLS	High	118	83.9%
26	World Languages Institute	FORT WORTH, TX	FORT WORTH ISD	High	520	83.1%
27	Arlington Collegiate High School	ARLINGTON, TX	ARLINGTON ISD	High	401	82.0%
28	Tarrant Co College South/Fort Worth Collegiate High School	FORT WORTH, TX	FORT WORTH ISD	High	347	80.4%
29	Premier H S of Arlington	ARLINGTON, TX	PREMIER HIGH SCHOOLS	High	176	79.0%
30	Arlington College and Career High School	ARLINGTON, TX	ARLINGTON ISD	High	340	78.2%
31	Marine Creek Collegiate High School	FORT WORTH, TX	FORT WORTH ISD	High	350	77.4%
32	Lamar High School	ARLINGTON, TX	ARLINGTON ISD	High	2,457	76.8%
33	Uplift Summit Prep High School	ARLINGTON, TX	UPLIFT EDUCATION	High	436	76.1%
34	Bowie High School	ARLINGTON, TX	ARLINGTON ISD	High	2,140	74.8%
35	Young Men's Leadership Academy	FORT WORTH, TX	FORT WORTH ISD	High	418	74.4%
36	Texas Academy of Biomedical	FORT WORTH, TX	FORT WORTH ISD	High	374	72.7%
37	Seguin High School	ARLINGTON, TX	ARLINGTON ISD	High	1,554	71.6%
38	Iltexas Arlington-Grand Prairie High School	GRAND PRAIRIE, TX	INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS)	High	749	70.2%
39	Crowley High School	CROWLEY, TX	CROWLEY ISD	High	2,433	70.1%
40	North Crowley High School	FORT WORTH, TX	CROWLEY ISD	High	2,936	69.9%
41	Uplift Elevate Prep High School	FORT WORTH, TX	UPLIFT EDUCATION	High	209	69.9%
42	Haltom High School	HALTOM CITY, TX	BIRDVILLE ISD	High	2,757	68.9%
43	Bob E Griggs High School	HALTOM CITY, TX	BIRDVILLE ISD	High	140	68.6%
44	Arlington Heights High School	FORT WORTH, TX	FORT WORTH ISD	High	1,898	67.8%
45	Mansfield Summit High School	ARLINGTON, TX	MANSFIELD ISD	High	1,772	67.7%
46	Arlington High School	ARLINGTON, TX	ARLINGTON ISD	High	2,580	65.9%
47	Richard Milburn Academy Fort Worth	FORT WORTH, TX	RICHARD MILBURN ALTER HIGH SCHOOL (KILLEEN)	High	167	63.5%
48	Uplift Ascend Prep High School	FORT WORTH, TX	UPLIFT EDUCATION	High	318	63.2%
49	Young Women's Leadership Academy	FORT WORTH, TX	FORT WORTH ISD	High	403	62.3%
50	Transition Center	FORT WORTH, TX	FORT WORTH ISD	High	116	61.2%

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