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The highest-poverty public high schools in Virginia

319 public high schools in Virginia appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public high schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. An Achievable Dream Middle and High School Oak Avenue Comple leads the list at 471%, against a median of 72.3% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

319

Virginia

Top % FRL

471%

Median % FRL

72.3%

HIGHEST POVERTY · VIRGINIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	An Achievable Dream Middle and High School Oak Avenue Comple	Highland Springs, VA	Henrico County Public Schools	High	129	471%
2	John Marshall High	Richmond, VA	Richmond City Public Schools	High	645	134%
3	Norview High	Norfolk, VA	Norfolk City Public Schools	High	1,585	108%
4	Central High	King And Queen C H, VA	King and Queen County Public Schools	High	265	107%
5	Brunswick High	Lawrenceville, VA	Brunswick County Public Schools	High	404	102%
6	Hopewell High	Hopewell, VA	Hopewell City Public Schools	High	1,136	101%
7	Open High	Richmond, VA	Richmond City Public Schools	High	171	101%
8	Galileo Magnet High	Danville, VA	Danville City Public Schools	High	260	101%
9	Chilhowie High	Chilhowie, VA	Smyth County Public Schools	High	384	101%
10	Greensville County High	Emporia, VA	Greensville County Public Schools	High	584	101%
11	I.C. Norcom High	Portsmouth, VA	Portsmouth City Public Schools	High	1,009	101%
12	Essex High	Tappahannock, VA	Essex County Public Schools	High	393	101%
13	Lee High	Jonesville, VA	Lee County Public Schools	High	803	101%
14	Charles City County High	Charles City, VA	Charles City County Public Schools	High	221	101%
15	Churchland High	Portsmouth, VA	Portsmouth City Public Schools	High	1,453	100%
16	Prince Edward County High	Farmville, VA	Prince Edward County Public Schools	High	502	100%
17	Manor High	Portsmouth, VA	Portsmouth City Public Schools	High	1,149	100%
18	Northampton High	Eastville, VA	Northampton County Public Schools	High	401	100%
19	Martinsville High	Martinsville, VA	Martinsville City Public Schools	High	540	100%
20	Virginia High	Bristol, VA	Bristol City Public Schools	High	638	100%
21	Cumberland High	Cumberland, VA	Cumberland County Public Schools	High	374	100%
22	Franklin High	Franklin, VA	Franklin City Public Schools	High	504	100%
23	Lancaster High	Lancaster, VA	Lancaster County Public Schools	High	402	100%
24	Sussex Central High	Sussex, VA	Sussex County Public Schools	High	331	100%
25	Westmoreland High	Montross, VA	Westmoreland County Public Schools	High	488	100%
26	Marion Senior High	Marion, VA	Smyth County Public Schools	High	563	99.8%
27	Franklin Military Academy	Richmond, VA	Richmond City Public Schools	High	335	99.7%
28	Thomas Walker High	Ewing, VA	Lee County Public Schools	High	291	99.7%
29	Nottoway High	Crewe, VA	Nottoway County Public Schools	High	510	99.6%
30	Richmond Community High	Richmond, VA	Richmond City Public Schools	High	211	99.5%
31	Achievable Dream Middle/High	Newport News, VA	Newport News City Public Schools	High	498	99.4%
32	J.I. Burton High	Norton, VA	Norton City Public Schools	High	328	99.1%
33	Northwood High	Saltville, VA	Smyth County Public Schools	High	204	99.0%
34	Halifax County High	South Boston, VA	Halifax County Public Schools	High	1,282	99.0%
35	Grundy High	Grundy, VA	Buchanan County Public Schools	High	352	98.3%
36	Council High	Honaker, VA	Buchanan County Public Schools	High	115	98.3%
37	Arcadia High	Oak Hall, VA	Accomack County Public Schools	High	688	98.1%
38	Magna Vista High	Ridgeway, VA	Henry County Public Schools	High	1,147	98.1%
39	Ridgeview High	Clintwood, VA	Dickenson County Public Schools	High	548	97.8%
40	Middlesex High	Saluda, VA	Middlesex County Public Schools	High	370	97.6%
41	Granby High	Norfolk, VA	Norfolk City Public Schools	High	1,980	97.5%
42	Nandua High	Onley, VA	Accomack County Public Schools	High	621	97.4%
43	Buckingham County High	Buckingham, VA	Buckingham County Public Schools	High	646	97.4%
44	Twin Valley High	Pilgrim Knob, VA	Buchanan County Public Schools	High	179	97.2%
45	Colonial Heights High	Colonial Heights, VA	Colonial Heights City Public Schools	High	886	97.2%
46	Bassett High	Bassett, VA	Henry County Public Schools	High	1,098	97.0%
47	Hurley High	Hurley, VA	Buchanan County Public Schools	High	194	96.9%
48	Woodside High	Newport News, VA	Newport News City Public Schools	High	1,723	96.7%
49	Chincoteague High	Chincoteague, VA	Accomack County Public Schools	High	271	96.3%
50	Matthew Fontaine Maury High	Norfolk, VA	Norfolk City Public Schools	High	1,713	96.3%

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