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The highest-poverty public high schools in Tacoma, Washington

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public high schools in Tacoma, Washington, drawn from 15 qualifying public high schools. Oakland High School leads the list at 82.1%, against a median of 58.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Tacoma, Washington

Top % FRL

82.1%

Median % FRL

58.2%

HIGHEST POVERTY · TACOMA, WASHINGTON

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Oakland High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	112	82.1%
2	GATES Secondary School	Tacoma, WA	Franklin Pierce School District	High	104	76.9%
3	Lincoln High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	1,556	72.7%
4	Mount Tahoma High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	1,410	69.6%
5	Foss High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	599	69.4%
6	Washington High School	Tacoma, WA	Franklin Pierce School District	High	989	69.1%
7	Franklin Pierce High School	TACOMA, WA	Franklin Pierce School District	High	977	64.4%
8	Summit Public School: Olympus	Tacoma, WA	Summit Public School: Olympus	High	110	58.2%
9	Columbia Junior High School	Tacoma, WA	Fife School District	High	619	56.7%
10	Fife High School	Tacoma, WA	Fife School District	High	885	49.9%
11	Industrial Design Engineering and Arts	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	392	46.7%
12	Tacoma School of the Arts	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	658	45.7%
13	Dr. Dolores Silas High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	1,160	41.9%
14	Stadium High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	1,700	38.2%
15	Science and Math Institute	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	597	35.7%

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