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The highest-poverty public high schools in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

47 public high schools in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public high schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Carmen Hi Southeast Campus leads the list at 99.3%, against a median of 76.8% across the ranked schools.

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Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Top % FRL

99.3%

Median % FRL

76.8%

HIGHEST POVERTY · MILWAUKEE COUNTY, WISCONSIN

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Carmen Hi Southeast Campus	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	High	679	99.3%
2	Carmen Mid/Hi Northwest Campus	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	High	526	98.5%
3	Carmen High School of Science and Technology South Campus	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	High	382	96.1%
4	NOVA-Northwest Opportunities Vocational Academy	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	High	104	94.2%
5	Harold S Vincent School of Agricultural Science	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	High	611	92.8%
6	North Division High	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	High	346	91.3%
7	Groppi High	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	High	105	89.5%
8	Bradley Technology High	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	High	1,048	88.2%
9	Shalom High	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	High	101	88.1%
10	Project STAY-Supporting Teachers and Youth	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	High	114	86.8%
11	Milwaukee Excellence Charter School	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	High	269	86.2%
12	Grandview High	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	High	219	85.8%
13	James Madison Academic Campus	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	High	468	85.7%
14	Green Tree Preparatory Academy	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	High	535	85.6%
15	WHS Information Technology	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	High	402	85.3%
16	Alliance School of Milwaukee	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	High	141	84.4%
17	Bay View High	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	High	1,021	83.8%
18	South Division High	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	High	923	83.6%
19	Marshall High	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	High	639	81.7%
20	Escuela Verde	Milwaukee, WI	Trans Center for Youth Inc	High	121	80.2%
21	Hamilton High	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	High	1,472	78.6%
22	Audubon Technology and Communication High	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	High	436	78.2%
23	Pulaski High	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	High	1,041	76.9%
24	Riverside High	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	High	1,240	76.8%
25	Milwaukee High School of the Arts	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	High	959	76.2%
26	Veritas High	Milwaukee, WI	Seeds of Health Inc	High	256	75.0%
27	Central High	West Allis, WI	West Allis-West Milwaukee School District	High	961	73.0%
28	King International	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	High	1,308	67.0%
29	Tenor High	Milwaukee, WI	Seeds of Health Inc	High	651	66.2%
30	James E Dottke Project-Based Learning High School	West Allis, WI	West Allis-West Milwaukee School District	High	168	63.1%
31	Cudahy High	Cudahy, WI	Cudahy School District	High	644	60.7%
32	Nathan Hale High	West Allis, WI	West Allis-West Milwaukee School District	High	1,134	57.1%
33	Brown Deer Middle/High	Brown Deer, WI	Brown Deer School District	High	904	55.2%
34	Milwaukee School of Languages	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	High	964	53.9%
35	Reagan College Preparatory High	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee School District	High	1,372	51.7%
36	Saint Francis High	Saint Francis, WI	Saint Francis School District	High	543	50.8%
37	South Milwaukee High	South Milwaukee, WI	South Milwaukee School District	High	920	46.7%
38	Greenfield High	Greenfield, WI	Greenfield School District	High	1,140	46.7%
39	Oak Creek High	Oak Creek, WI	Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District	High	2,220	31.8%
40	Pathways High	Milwaukee, WI	Pathways High Inc	High	149	30.2%
41	West High	Wauwatosa, WI	Wauwatosa School District	High	986	29.5%
42	Whitnall High	Greenfield, WI	Whitnall School District	High	821	28.5%
43	Greendale High	Greendale, WI	Greendale School District	High	882	28.2%
44	East High	Wauwatosa, WI	Wauwatosa School District	High	1,043	22.7%
45	Franklin High	Franklin, WI	Franklin Public School District	High	1,605	21.9%
46	Nicolet High	Glendale, WI	Nicolet Union High School School District	High	1,043	19.4%
47	Shorewood High	Shorewood, WI	Shorewood School District	High	589	16.8%

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