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The lowest-performing public high schools by test proficiency in the United States · page 40

Ranks 1,951–2,000 of the lowest-performing public schools by test proficiency in the United States. Back to page 1.

LOWEST PROFICIENCY · THE UNITED STATES

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
1951	Riverdale High School	Riverdale, GA	Clayton County	High	100%	1,359	28.2%
1952	Pipestone Senior High	PIPESTONE, MN	Pipestone Area School District	High	38.4%	302	28.2%
1953	La Puente High	La Puente, CA	Hacienda la Puente Unified	High	87.0%	813	28.2%
1954	Vista High	Vista, CA	Vista Unified	High	84.7%	1,746	28.2%
1955	Toombs County High School	Lyons, GA	Toombs County	High	100%	896	28.2%
1956	Urbana High School	Urbana, IL	Urbana SD 116	High	65.2%	1,176	28.2%
1957	South High	Waukesha, WI	Waukesha School District	High	55.2%	833	28.2%
1958	North High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	87.4%	2,135	28.2%
1959	South Shore Intl Col Prep HS	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	High	73.0%	625	28.2%
1960	K. Johnson D. Vaughan and M. Jackson STEM Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	High	77.8%	740	28.2%
1961	North Clay Community High School	Louisville, IL	North Clay CUSD 25	High	44.4%	178	28.3%
1962	Patapsco High and Center for Arts	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	High	64.3%	1,385	28.3%
1963	ODESSA H S	ODESSA, TX	ECTOR COUNTY ISD	High	81.9%	3,814	28.3%
1964	Mary Walker High School	SPRINGDALE, WA	Mary Walker School District	High	68.9%	151	28.3%
1965	Tucker High School	Tucker, GA	DeKalb County	High	85.4%	1,614	28.3%
1966	Georgetown-Ridge Farm High School	Georgetown, IL	Georgetown-Ridge Farm CUD 4	High	65.8%	243	28.3%
1967	Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy	Pennington, NJ	Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County	High	64.9%	111	28.3%
1968	Santa Barbara Senior High	Santa Barbara, CA	Santa Barbara Unified	High	61.7%	1,924	28.3%
1969	Ignacio High School	IGNACIO, CO	Ignacio School District No. 11Jt	High	47.8%	182	28.3%
1970	Mountain View High School	LOVELAND, CO	Thompson School District R-2J	High	34.3%	1,074	28.3%
1971	Elsinore High	Wildomar, CA	Lake Elsinore Unified	High	77.7%	1,927	28.3%
1972	Atwater High	Atwater, CA	Merced Union High	High	82.1%	2,029	28.3%
1973	Roanoke Rapids High School	Roanoke Rapids, NC	Roanoke Rapids City Schools	High	99.6%	776	28.3%
1974	Apple Valley High	Apple Valley, CA	Apple Valley Unified	High	66.4%	2,211	28.3%
1975	Achievers Early College Prep Charter School	Trenton, NJ	Achievers Early College Prep Charter School	High	78.3%	543	28.3%
1976	Noble St Chtr-ITW Speer Acad	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	High	87.1%	1,135	28.4%
1977	Kensington Health Sciences	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	98.2%	457	28.4%
1978	Farmersville High	Farmersville, CA	Farmersville Unified	High	86.6%	711	28.4%
1979	CLEARBROOK-GONVICK SECONDARY	CLEARBROOK, MN	CLEARBROOK-GONVICK SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	54.4%	206	28.4%
1980	RICHFIELD SENIOR HIGH	RICHFIELD, MN	RICHFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	54.2%	1,183	28.4%
1981	Dawson-Boyd Secondary	DAWSON, MN	Dawson-Boyd Public School District	High	35.3%	269	28.4%
1982	VICTORY CHARTER SCHOOL	KISSIMMEE, FL	OSCEOLA	High	60.7%	750	28.4%
1983	New Brockton High School	New Brockton, AL	Coffee County	High	51.9%	455	28.4%
1984	Desert Junior-Senior High	Edwards, CA	Muroc Joint Unified	High	13.3%	497	28.4%
1985	Tri-County High	Plainfield, WI	Tri-County Area School District	High	56.7%	180	28.4%
1986	North Mason Senior High School	Belfair, WA	North Mason School District	High	51.0%	735	28.4%
1987	DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL	DEWITT, AR	DEWITT SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	52.2%	364	28.4%
1988	ROGERS HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL	ROGERS, AR	ROGERS SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	50.2%	2,008	28.4%
1989	Tartan Senior High	OAKDALE, MN	North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale	High	59.2%	1,687	28.4%
1990	Payson High	PAYSON, UT	Nebo District	High	26.0%	1,648	28.4%
1991	HIGBEE HIGH	HIGBEE, MO	HIGBEE R-VIII	High	55.6%	124	28.4%
1992	HORATIO HIGH SCHOOL	HORATIO, AR	HORATIO SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	83.3%	335	28.4%
1993	HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL	SPRINGDALE, AR	SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	59.0%	2,271	28.4%
1994	Albert P Brewer High School	Somerville, AL	Morgan County	High	53.9%	757	28.5%
1995	Prairie View High	LaCygne, KS	Prairie View	High	44.6%	258	28.5%
1996	OZARK JR SR HIGH SCHOOL	OZARK, AR	OZARK SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	51.2%	629	28.5%
1997	Maywood Academy High	Maywood, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	96.7%	1,012	28.5%
1998	Vista del Lago High	Moreno Valley, CA	Moreno Valley Unified	High	87.8%	1,924	28.5%
1999	Clear Creek High School	EVERGREEN, CO	Clear Creek School District No. Re-1	High	31.9%	182	28.5%
2000	DSST: Montview High School	DENVER, CO	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	High	69.9%	562	28.5%

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