The 50 Schools in America With the Most Toxic Air

THE AK 7,29 TOXIC AIR THE AVERAGE TOXIC HAZARD AT SCHOOLS IN EACH STATE ≥ 17,000 12,000 8,000 4,000 ≤ 1,000 SCHOOL Houston 49 11,36 TOXIC HAZARDS IN THE AIR : 50 SCHOOLS IN AMERICA WITH THE MOST Cleveland CA La Porte 39,44 Channelview Deer Park AK 25 OR PERI Toxic Hazard Score * HI WA HI WA ID 14 , 19 , 22 OR NV NV Ethylene Oxide NATIONAL AVERAGE ID AZ UT 27 Port Neches - Groves High School 28 Paducah Head Start Preschool 29 Hauton B. Lee Middle School 30 Wooddale Middle School 31 Knight Road Elementary School 32 Wooddale High School 33 Evans Elementary School 34 Miami Unified District Schools 34 Beaumont 20 Ely Elementary School 21 West Groves Early Learning Center 22 James H. Baker Sixth Grade Campus 23 George C. Weimer Elementary School 24 Groves Elementary School 25 Fairview Elementary School 26 Sallie Cone Preschool 35 Elyria High School 36 Seguin Elementary School 37 Orchard Drive Elementary School 38 Russell Hawkins Jr. High School 39 Crenshaw Elementary Silsbee 48 Pleasant View Elementary School 49 Heritage Elementary School 50 Nelson - Wilks - Herron Elementary 1 Verona Elementary and High Schools 2 Cromwell Elementary School 3 Van Buren Elementary School 4 Groves Middle School 5 Memphis School of Excellence 6 Fifth Ward Elementary School 7 Wilkes Elementary School 8 Warren East Middle and High Schools 9 Freedom High School 10 Julia Bird Jones Muller Elementary School 11 Lee Elementary School 12 Madisonville Junior High School 13 John H. Kirby Elementary School 14 Jennie Reid Elementary School 15 South Charleston Middle School 16 Upper Perkiomen 4th and 5th Grade Center 17 Alexander Elementary and Slater High Schools 18 Sandusky Middle School 19 Leo A. Rizzuto Elementary MT ND MN Groves Chromium 40 High Bridge Elementary and Middle Schools 41 Charles Page High School 42 Carter G. Woodson Middle School TX CHEMICAL Lead compounds Chromium Nickel Polycyclic aromatic Compounds Manganese Lead Chromium compounds Ammonia Formaldehyde Sulfuric acid Naphtalene Port Neches WI CA UT CO NE MO KY MT AZ NM KS AR TN WY 3,4 , 21 , 24 OK LA MS NM IL MI 27,43 Source : https://peri.umass.edu/air-toxics-at-school со Chloroprene CITY AL GA VERONA , MO MEMPHIS , TN GROVES , TX GROVES , TX MEMPHIS , TN RESERVE , LA ND SD NE PORTLAND , OR BOWLING GREEN , KY LAREDO , TX HOUSTON , TX MORGANTON , NC SILSBEE , TX MADISONVILLE , LA LA PORTE , TX ELYRIA , OH 10 LA PORTE , TX GROVES , TX 43 Port Neches Elementary and Middle Schools 44 De Zavala Elementary School 45 Northwood Middle School 46 Stratford High GOOSE CREEK , SC 47 Two Dimensions at Corsicana Elementary School CORSICANA , TX TX SOUTH CHARLESTON , WV EAST GREENVILLE , PA SLATER , MO SANDUSKY , OH LA PORTE , TX GROVES , TX MIAMI , AZ THE 50 SCHOOLS WITH THE MOST TOXIC AIR SAINT ALBANS , WV FAIRVIEW , OR CONWAY , AR ELYRIA , OH PORT NECHES , TX PADUCAH , KY PORTLAND , OR MEMPHIS , TN MEMPHIS , TN MEMPHIS , TN MEMPHIS , TN WY SD IA IN OH PA NJ HOUSTON , TX JACKSON , MO JACKSON , MO KS CHANNELVIEW , TX HIGH BRIDGE , NJ SAND SPRINGS , OK HOPEWELL , VA ELYRIA , OH NY ΜΑ PORT NECHES , TX CHANNELVIEW , TX RED LION , PA NC SC DC WV VA MD DE OK FL Chromium Polycyclic Aromatic Nickel Compounds Compounds DEER PARK , TX MOUNTAIN HOME , AR 9 9 10 11 VT NH CT RI MN ME 41 12 12 IA 17 1 MO 50 16 26 AR LA WI IL 37,38 2 MS 12 28 IN 6 8 MI TN 2,5 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 21 The PERI Toxic Hazard Scores are calculated based on the concentrations of air toxics in each 810 - by - 810 - meter grid cell within 50 km of each facility , scaled to take into account the toxicity weight of each chemical . All of the chemicals are hazardous , but their toxicities vary greatly . Matching each to a toxicity weight that expresses the relative toxicity of the chemical per pound offers a much more useful comparison . This analysis includes only currently operational regular public schools for pre - K - 12 and does not include charter , alternative , private , or adult education schools . AL KY THE MOST COMMON TOXIC HAZARD FOUND IN SCHOOLS IN EACH STATE 20 , 35 , 45 18 OH 23 13 GA 9 # The 50 Schools PA WV SC VA FL 46 With the Most Toxic Air NC NY 48 THE 10 CHEMICALS MOST COMMONLY FOUND TO CREATE A TOXIC HAZARD IN U.S. SCHOOLS 42 Nickel Compounds SCHOOL'S PERI TOXIC HAZARD SCORE * Acetaldehyde Ammonia Benzene Chromium Chromium compounds 2,998,404 1,637,292 1,549,751 1,549,751 1,242,657 1,213,815 1,183,849 1,076,027 1,072,440 1,028,692 955,062 946,384 846,006 787,173 779,593 734,298 733,195 712,958 656,243 557,857 552,461 546,615 542,358 534,053 524,336 522,390 515,876 494,388 493,891 492,751 481,607 474,253 463,549 445,352 428,924 424,597 423,958 423,958 414,966 410,699 407,532 391,877 385,976 370,001 368,691 367,660 365,811 361,584 357,446 356,289 4,515 VT NATIONAL AVERAGE TOXIC HAZARD 4,515 Formaldehyde Hydrogen sulfide Lead Lead compounds Manganese Manganese compounds Nickel Polycyclic aromatic compounds ΝΗ 31 31 ME MA RI CT NJ Arsenic Compounds SCHOOL'S BIGGEST TOXIC HAZARD 35 DE MD NUMBER OF STATES WHERE IT WAS FOUND TO BE A TOP 5 CHEMICAL * * The top 5 chemicals are determined by the number of schools in the state where the chemical creates a Toxic Hazard of at least 0.01 . 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