Alabama: the highest-poverty counties by school enrollment

65 counties

Alabama public school districts ranked by the share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	Students on FRL	% FRL
1	Bullock County	AL	3	1,327	1,134	85.5%
2	Dallas County	AL	19	4,584	3,891	84.9%
3	Lowndes County	AL	7	1,109	941	84.9%
4	Wilcox County	AL	5	1,147	974	84.9%
5	Macon County	AL	6	1,907	1,566	82.1%
6	Perry County	AL	3	1,190	953	80.1%
7	Choctaw County	AL	4	1,025	770	75.1%
8	Conecuh County	AL	7	1,344	1,006	74.9%
9	Butler County	AL	6	2,699	1,958	72.5%
10	Barbour County	AL	8	9,079	6,463	71.2%
11	Clarke County	AL	10	3,143	2,212	70.4%
12	Pickens County	AL	6	2,210	1,556	70.4%
13	Pike County	AL	8	3,951	2,700	68.3%
14	Hale County	AL	6	2,193	1,483	67.6%
15	Montgomery County	AL	58	31,131	20,772	67.2%
16	Monroe County	AL	7	2,963	1,978	66.8%
17	Mobile County	AL	100	59,070	39,208	66.6%
18	Crenshaw County	AL	3	2,063	1,359	65.9%
19	Sumter County	AL	6	1,682	1,064	65.8%
20	DeKalb County	AL	17	12,277	7,893	65.0%
21	Marengo County	AL	10	3,270	2,092	64.0%
22	Escambia County	AL	14	5,240	3,334	63.6%
23	Houston County	AL	30	15,127	9,476	63.4%
24	Randolph County	AL	10	3,444	2,157	62.6%
25	Dale County	AL	14	6,437	4,017	62.4%
26	Clay County	AL	4	1,729	1,075	62.2%
27	Talladega County	AL	26	10,973	6,756	61.6%
28	Chambers County	AL	12	4,174	2,559	61.3%
29	Tallapoosa County	AL	10	5,658	3,394	60.0%
30	Marshall County	AL	34	19,416	11,464	59.0%
31	Etowah County	AL	37	15,139	8,796	58.1%
32	Calhoun County	AL	33	16,686	9,685	58.0%
33	Franklin County	AL	13	6,178	3,521	57.0%
34	Chilton County	AL	12	7,921	4,491	56.7%
35	Lawrence County	AL	12	4,676	2,652	56.7%
36	Covington County	AL	14	6,173	3,497	56.6%
37	Russell County	AL	16	10,127	5,717	56.5%
38	Geneva County	AL	12	4,043	2,273	56.2%
39	Morgan County	AL	41	20,204	11,224	55.6%
40	Bibb County	AL	8	3,063	1,693	55.3%
41	Fayette County	AL	6	2,268	1,255	55.3%
42	Marion County	AL	13	4,506	2,493	55.3%
43	Walker County	AL	22	10,041	5,459	54.4%
44	Tuscaloosa County	AL	54	30,508	16,404	53.8%
45	Limestone County	AL	26	24,258	12,990	53.5%
46	Washington County	AL	7	2,390	1,277	53.4%
47	Winston County	AL	12	3,906	2,083	53.3%
48	Lamar County	AL	4	2,129	1,123	52.7%
49	Cherokee County	AL	7	3,860	2,021	52.4%
50	Jefferson County	AL	164	97,401	50,624	52.0%

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