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Alaska: the highest-poverty counties by school enrollment

17 counties

Alaska 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.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
1Dillingham Census AreaAK101,0181,01699.8%
2Nome Census AreaAK192,4172,31697.1%
3Bethel Census AreaAK404,6974,36793.6%
4Northwest Arctic BoroughAK131,9451,79893.6%
5Prince of Wales-Hyder Census AreaAK191,44184992.4%
6Yukon-Koyukuk Census AreaAK293,27388285.6%
7Kodiak Island BoroughAK122,1221,12558.5%
8Southeast Fairbanks Census AreaAK121,33547054.5%
9Anchorage MunicipalityAK9441,24117,30349.2%
10Chugach Census AreaAK91,03446648.3%
11Matanuska-Susitna BoroughAK4919,4956,62945.2%
12Sitka City and BoroughAK71,50263144.4%
13Kenai Peninsula BoroughAK428,5102,96842.8%
14North Slope BoroughAK111,85375040.5%
15Ketchikan Gateway BoroughAK92,04369438.0%
16Fairbanks North Star BoroughAK3623,7773,62233.3%
17Juneau City and BoroughAK165,4811,07520.5%

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