Arkansas: the highest-poverty counties by school enrollment

68 counties

Arkansas 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	Desha County	AR	7	2,160	2,160	100%
2	Nevada County	AR	5	1,327	1,327	100%
3	Lincoln County	AR	3	1,460	1,000	99.9%
4	St. Francis County	AR	7	2,904	2,898	99.8%
5	Chicot County	AR	7	1,147	1,144	99.7%
6	Marion County	AR	7	1,874	1,862	99.4%
7	Phillips County	AR	9	2,669	2,645	99.1%
8	Stone County	AR	7	1,569	1,548	98.7%
9	Newton County	AR	6	1,213	993	98.5%
10	Van Buren County	AR	7	2,057	1,998	97.1%
11	Bradley County	AR	6	1,865	1,797	96.4%
12	Howard County	AR	9	2,825	2,664	94.3%
13	Poinsett County	AR	13	3,732	3,408	91.3%
14	Crittenden County	AR	17	8,770	7,897	90.0%
15	Hempstead County	AR	10	3,212	2,891	90.0%
16	Logan County	AR	11	3,557	3,188	89.6%
17	Ouachita County	AR	9	3,268	2,810	86.0%
18	Johnson County	AR	13	4,527	3,881	85.7%
19	Mississippi County	AR	21	6,930	5,793	83.6%
20	Pike County	AR	7	2,093	1,592	83.2%
21	Columbia County	AR	9	3,472	2,857	82.3%
22	Miller County	AR	16	6,217	4,994	80.3%
23	Yell County	AR	12	3,945	3,131	79.4%
24	Montgomery County	AR	5	1,138	900	79.1%
25	Sevier County	AR	7	3,013	2,379	79.0%
26	Drew County	AR	8	2,874	2,259	78.6%
27	Jefferson County	AR	21	8,520	6,573	77.1%
28	Izard County	AR	7	1,883	1,440	76.5%
29	Randolph County	AR	6	2,565	1,958	76.3%
30	Fulton County	AR	6	1,660	1,262	76.0%
31	Sharp County	AR	6	2,738	1,277	76.0%
32	Carroll County	AR	10	3,862	2,889	74.8%
33	Lawrence County	AR	9	3,293	2,443	74.2%
34	Polk County	AR	10	3,063	2,263	73.9%
35	Prairie County	AR	4	1,202	885	73.6%
36	Madison County	AR	8	2,501	1,829	73.1%
37	Greene County	AR	15	7,364	5,345	72.6%
38	Cross County	AR	6	3,112	2,252	72.4%
39	Garland County	AR	27	14,391	10,374	72.1%
40	Little River County	AR	5	1,768	1,270	71.8%
41	Arkansas County	AR	7	2,737	1,960	71.6%
42	Pulaski County	AR	129	64,124	44,175	70.6%
43	Scott County	AR	7	2,244	1,579	70.4%
44	Clark County	AR	6	2,902	1,961	67.6%
45	Craighead County	AR	36	20,332	13,577	66.8%
46	Perry County	AR	4	1,565	1,037	66.3%
47	Independence County	AR	13	6,855	4,513	65.8%
48	Crawford County	AR	23	10,496	6,848	65.2%
49	Ashley County	AR	8	3,317	2,148	64.8%
50	Sebastian County	AR	42	20,239	13,080	64.6%

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