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California: the highest-poverty counties by school enrollment

55 counties

California 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
1Madera CountyCA7632,25126,06880.9%
2Merced CountyCA10759,45647,89980.6%
3Colusa CountyCA214,7323,70078.2%
4Imperial CountyCA7236,51328,27177.4%
5Tulare CountyCA192101,49478,43277.3%
6Monterey CountyCA14073,84556,30876.3%
7Kern CountyCA271197,431149,47275.7%
8Fresno CountyCA352206,072154,84775.2%
9Mendocino CountyCA6312,7389,47774.6%
10Kings CountyCA6328,74221,24974.0%
11San Bernardino CountyCA563393,648285,54973.9%
12Riverside CountyCA513424,872313,15773.7%
13Lake CountyCA3810,1677,45773.4%
14Tehama CountyCA4010,9487,91372.4%
15Glenn CountyCA216,2524,46571.4%
16Stanislaus CountyCA184106,47775,73971.1%
17Los Angeles CountyCA2,1741,265,907880,46369.7%
18Del Norte CountyCA144,0032,76569.1%
19Santa Barbara CountyCA12066,19145,24268.4%
20Yuba CountyCA4116,04510,94168.2%
21Mariposa CountyCA151,8931,25967.0%
22San Joaquin CountyCA243153,026100,80065.9%
23Trinity CountyCA171,46193865.4%
24Siskiyou CountyCA436,0593,92665.0%
25Napa CountyCA4018,55711,85263.9%
26Butte CountyCA8729,73018,66662.8%
27Sacramento CountyCA382259,342162,55462.7%
28Sutter CountyCA4323,78414,37660.5%
29Humboldt CountyCA9117,31910,43660.4%
30San Benito CountyCA2611,6336,99860.2%
31Solano CountyCA10460,76536,31459.8%
32Ventura CountyCA228147,84187,30259.1%
33Yolo CountyCA6229,82017,19558.7%
34Shasta CountyCA9026,63915,54258.4%
35Inyo CountyCA192,5391,43257.1%
36Lassen CountyCA223,7572,10156.1%
37Orange CountyCA630430,458237,31555.2%
38San Francisco CountyCA12456,50530,67154.3%
39Calaveras CountyCA225,2612,83854.0%
40Plumas CountyCA132,0491,09954.0%
41San Diego CountyCA749467,437251,34353.8%
42San Luis Obispo CountyCA8233,33917,83553.5%
43Santa Cruz CountyCA7936,31618,83051.9%
44Sonoma CountyCA17063,38932,21950.8%
45Tuolumne CountyCA255,7242,82749.5%
46Alameda CountyCA373210,511102,06748.6%
47Contra Costa CountyCA273167,42372,41045.0%
48Mono CountyCA111,44664244.4%
49Nevada CountyCA4113,5615,82943.0%
50Amador CountyCA144,0501,61739.9%

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