Colorado: the highest-poverty counties by school enrollment

41 counties

Colorado 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	Alamosa County	CO	8	2,294	1,711	75.5%
2	Otero County	CO	15	3,027	2,155	71.2%
3	Prowers County	CO	11	2,153	1,485	69.0%
4	Pueblo County	CO	64	32,254	16,033	66.1%
5	Conejos County	CO	10	1,507	948	62.9%
6	Denver County	CO	200	91,233	57,174	62.7%
7	Adams County	CO	167	87,938	51,319	62.1%
8	Rio Grande County	CO	11	1,628	981	61.9%
9	Yuma County	CO	9	1,759	1,076	61.2%
10	Las Animas County	CO	12	1,870	878	59.6%
11	Montezuma County	CO	19	3,620	2,091	58.9%
12	Archuleta County	CO	5	1,588	894	56.3%
13	Delta County	CO	17	4,591	2,285	56.3%
14	Morgan County	CO	19	6,039	3,358	56.0%
15	Montrose County	CO	18	6,237	3,473	55.7%
16	Fremont County	CO	13	4,640	2,556	55.1%
17	Kit Carson County	CO	9	1,342	730	54.4%
18	Moffat County	CO	7	1,821	990	54.4%
19	Mesa County	CO	54	22,232	11,071	52.6%
20	Pitkin County	CO	7	2,365	400	51.2%
21	Arapahoe County	CO	172	115,502	52,921	50.2%
22	Garfield County	CO	27	10,790	5,397	50.0%
23	Weld County	CO	114	61,274	28,105	46.6%
24	Logan County	CO	13	2,649	1,190	44.9%
25	Eagle County	CO	23	7,148	3,009	44.3%
26	Teller County	CO	8	2,249	945	42.0%
27	El Paso County	CO	240	114,356	45,526	41.9%
28	Rio Blanco County	CO	5	1,157	480	41.5%
29	La Plata County	CO	24	7,504	2,486	38.8%
30	Park County	CO	8	1,264	478	38.6%
31	Summit County	CO	9	3,473	1,318	37.9%
32	Chaffee County	CO	12	2,462	819	37.2%
33	Larimer County	CO	92	47,159	15,208	34.7%
34	Grand County	CO	6	1,685	560	33.2%
35	Gunnison County	CO	7	2,095	695	33.2%
36	Boulder County	CO	86	42,200	13,432	33.1%
37	Jefferson County	CO	148	74,739	22,576	32.0%
38	Elbert County	CO	17	3,265	989	31.5%
39	Broomfield County	CO	16	11,844	2,852	24.1%
40	Routt County	CO	15	3,419	707	21.4%
41	Douglas County	CO	92	63,841	11,129	17.8%

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