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Georgia: the highest-poverty counties by school enrollment

137 counties

Georgia counties 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. The median ranked county is at 89.6%. Showing ranks 101 to 137.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
101Chatham CountyGA5936,38026,84573.8%
102Douglas CountyGA3726,12118,15170.5%
103Haralson CountyGA115,8674,02068.5%
104White CountyGA75,4743,72568.0%
105Hall CountyGA4936,52523,44064.2%
106Henry CountyGA5443,10227,10762.9%
107Bartow CountyGA2318,70511,58761.9%
108Fulton CountyGA202138,27084,81161.7%
109Bibb CountyGA4023,72514,36660.6%
110Gwinnett CountyGA150196,924118,42760.1%
111Barrow CountyGA1715,3139,19260.0%
112Dade CountyGA41,9881,18459.6%
113Lee CountyGA85,9493,49758.8%
114Catoosa CountyGA1610,1345,90558.3%
115Pickens CountyGA63,9702,28357.5%
116Walton CountyGA1916,8159,45256.2%
117Lumpkin CountyGA53,7542,04354.4%
118Cobb CountyGA129116,60962,19653.3%
119Gilmer CountyGA54,1242,16552.5%
120Monroe CountyGA64,8242,44051.9%
121Paulding CountyGA3431,42616,08351.2%
122Morgan CountyGA43,5621,80450.6%
123Dawson CountyGA74,2962,14750.0%
124Camden CountyGA129,7544,83949.6%
125Effingham CountyGA1314,5607,12448.9%
126Carroll CountyGA2822,25010,67848.0%
127Jackson CountyGA2017,3548,21347.3%
128Coweta CountyGA3023,42310,68045.6%
129Pike CountyGA53,4591,48442.9%
130Jones CountyGA75,0042,06841.3%
131Columbia CountyGA3229,51811,36739.2%
132Harris CountyGA75,6632,22239.2%
133Cherokee CountyGA3842,64215,61936.6%
134Bryan CountyGA1010,6773,85736.1%
135Fayette CountyGA2620,3756,83933.6%
136Forsyth CountyGA4254,86411,58921.1%
137Oconee CountyGA128,4741,49417.6%

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