Illinois: the highest-poverty counties by school enrollment

89 counties

Illinois 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	Jackson County	IL	20	6,811	5,004	73.5%
2	Vermilion County	IL	33	11,267	7,895	70.8%
3	Cass County	IL	8	2,352	1,618	68.8%
4	Massac County	IL	9	2,026	1,352	66.7%
5	Cook County	IL	1,271	697,934	389,132	66.0%
6	Rock Island County	IL	48	21,921	14,157	65.1%
7	Knox County	IL	17	6,359	4,077	64.1%
8	Marion County	IL	22	5,636	3,585	63.7%
9	Union County	IL	15	2,478	1,561	63.0%
10	Lawrence County	IL	6	1,964	1,230	62.6%
11	Saline County	IL	15	3,704	2,269	61.6%
12	Winnebago County	IL	81	44,103	27,082	61.4%
13	Macon County	IL	34	14,702	8,985	61.1%
14	Kankakee County	IL	37	16,499	9,902	61.0%
15	Jefferson County	IL	21	5,314	3,206	60.3%
16	Franklin County	IL	19	5,523	3,165	57.3%
17	Morgan County	IL	19	4,446	2,495	56.7%
18	Peoria County	IL	65	27,827	15,790	56.7%
19	Fayette County	IL	12	2,858	1,601	56.0%
20	McDonough County	IL	12	3,250	1,749	56.0%
21	Adams County	IL	19	8,717	4,855	55.7%
22	Edgar County	IL	15	2,650	1,165	55.3%
23	Pike County	IL	11	2,394	1,322	55.2%
24	Coles County	IL	13	5,973	3,146	54.9%
25	Whiteside County	IL	28	8,445	4,514	54.8%
26	Hamilton County	IL	4	1,091	597	54.7%
27	Wabash County	IL	5	1,513	823	54.4%
28	Lake County	IL	186	118,032	36,595	54.3%
29	St. Clair County	IL	85	40,879	21,921	54.3%
30	Williamson County	IL	21	9,700	5,252	54.1%
31	White County	IL	10	2,168	1,131	54.0%
32	Hancock County	IL	12	2,703	1,455	53.8%
33	Boone County	IL	16	8,993	4,806	53.4%
34	Iroquois County	IL	23	3,909	2,050	53.1%
35	Bureau County	IL	21	4,547	2,385	53.0%
36	Warren County	IL	10	2,788	1,477	53.0%
37	LaSalle County	IL	44	14,523	6,792	52.9%
38	Champaign County	IL	56	25,919	12,862	52.6%
39	Bond County	IL	8	1,852	962	51.9%
40	Moultrie County	IL	6	1,628	838	51.5%
41	Richland County	IL	4	2,145	1,027	51.5%
42	De Witt County	IL	7	2,185	1,122	51.4%
43	Clay County	IL	8	2,130	1,093	51.3%
44	Logan County	IL	14	3,448	1,770	51.3%
45	Mason County	IL	9	2,124	1,056	51.3%
46	Marshall County	IL	7	1,576	807	51.2%
47	Randolph County	IL	13	3,876	1,986	51.2%
48	Fulton County	IL	21	4,160	2,125	51.1%
49	Lee County	IL	13	3,778	1,908	50.5%
50	Christian County	IL	18	4,740	2,384	50.3%

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