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Illinois: the highest-poverty counties by school enrollment

89 counties

Illinois 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 51.3%. Showing ranks 51 to 89.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
51Stephenson CountyIL206,0923,06150.2%
52Crawford CountyIL102,6841,34350.0%
53Montgomery CountyIL153,8351,84249.8%
54Macoupin CountyIL267,2213,58149.6%
55Perry CountyIL82,5451,26249.6%
56Greene CountyIL61,70384149.4%
57Carroll CountyIL71,94595549.1%
58DeKalb CountyIL3916,3287,76348.4%
59Douglas CountyIL102,7801,34648.4%
60Ford CountyIL82,4501,17948.1%
61Kane CountyIL12987,25234,86347.8%
62Livingston CountyIL215,2732,52247.8%
63Sangamon CountyIL6727,34511,63547.6%
64Johnson CountyIL71,74382147.1%
65Wayne CountyIL122,4041,11746.5%
66Jasper CountyIL41,19754745.7%
67Shelby CountyIL132,9221,33345.6%
68Madison CountyIL7135,25315,91845.5%
69Clark CountyIL82,4561,10945.2%
70Jersey CountyIL62,3771,06945.0%
71Will CountyIL177113,00841,86444.5%
72Mercer CountyIL81,94184543.5%
73Henry CountyIL257,7233,29642.7%
74Ogle CountyIL228,2692,99640.4%
75McLean CountyIL5423,7599,00639.7%
76Tazewell CountyIL5218,5817,33339.5%
77Jo Daviess CountyIL163,0121,18139.2%
78Piatt CountyIL143,08698838.0%
79Menard CountyIL71,70164237.7%
80Effingham CountyIL155,0631,81636.7%
81Clinton CountyIL195,2781,91836.3%
82Washington CountyIL71,73961735.5%
83Cumberland CountyIL51,49352935.4%
84McHenry CountyIL8350,12317,35335.3%
85Grundy CountyIL2212,0702,88635.1%
86DuPage CountyIL239138,55736,69334.0%
87Kendall CountyIL4129,7739,45132.4%
88Woodford CountyIL206,3381,84729.1%
89Monroe CountyIL125,00694818.9%

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