Indiana: the highest-poverty counties by school enrollment

91 counties

Indiana 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	Blackford County	IN	3	1,412	916	64.9%
2	Jennings County	IN	8	3,800	2,463	64.8%
3	Cass County	IN	14	6,815	4,287	64.3%
4	Fayette County	IN	7	3,103	1,968	63.4%
5	Randolph County	IN	16	11,772	7,410	62.9%
6	Crawford County	IN	6	1,235	770	62.3%
7	Vigo County	IN	27	13,416	8,222	61.9%
8	Fulton County	IN	7	2,763	1,693	61.3%
9	Rush County	IN	7	2,057	1,198	60.7%
10	Lawrence County	IN	13	5,502	3,323	60.4%
11	Marion County	IN	252	161,456	96,250	60.3%
12	Vermillion County	IN	6	2,279	1,343	58.9%
13	Jackson County	IN	15	7,459	4,342	58.2%
14	Benton County	IN	3	1,601	923	57.7%
15	Grant County	IN	27	10,743	6,127	57.0%
16	Sullivan County	IN	9	3,108	1,726	55.5%
17	White County	IN	12	4,271	2,366	55.4%
18	Jay County	IN	6	2,950	1,632	55.3%
19	Wayne County	IN	22	9,696	5,353	55.2%
20	Delaware County	IN	34	15,683	8,597	54.8%
21	Switzerland County	IN	4	1,422	777	54.6%
22	Parke County	IN	7	2,182	1,182	54.2%
23	Jefferson County	IN	10	4,109	2,194	53.4%
24	Scott County	IN	9	3,870	2,065	53.4%
25	Owen County	IN	6	2,156	1,142	53.0%
26	Marshall County	IN	16	7,661	4,034	52.7%
27	Wabash County	IN	13	5,096	2,672	52.4%
28	Madison County	IN	28	18,227	9,392	52.0%
29	Pike County	IN	5	1,668	866	51.9%
30	Elkhart County	IN	58	33,574	17,262	51.4%
31	Pulaski County	IN	6	1,684	865	51.4%
32	Miami County	IN	10	4,854	2,492	51.3%
33	Union County	IN	4	1,278	654	51.2%
34	Henry County	IN	19	7,081	3,620	51.1%
35	Carroll County	IN	6	2,334	1,181	50.6%
36	Kosciusko County	IN	20	11,029	5,579	50.6%
37	Allen County	IN	89	55,262	27,849	50.4%
38	Knox County	IN	12	5,081	2,560	50.4%
39	Decatur County	IN	7	3,789	1,905	50.3%
40	Orange County	IN	6	2,999	1,502	50.1%
41	Clark County	IN	32	23,765	11,869	49.9%
42	Steuben County	IN	9	3,471	1,728	49.8%
43	LaPorte County	IN	36	15,515	7,642	49.5%
44	Brown County	IN	5	1,549	764	49.3%
45	Greene County	IN	14	4,739	2,330	49.2%
46	Warren County	IN	4	1,332	656	49.2%
47	DeKalb County	IN	14	6,781	3,312	48.8%
48	Howard County	IN	28	12,786	6,223	48.7%
49	Vanderburgh County	IN	42	22,423	10,739	48.3%
50	Morgan County	IN	22	10,142	4,863	47.9%

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