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Indiana: the highest-poverty counties by school enrollment

91 counties

Indiana 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 49.2%. Showing ranks 51 to 91.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
51Newton CountyIN71,85088747.9%
52Clinton CountyIN115,9602,84647.8%
53Huntington CountyIN104,8742,26847.8%
54Starke CountyIN73,1141,25847.7%
55Perry CountyIN52,8421,35247.6%
56Harrison CountyIN145,9322,80747.3%
57Lake CountyIN11874,66135,27147.2%
58Washington CountyIN83,8471,80747.0%
59Putnam CountyIN177,3222,50046.9%
60Montgomery CountyIN176,2612,93146.8%
61Fountain CountyIN82,4851,15846.6%
62St. Joseph CountyIN7035,61416,41346.1%
63Ripley CountyIN124,3001,97445.9%
64Noble CountyIN156,6513,02945.7%
65Shelby CountyIN177,4183,36545.4%
66Daviess CountyIN104,7532,15245.3%
67Jasper CountyIN104,8072,16645.1%
68Clay CountyIN103,9951,77644.5%
69Tippecanoe CountyIN3623,65510,48544.3%
70Bartholomew CountyIN1912,6885,53043.6%
71Tipton CountyIN52,15292442.9%
72Wells CountyIN95,1062,13841.9%
73Johnson CountyIN3928,82411,92841.4%
74Dubois CountyIN167,5113,02840.3%
75Adams CountyIN94,2401,68839.8%
76LaGrange CountyIN134,7691,89239.7%
77Gibson CountyIN124,6641,83939.4%
78Hendricks CountyIN4633,48712,97939.1%
79Monroe CountyIN3114,2565,54839.0%
80Spencer CountyIN103,2311,23438.2%
81Franklin CountyIN73,1671,19837.8%
82Floyd CountyIN1611,8494,44737.5%
83Warrick CountyIN189,8583,54335.9%
84Posey CountyIN93,4541,23635.8%
85Porter CountyIN5325,8138,78934.0%
86Hancock CountyIN2414,7794,96733.6%
87Dearborn CountyIN137,3262,43333.2%
88Whitley CountyIN115,5941,82432.6%
89Martin CountyIN61,36527430.9%
90Boone CountyIN1813,2462,97422.5%
91Hamilton CountyIN6963,06512,89720.6%

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