Iowa: the highest-poverty counties by school enrollment

90 counties

Iowa 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	Marshall County	IA	17	6,903	4,509	65.3%
2	Woodbury County	IA	36	18,210	10,170	60.2%
3	Buena Vista County	IA	15	4,691	2,817	60.1%
4	Crawford County	IA	11	3,007	1,783	59.3%
5	Lucas County	IA	4	1,249	730	58.4%
6	Wayne County	IA	6	1,032	591	57.3%
7	Wright County	IA	7	2,451	1,393	56.8%
8	Tama County	IA	10	2,770	1,545	55.8%
9	Clarke County	IA	5	1,672	917	54.8%
10	Appanoose County	IA	8	1,767	946	53.5%
11	Allamakee County	IA	11	2,183	1,160	53.1%
12	Lee County	IA	13	6,014	3,185	53.0%
13	Taylor County	IA	4	1,041	543	52.2%
14	Emmet County	IA	4	1,297	673	51.9%
15	Union County	IA	6	1,746	901	51.6%
16	Black Hawk County	IA	34	18,224	9,391	51.5%
17	Clay County	IA	6	2,147	1,088	50.7%
18	Webster County	IA	11	4,678	2,324	49.7%
19	Franklin County	IA	7	1,800	889	49.4%
20	Floyd County	IA	8	2,152	1,057	49.1%
21	Polk County	IA	132	77,436	38,058	49.1%
22	Howard County	IA	6	1,452	702	48.3%
23	Wapello County	IA	18	6,892	3,325	48.2%
24	Greene County	IA	5	1,425	684	48.0%
25	Monona County	IA	7	1,210	566	46.8%
26	Montgomery County	IA	7	1,473	689	46.8%
27	Muscatine County	IA	15	6,527	3,053	46.8%
28	Fremont County	IA	8	1,104	506	45.9%
29	Louisa County	IA	9	2,165	993	45.9%
30	Fayette County	IA	14	3,222	1,476	45.8%
31	Sioux County	IA	18	5,321	2,420	45.5%
32	Des Moines County	IA	15	5,632	2,536	45.0%
33	Jefferson County	IA	6	1,974	882	44.7%
34	Davis County	IA	4	1,147	508	44.3%
35	Henry County	IA	13	3,230	1,416	43.8%
36	Cerro Gordo County	IA	13	5,248	2,231	42.5%
37	Jackson County	IA	9	2,628	1,118	42.5%
38	Hamilton County	IA	8	2,432	1,030	42.4%
39	Page County	IA	11	2,557	1,085	42.4%
40	Ida County	IA	5	1,156	485	42.0%
41	Clinton County	IA	18	7,129	2,988	41.9%
42	Mills County	IA	6	2,449	1,026	41.9%
43	Sac County	IA	6	1,362	571	41.9%
44	Palo Alto County	IA	10	1,472	605	41.1%
45	Calhoun County	IA	5	1,472	604	41.0%
46	Kossuth County	IA	8	1,954	802	41.0%
47	Cass County	IA	11	3,957	1,619	40.9%
48	Keokuk County	IA	6	1,063	435	40.9%
49	Cherokee County	IA	8	2,048	835	40.8%
50	Jasper County	IA	18	5,668	2,282	40.3%

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