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Iowa: the highest-poverty counties by school enrollment

90 counties

Iowa 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 41.0%. Showing ranks 51 to 90.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
51Linn CountyIA8136,48014,54039.9%
52O'Brien CountyIA92,37794539.8%
53Pottawattamie CountyIA3415,2706,07739.8%
54Dubuque CountyIA2613,1645,19539.5%
55Harrison CountyIA102,53599739.3%
56Clayton CountyIA113,6251,40138.6%
57Hardin CountyIA143,0731,18138.4%
58Mahaska CountyIA82,7571,05238.2%
59Scott CountyIA4926,1009,88137.9%
60Monroe CountyIA51,12342037.4%
61Benton CountyIA123,9191,45237.1%
62Shelby CountyIA61,87769737.1%
63Johnson CountyIA4320,0197,37936.9%
64Carroll CountyIA102,9121,06936.7%
65Winnebago CountyIA92,19079736.4%
66Poweshiek CountyIA102,56692035.9%
67Chickasaw CountyIA72,05573235.6%
68Jones CountyIA102,69395735.5%
69Delaware CountyIA102,57191135.4%
70Guthrie CountyIA91,85864134.5%
71Hancock CountyIA61,56051432.9%
72Grundy CountyIA112,33475432.3%
73Humboldt CountyIA61,53049432.3%
74Washington CountyIA133,8201,21731.9%
75Dickinson CountyIA93,00592930.9%
76Lyon CountyIA82,15765430.3%
77Iowa CountyIA102,58076429.7%
78Marion CountyIA175,5711,63329.3%
79Plymouth CountyIA164,2191,23029.2%
80Buchanan CountyIA173,23193028.8%
81Mitchell CountyIA61,63146428.4%
82Boone CountyIA133,7351,05528.2%
83Cedar CountyIA133,03084527.9%
84Story CountyIA2611,6653,25427.9%
85Winneshiek CountyIA102,43465627.0%
86Butler CountyIA112,12057126.9%
87Madison CountyIA103,35585225.4%
88Warren CountyIA2010,4732,52624.1%
89Dallas CountyIA4022,9385,06122.1%
90Bremer CountyIA205,3461,11520.9%

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