Louisiana: the highest-poverty counties by school enrollment

60 counties

Louisiana 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	Madison Parish	LA	5	1,133	1,034	91.3%
2	Red River Parish	LA	5	1,243	1,125	90.5%
3	Claiborne Parish	LA	6	1,616	1,384	85.6%
4	St. Martin Parish	LA	16	6,696	5,653	84.4%
5	Natchitoches Parish	LA	14	5,064	4,245	83.8%
6	St. Landry Parish	LA	34	11,731	9,372	79.9%
7	Concordia Parish	LA	11	3,396	2,706	79.7%
8	St. John the Baptist Parish	LA	10	5,039	4,016	79.7%
9	Franklin Parish	LA	6	2,454	1,897	77.3%
10	Rapides Parish	LA	46	21,481	16,544	77.0%
11	Washington Parish	LA	14	6,326	4,824	76.3%
12	Richland Parish	LA	12	3,312	2,506	75.7%
13	Morehouse Parish	LA	5	3,082	2,320	75.3%
14	Orleans Parish	LA	77	48,238	36,328	75.3%
15	Iberville Parish	LA	9	4,589	3,431	74.8%
16	St. Mary Parish	LA	23	7,765	5,802	74.7%
17	West Carroll Parish	LA	3	1,483	1,108	74.7%
18	Iberia Parish	LA	21	10,111	7,516	74.3%
19	West Baton Rouge Parish	LA	10	4,153	3,066	73.8%
20	Tangipahoa Parish	LA	32	19,077	13,981	73.3%
21	Terrebonne Parish	LA	31	15,201	11,148	73.3%
22	Avoyelles Parish	LA	13	5,726	4,191	73.2%
23	Livingston Parish	LA	43	27,209	19,860	73.0%
24	East Feliciana Parish	LA	7	1,649	1,201	72.9%
25	Bienville Parish	LA	7	1,799	1,305	72.5%
26	Webster Parish	LA	14	4,967	3,601	72.5%
27	Evangeline Parish	LA	13	5,326	3,849	72.3%
28	Caldwell Parish	LA	5	1,310	940	71.8%
29	Sabine Parish	LA	10	3,741	2,618	70.0%
30	East Baton Rouge Parish	LA	125	66,892	46,604	69.7%
31	Winn Parish	LA	5	1,732	1,207	69.7%
32	Pointe Coupee Parish	LA	5	2,293	1,585	69.1%
33	Grant Parish	LA	8	2,871	1,950	67.9%
34	Allen Parish	LA	12	3,859	2,612	67.8%
35	Caddo Parish	LA	59	33,851	22,921	67.7%
36	Jefferson Parish	LA	77	47,983	32,433	67.6%
37	Acadia Parish	LA	27	9,043	6,085	67.3%
38	Ouachita Parish	LA	58	25,952	17,470	67.3%
39	Union Parish	LA	4	2,548	1,697	66.6%
40	Assumption Parish	LA	9	2,701	1,736	64.3%
41	Vernon Parish	LA	18	7,887	5,056	64.1%
42	St. James Parish	LA	6	3,194	2,039	63.8%
43	Lafourche Parish	LA	31	13,426	8,456	63.0%
44	St. Bernard Parish	LA	12	7,592	4,777	62.9%
45	Jackson Parish	LA	5	1,927	1,179	61.2%
46	Plaquemines Parish	LA	9	4,283	2,619	61.1%
47	Lafayette Parish	LA	48	35,903	21,111	58.8%
48	Calcasieu Parish	LA	59	30,278	17,723	58.5%
49	Jefferson Davis Parish	LA	12	5,210	3,009	57.8%
50	Lincoln Parish	LA	14	6,360	3,634	57.1%

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