Mississippi: the highest-poverty counties by school enrollment

73 counties

Mississippi 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	Claiborne County	MS	3	1,135	1,135	100%
2	Copiah County	MS	7	3,397	3,397	100%
3	Holmes County	MS	7	2,300	2,300	100%
4	Humphreys County	MS	3	1,130	1,130	100%
5	Sunflower County	MS	11	2,807	2,807	100%
6	Warren County	MS	14	6,610	6,608	100%
7	Adams County	MS	7	2,714	2,710	99.9%
8	Leflore County	MS	13	3,921	3,919	99.9%
9	Noxubee County	MS	3	1,321	1,319	99.8%
10	Tunica County	MS	5	1,598	1,595	99.8%
11	Bolivar County	MS	15	4,415	4,401	99.7%
12	Jefferson County	MS	3	1,083	1,080	99.7%
13	Leake County	MS	7	2,644	2,637	99.7%
14	Washington County	MS	21	6,329	6,311	99.7%
15	Wayne County	MS	6	2,977	2,959	99.4%
16	Choctaw County	MS	4	1,233	1,224	99.3%
17	Yazoo County	MS	7	3,040	3,019	99.3%
18	Covington County	MS	7	2,492	2,471	99.2%
19	Greene County	MS	5	1,621	1,606	99.1%
20	Jefferson Davis County	MS	4	1,217	1,205	99.0%
21	Tallahatchie County	MS	5	1,345	1,330	98.9%
22	Coahoma County	MS	13	3,518	3,449	98.0%
23	Marshall County	MS	12	3,762	3,653	97.1%
24	Scott County	MS	11	5,627	5,356	95.2%
25	Pike County	MS	15	5,717	4,599	91.4%
26	Jasper County	MS	7	2,110	1,901	90.1%
27	Marion County	MS	11	3,667	2,840	89.2%
28	Clay County	MS	6	2,528	1,343	88.5%
29	Panola County	MS	10	5,323	4,697	88.2%
30	Pontotoc County	MS	12	5,865	5,173	88.2%
31	Simpson County	MS	7	3,023	2,650	87.7%
32	Hinds County	MS	69	32,870	28,776	87.5%
33	Attala County	MS	9	2,925	2,536	86.7%
34	Neshoba County	MS	10	5,185	4,210	81.2%
35	Yalobusha County	MS	4	1,364	1,100	80.6%
36	Tippah County	MS	8	3,623	2,878	79.4%
37	Franklin County	MS	4	1,147	908	79.2%
38	Chickasaw County	MS	8	2,709	2,141	79.0%
39	Forrest County	MS	20	10,857	8,545	78.7%
40	Lawrence County	MS	5	1,674	1,303	77.8%
41	Calhoun County	MS	5	1,989	1,519	76.4%
42	Jones County	MS	15	11,313	8,637	76.3%
43	Lowndes County	MS	16	8,512	6,219	75.2%
44	Newton County	MS	9	3,634	2,729	75.1%
45	Lauderdale County	MS	20	10,325	7,748	75.0%
46	Winston County	MS	6	2,413	1,441	74.4%
47	Perry County	MS	6	1,433	1,063	74.2%
48	Walthall County	MS	5	1,698	967	74.2%
49	Harrison County	MS	48	30,521	22,565	73.9%
50	Grenada County	MS	3	3,863	2,820	73.0%

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