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Mississippi: the highest-poverty counties by school enrollment

73 counties

Mississippi 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 79.2%. Showing ranks 51 to 73.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
51Smith CountyMS42,5381,82872.0%
52Lincoln CountyMS105,3273,75970.6%
53Prentiss CountyMS103,9732,77069.7%
54Tate CountyMS83,7582,61569.6%
55Itawamba CountyMS63,2752,26669.2%
56Monroe CountyMS104,3873,01268.7%
57Tishomingo CountyMS62,8441,92267.6%
58Clarke CountyMS72,3771,31067.5%
59Oktibbeha CountyMS74,8803,27967.2%
60Lee CountyMS3014,8089,78066.0%
61Pearl River CountyMS158,4565,25565.0%
62Alcorn CountyMS115,6263,65364.9%
63Hancock CountyMS105,5983,07564.8%
64George CountyMS84,0492,51962.2%
65Stone CountyMS42,5321,57662.2%
66Union CountyMS75,1353,18962.1%
67Jackson CountyMS4022,71212,79758.9%
68Lamar CountyMS1510,3185,69055.1%
69Webster CountyMS41,71794354.9%
70Madison CountyMS3016,4328,59152.3%
71Rankin CountyMS3222,45411,11649.5%
72DeSoto CountyMS3934,93417,01448.7%
73Lafayette CountyMS117,6173,69948.6%

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