Missouri: the highest-poverty counties by school enrollment

101 counties

Missouri 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	Mississippi County	MO	6	1,730	1,730	100%
2	Washington County	MO	12	3,450	3,446	100%
3	Dunklin County	MO	19	4,864	4,848	99.7%
4	Pemiscot County	MO	15	2,865	2,703	94.3%
5	Ripley County	MO	9	2,118	1,971	93.1%
6	New Madrid County	MO	12	2,664	2,466	92.6%
7	St. Louis city	MO	101	29,941	27,564	92.1%
8	Texas County	MO	15	3,571	2,988	88.6%
9	Scott County	MO	21	5,999	4,667	77.8%
10	Benton County	MO	9	2,475	1,899	76.7%
11	Iron County	MO	8	1,669	1,253	75.1%
12	Audrain County	MO	9	3,243	2,429	74.9%
13	Cooper County	MO	14	2,425	1,414	74.5%
14	Shannon County	MO	8	1,687	1,256	74.5%
15	Butler County	MO	19	6,435	4,752	73.8%
16	Dent County	MO	9	2,169	1,588	73.4%
17	Morgan County	MO	6	1,885	1,350	71.6%
18	McDonald County	MO	11	3,867	2,706	70.0%
19	Ozark County	MO	10	1,458	1,006	69.0%
20	Buchanan County	MO	29	11,825	8,114	68.6%
21	Wayne County	MO	7	1,496	1,007	67.3%
22	Carter County	MO	5	1,164	771	66.2%
23	Stone County	MO	14	3,406	2,201	64.6%
24	Laclede County	MO	10	5,763	3,707	64.3%
25	Taney County	MO	21	7,946	4,990	62.8%
26	Barry County	MO	18	4,974	3,097	62.3%
27	Cape Girardeau County	MO	25	11,025	6,858	62.2%
28	Oregon County	MO	8	1,750	1,085	62.0%
29	Pettis County	MO	19	6,820	4,171	61.2%
30	Howell County	MO	14	5,704	3,478	61.0%
31	Hickory County	MO	10	1,618	976	60.3%
32	Dallas County	MO	3	1,576	948	60.2%
33	Jackson County	MO	222	105,714	63,234	59.8%
34	Cedar County	MO	7	2,080	1,199	57.6%
35	Wright County	MO	15	3,155	1,807	57.5%
36	Newton County	MO	22	9,567	5,486	57.3%
37	Madison County	MO	6	2,011	1,150	57.2%
38	Jasper County	MO	47	21,177	12,034	56.8%
39	St. Clair County	MO	7	1,338	760	56.8%
40	Bollinger County	MO	10	1,725	974	56.5%
41	St. Francois County	MO	23	9,962	5,545	55.7%
42	Lawrence County	MO	23	7,271	4,032	55.5%
43	Saline County	MO	18	3,543	1,744	55.2%
44	Polk County	MO	20	4,965	2,735	55.1%
45	Clark County	MO	5	1,074	590	54.9%
46	Vernon County	MO	12	2,938	1,610	54.8%
47	Randolph County	MO	15	3,375	1,834	54.3%
48	Douglas County	MO	5	1,511	813	53.8%
49	Harrison County	MO	11	1,269	683	53.8%
50	Henry County	MO	13	2,878	1,547	53.8%

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