Missouri: the highest-poverty counties by school enrollment

101 counties

Missouri 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 53.4%. Showing ranks 51 to 100.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	Students on FRL	% FRL
51	Stoddard County	MO	22	4,712	2,514	53.4%
52	Marion County	MO	14	4,724	2,463	52.1%
53	Barton County	MO	9	1,593	820	51.5%
54	Crawford County	MO	9	2,915	1,474	50.6%
55	Perry County	MO	5	2,216	1,117	50.4%
56	Daviess County	MO	11	1,078	539	50.0%
57	Camden County	MO	15	4,831	2,405	49.8%
58	Pike County	MO	12	2,424	1,195	49.3%
59	Grundy County	MO	7	1,265	622	49.2%
60	Caldwell County	MO	14	1,441	705	48.9%
61	Phelps County	MO	13	6,217	3,023	48.6%
62	Gasconade County	MO	7	2,494	1,187	47.6%
63	Adair County	MO	8	2,724	1,292	47.4%
64	Montgomery County	MO	6	1,336	632	47.3%
65	Cole County	MO	23	10,312	4,869	47.2%
66	Greene County	MO	93	42,423	20,040	47.2%
67	Macon County	MO	12	2,015	948	47.0%
68	Livingston County	MO	8	1,651	765	46.3%
69	Callaway County	MO	22	5,396	2,450	45.4%
70	Lewis County	MO	4	1,416	642	45.3%
71	Miller County	MO	15	5,092	2,301	45.2%
72	Webster County	MO	15	5,210	2,354	45.2%
73	Dade County	MO	9	1,061	479	45.1%
74	Monroe County	MO	10	1,520	683	44.9%
75	Carroll County	MO	11	1,268	559	44.1%
76	Pulaski County	MO	21	9,884	4,232	43.9%
77	St. Louis County	MO	265	134,601	56,031	43.2%
78	Ste. Genevieve County	MO	4	1,926	832	43.2%
79	Warren County	MO	12	5,045	2,174	43.1%
80	Franklin County	MO	40	15,025	6,389	42.5%
81	Linn County	MO	11	2,070	863	41.7%
82	Lafayette County	MO	18	5,064	2,084	41.2%
83	Johnson County	MO	22	8,058	3,315	41.1%
84	Bates County	MO	14	2,514	1,023	40.7%
85	Howard County	MO	7	1,373	558	40.6%
86	Moniteau County	MO	11	2,223	895	40.3%
87	Clinton County	MO	12	3,692	1,476	40.0%
88	Gentry County	MO	7	1,161	459	39.5%
89	Ray County	MO	12	3,423	1,347	39.4%
90	Nodaway County	MO	15	2,410	942	39.1%
91	Jefferson County	MO	67	36,216	13,680	37.8%
92	Boone County	MO	53	24,547	9,208	37.5%
93	Clay County	MO	75	41,553	14,713	35.4%
94	Cass County	MO	43	17,093	5,906	34.6%
95	DeKalb County	MO	9	1,028	347	33.8%
96	Lincoln County	MO	21	9,367	3,070	32.8%
97	Christian County	MO	32	16,175	5,273	32.6%
98	Andrew County	MO	11	2,892	920	31.8%
99	Osage County	MO	7	1,460	463	31.7%
100	Platte County	MO	32	17,612	4,772	27.1%

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