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Montana: the highest-poverty counties by school enrollment

29 counties

Montana 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.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
1Deer Lodge CountyMT41,0321,032100%
2Big Horn CountyMT162,5352,52999.9%
3Hill CountyMT172,9582,83696.8%
4Sanders CountyMT161,3211,19891.0%
5Silver Bow CountyMT114,3643,94790.7%
6Glacier CountyMT182,6852,33290.0%
7Roosevelt CountyMT222,3532,01185.5%
8Blaine CountyMT171,3231,08884.3%
9Lake CountyMT214,3023,54383.3%
10Lincoln CountyMT142,3911,94082.0%
11Flathead CountyMT4814,95711,16475.1%
12Rosebud CountyMT151,46396666.5%
13Carbon CountyMT191,30172856.5%
14Valley CountyMT161,11560254.3%
15Cascade CountyMT4511,5776,14353.6%
16Ravalli CountyMT285,7292,85949.9%
17Yellowstone CountyMT6823,85311,52948.3%
18Fergus CountyMT241,60574547.2%
19Teton CountyMT171,03747346.8%
20Dawson CountyMT101,18251144.5%
21Park CountyMT151,65669643.3%
22Beaverhead CountyMT121,18247141.7%
23Missoula CountyMT4714,0995,74040.8%
24Custer CountyMT121,56061339.7%
25Lewis and Clark CountyMT359,7863,69437.9%
26Richland CountyMT151,84568837.4%
27Stillwater CountyMT171,33642031.5%
28Jefferson CountyMT121,87252128.0%
29Gallatin CountyMT4814,1703,44524.6%

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