Nebraska: the highest-poverty counties by school enrollment

47 counties

Nebraska 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	Dakota County	NE	11	4,437	2,733	65.1%
2	Dawson County	NE	18	5,509	3,379	61.3%
3	Dodge County	NE	19	6,729	3,934	58.5%
4	Saline County	NE	12	3,333	1,848	55.4%
5	Scotts Bluff County	NE	26	6,493	2,953	52.5%
6	Cuming County	NE	7	1,520	625	50.6%
7	Platte County	NE	16	5,530	2,743	49.6%
8	Box Butte County	NE	7	1,693	829	49.0%
9	Gage County	NE	12	3,866	1,670	47.6%
10	Madison County	NE	20	6,196	2,904	46.9%
11	Cheyenne County	NE	8	1,407	644	45.8%
12	Colfax County	NE	14	2,762	1,253	45.4%
13	Furnas County	NE	7	1,013	456	45.0%
14	Thurston County	NE	11	2,146	244	44.9%
15	Holt County	NE	9	1,552	682	43.9%
16	Jefferson County	NE	8	1,683	738	43.9%
17	Adams County	NE	15	5,228	2,214	42.3%
18	Richardson County	NE	7	1,217	503	41.3%
19	Dawes County	NE	7	1,073	421	40.6%
20	Otoe County	NE	9	2,543	1,018	40.0%
21	Wayne County	NE	8	1,837	735	40.0%
22	York County	NE	8	2,169	852	39.3%
23	Phelps County	NE	8	1,514	593	39.2%
24	Clay County	NE	11	1,566	530	38.6%
25	Red Willow County	NE	7	1,671	643	38.5%
26	Lincoln County	NE	22	5,190	1,427	38.1%
27	Custer County	NE	15	1,845	615	37.1%
28	Cedar County	NE	10	1,215	437	36.0%
29	Burt County	NE	6	1,253	435	34.7%
30	Merrick County	NE	7	1,252	414	33.9%
31	Nemaha County	NE	7	1,374	457	33.3%
32	Buffalo County	NE	28	8,449	2,752	32.6%
33	Butler County	NE	6	1,027	335	32.6%
34	Lancaster County	NE	82	48,123	11,643	31.6%
35	Howard County	NE	7	1,396	393	30.4%
36	Knox County	NE	15	1,757	403	30.1%
37	Pierce County	NE	6	1,222	361	29.5%
38	Polk County	NE	10	1,118	325	29.1%
39	Kearney County	NE	7	1,320	320	28.3%
40	Hamilton County	NE	8	1,656	462	27.9%
41	Cass County	NE	15	3,932	1,052	26.8%
42	Saunders County	NE	17	3,755	975	26.0%
43	Douglas County	NE	173	98,640	11,941	24.5%
44	Hall County	NE	27	12,203	515	23.2%
45	Sarpy County	NE	73	34,055	6,598	23.1%
46	Washington County	NE	9	3,728	825	22.1%
47	Seward County	NE	8	2,809	618	22.0%

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