New Mexico: the highest-poverty counties by school enrollment

26 counties

New Mexico 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	Chaves County	NM	32	10,504	10,497	99.9%
2	Sierra County	NM	5	1,246	1,245	99.9%
3	Torrance County	NM	11	2,258	2,255	99.9%
4	Valencia County	NM	27	11,956	11,948	99.9%
5	San Juan County	NM	61	21,309	19,210	99.5%
6	Socorro County	NM	11	2,135	2,106	98.6%
7	Doña Ana County	NM	77	36,561	36,000	98.5%
8	Rio Arriba County	NM	27	3,127	3,054	97.7%
9	Grant County	NM	16	3,240	3,130	96.6%
10	Colfax County	NM	16	1,378	1,328	96.4%
11	Luna County	NM	13	5,116	4,927	96.3%
12	Otero County	NM	25	7,639	7,010	96.3%
13	San Miguel County	NM	18	3,156	3,028	95.9%
14	Cibola County	NM	17	3,854	3,658	94.9%
15	Sandoval County	NM	48	22,445	11,226	93.5%
16	Roosevelt County	NM	13	3,108	2,515	91.7%
17	Bernalillo County	NM	203	85,724	75,436	90.3%
18	Taos County	NM	22	3,727	3,321	89.1%
19	Quay County	NM	13	1,405	1,229	87.5%
20	Curry County	NM	27	8,777	6,614	85.4%
21	McKinley County	NM	53	16,807	14,298	85.1%
22	Lincoln County	NM	14	2,601	2,204	84.7%
23	Santa Fe County	NM	52	20,719	15,201	84.4%
24	Lea County	NM	38	15,126	10,866	72.6%
25	Eddy County	NM	25	11,661	4,776	46.5%
26	Los Alamos County	NM	8	3,971	478	12.0%

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