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New York: the highest-poverty counties by school enrollment

61 counties

New York 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 48.0%. Showing ranks 1 to 50.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
1Bronx CountyNY470202,028182,16990.2%
2Kings CountyNY582291,697230,61579.1%
3Queens CountyNY392268,205206,14676.9%
4New York CountyNY355152,104106,96070.3%
5Richmond CountyNY8762,25441,93467.4%
6Montgomery CountyNY167,2254,17861.8%
7Sullivan CountyNY209,1645,41760.7%
8Chautauqua CountyNY5017,0569,74757.1%
9Chemung CountyNY2410,7886,06356.2%
10Fulton CountyNY177,1733,95555.1%
11Orleans CountyNY135,7672,89454.7%
12Tioga CountyNY217,1122,72852.9%
13Franklin CountyNY206,7243,46851.8%
14Yates CountyNY62,0971,08451.7%
15Broome CountyNY5224,59412,12651.5%
16Erie CountyNY222122,51961,54351.1%
17Steuben CountyNY3413,7016,70951.0%
18Cayuga CountyNY228,5764,17150.5%
19Monroe CountyNY185106,10852,31250.3%
20Seneca CountyNY113,6121,81250.2%
21Schenectady CountyNY4021,55510,77750.0%
22Cattaraugus CountyNY2911,2285,37649.9%
23Chenango CountyNY237,0363,35449.7%
24Allegany CountyNY185,5892,76549.6%
25Clinton CountyNY2810,7295,20249.6%
26Jefferson CountyNY3916,7898,16249.4%
27Oswego CountyNY3717,5298,41449.2%
28Onondaga CountyNY12267,04432,18648.8%
29Niagara CountyNY5026,38812,84248.7%
30Cortland CountyNY175,3812,59148.2%
31Columbia CountyNY166,0062,85448.0%
32Rockland CountyNY6641,33519,15547.6%
33Wayne CountyNY3713,0685,86347.5%
34Delaware CountyNY215,3072,45547.4%
35Oneida CountyNY7232,26514,75447.4%
36Greene CountyNY165,0422,33946.4%
37Schoharie CountyNY113,5971,66446.3%
38Washington CountyNY257,8733,50746.1%
39Rensselaer CountyNY4119,2748,58145.8%
40Genesee CountyNY217,8003,38745.1%
41St. Lawrence CountyNY3913,6536,03845.0%
42Lewis CountyNY134,0821,83444.9%
43Albany CountyNY7339,94617,49544.5%
44Schuyler CountyNY61,80180244.5%
45Herkimer CountyNY259,6193,66244.2%
46Orange CountyNY8257,12224,65844.0%
47Wyoming CountyNY134,1591,80143.3%
48Otsego CountyNY216,2162,60641.9%
49Livingston CountyNY207,2173,01141.7%
50Ulster CountyNY4320,1898,11641.1%

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