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Ohio: the highest-poverty counties by school enrollment

78 counties

Ohio 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
1Ross CountyOH2610,62556097.9%
2Perry CountyOH165,6635594.8%
3Williams CountyOH144,96481379.9%
4Noble CountyOH41,79774270.7%
5Guernsey CountyOH164,71757668.7%
6Hardin CountyOH134,0501,66067.6%
7Van Wert CountyOH144,7132,08766.5%
8Highland CountyOH186,4681,34566.2%
9Coshocton CountyOH104,5561,00565.0%
10Belmont CountyOH238,6193,44564.7%
11Monroe CountyOH81,6831,05762.8%
12Paulding CountyOH102,8551,29861.3%
13Darke CountyOH247,9932,89260.5%
14Brown CountyOH176,5342,80459.9%
15Seneca CountyOH185,33194459.3%
16Henry CountyOH114,8391,98459.1%
17Washington CountyOH237,3552,81158.6%
18Jefferson CountyOH248,63567558.5%
19Huron CountyOH217,1411,20957.8%
20Champaign CountyOH156,1352,82957.4%
21Crawford CountyOH205,8701,48657.2%
22Ashtabula CountyOH3312,0231,38755.6%
23Clark CountyOH4220,5154,61855.6%
24Trumbull CountyOH7025,2406,58155.4%
25Morrow CountyOH124,6851,98054.1%
26Knox CountyOH197,4391,27854.0%
27Richland CountyOH4818,7725,87653.9%
28Preble CountyOH175,5371,40953.8%
29Marion CountyOH2412,4921,85153.0%
30Harrison CountyOH41,48574352.6%
31Sandusky CountyOH228,5582,42952.3%
32Shelby CountyOH227,8123,05451.7%
33Pickaway CountyOH179,8151,63151.6%
34Wyandot CountyOH93,28997550.9%
35Allen CountyOH3514,5793,59650.4%
36Carroll CountyOH82,8241,13650.4%
37Columbiana CountyOH3913,1651,91050.2%
38Ashland CountyOH196,9402,83249.9%
39Logan CountyOH136,3572,87249.8%
40Madison CountyOH177,1893,03649.3%
41Wayne CountyOH4314,4795,48649.0%
42Auglaize CountyOH187,4622,62747.8%
43Fayette CountyOH74,3221,17947.2%
44Hancock CountyOH3511,9754,26846.9%
45Ottawa CountyOH164,9051,11545.6%
46Scioto CountyOH3110,8491,45245.1%
47Mahoning CountyOH7227,9275,17044.7%
48Muskingum CountyOH3114,3111,97444.7%
49Fulton CountyOH206,9352,77144.1%
50Defiance CountyOH145,68284944.0%

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