The highest-poverty counties by school enrollment

2,526 counties

US 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 56.7%. Showing ranks 51 to 100.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	Students on FRL	% FRL
51	Tunica County	MS	5	1,598	1,595	99.8%
52	Bolivar County	MS	15	4,415	4,401	99.7%
53	Chicot County	AR	7	1,147	1,144	99.7%
54	Decatur County	GA	7	4,652	4,637	99.7%
55	Dunklin County	MO	19	4,864	4,848	99.7%
56	Jefferson County	MS	3	1,083	1,080	99.7%
57	Leake County	MS	7	2,644	2,637	99.7%
58	Northampton County	VA	4	1,300	1,296	99.7%
59	Washington County	MS	21	6,329	6,311	99.7%
60	Duplin County	NC	13	9,822	9,781	99.6%
61	Sussex County	VA	3	1,047	1,043	99.6%
62	Westmoreland County	VA	6	2,167	2,158	99.6%
63	Appling County	GA	5	3,414	3,396	99.5%
64	Brunswick County	NC	22	15,069	13,492	99.5%
65	Halifax County	VA	10	4,496	4,475	99.5%
66	Hoke County	NC	14	8,732	8,687	99.5%
67	Oglala Lakota County	SD	11	3,656	3,638	99.5%
68	San Juan County	NM	61	21,309	19,210	99.5%
69	St. Thomas Island	VI	9	5,027	5,000	99.5%
70	Marion County	AR	7	1,874	1,862	99.4%
71	St. Croix Island	VI	10	5,145	5,115	99.4%
72	Wayne County	MS	6	2,977	2,959	99.4%
73	Choctaw County	MS	4	1,233	1,224	99.3%
74	Chowan County	NC	4	1,767	1,755	99.3%
75	Greene County	NC	6	2,699	2,681	99.3%
76	Perquimans County	NC	4	1,786	1,773	99.3%
77	Yazoo County	MS	7	3,040	3,019	99.3%
78	Beaufort County	NC	14	6,030	5,558	99.2%
79	Covington County	MS	7	2,492	2,471	99.2%
80	Graham County	NC	3	1,096	1,087	99.2%
81	Scotland County	NC	10	5,416	5,375	99.2%
82	Accomack County	VA	11	4,623	4,581	99.1%
83	Alexander County	NC	11	4,344	4,307	99.1%
84	Alleghany County	NC	4	1,352	1,340	99.1%
85	Caswell County	NC	6	2,098	2,080	99.1%
86	Clay County	NC	4	1,322	1,310	99.1%
87	Greene County	MS	5	1,621	1,606	99.1%
88	Jefferson County	GA	5	2,017	1,998	99.1%
89	Lanier County	GA	3	1,652	1,637	99.1%
90	Lenoir County	NC	18	8,480	8,403	99.1%
91	Phillips County	AR	9	2,669	2,645	99.1%
92	Transylvania County	NC	10	3,640	3,176	99.1%
93	Wilkes County	NC	22	8,547	8,467	99.1%
94	Jefferson Davis County	MS	4	1,217	1,205	99.0%
95	Lincoln County	OR	18	4,832	4,143	99.0%
96	Maricopa County	AZ	1,167	725,139	578	99.0%
97	Martin County	NC	12	3,967	3,486	99.0%
98	Polk County	NC	7	2,110	2,089	99.0%
99	Putnam County	GA	4	2,938	2,908	99.0%
100	Richmond city	VA	46	20,253	19,614	99.0%

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