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 251 to 300.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	Students on FRL	% FRL
251	Wasco County	OR	11	3,407	3,119	91.6%
252	Carroll County	VA	9	3,437	3,143	91.4%
253	Laurens County	GA	14	8,693	7,943	91.4%
254	Pike County	MS	15	5,717	4,599	91.4%
255	Pulaski County	VA	8	4,385	3,155	91.4%
256	Heard County	GA	6	2,246	2,051	91.3%
257	Madison Parish	LA	5	1,133	1,034	91.3%
258	Poinsett County	AR	13	3,732	3,408	91.3%
259	Wise County	VA	11	5,779	5,273	91.2%
260	Russell County	VA	11	3,583	3,265	91.1%
261	Sanders County	MT	16	1,321	1,198	91.0%
262	Southampton County	VA	6	2,363	2,151	91.0%
263	Sumter County	GA	6	4,145	3,770	91.0%
264	Wayne County	GA	8	5,348	4,170	91.0%
265	Silver Bow County	MT	11	4,364	3,947	90.7%
266	Clarke County	GA	22	13,750	12,450	90.5%
267	Pasquotank County	NC	14	5,774	5,227	90.5%
268	Red River Parish	LA	5	1,243	1,125	90.5%
269	Bradford County	PA	19	8,392	7,584	90.4%
270	McKean County	PA	14	5,275	3,966	90.4%
271	Bernalillo County	NM	203	85,724	75,436	90.3%
272	Venango County	PA	15	5,704	5,148	90.3%
273	White Pine County	NV	10	1,422	1,262	90.3%
274	Bronx County	NY	470	202,028	182,169	90.2%
275	Barnwell County	SC	14	4,300	1,060	90.1%
276	Hampton city	VA	30	19,472	17,551	90.1%
277	Jasper County	MS	7	2,110	1,901	90.1%
278	Armstrong County	PA	17	6,972	6,272	90.0%
279	Crittenden County	AR	17	8,770	7,897	90.0%
280	Glacier County	MT	18	2,685	2,332	90.0%
281	Hempstead County	AR	10	3,212	2,891	90.0%
282	Gordon County	GA	15	10,452	9,394	89.9%
283	Mitchell County	GA	8	3,390	3,045	89.8%
284	Wilcox County	GA	3	1,126	1,011	89.8%
285	Curry County	OR	7	1,913	1,714	89.6%
286	Habersham County	GA	13	6,835	6,127	89.6%
287	Logan County	AR	11	3,557	3,188	89.6%
288	Rabun County	GA	4	2,257	2,022	89.6%
289	Potter County	PA	10	1,705	1,526	89.5%
290	Elk County	PA	9	3,139	2,805	89.4%
291	Menominee County	WI	5	1,123	1,003	89.3%
292	Tazewell County	VA	13	5,134	4,584	89.3%
293	Aguas Buenas Municipio	PR	6	1,884	1,680	89.2%
294	Guilford County	NC	137	79,539	67,094	89.2%
295	Marion County	MS	11	3,667	2,840	89.2%
296	Brantley County	GA	7	3,375	2,517	89.1%
297	Taos County	NM	22	3,727	3,321	89.1%
298	Gurabo Municipio	PR	6	1,793	1,595	89.0%
299	Charlotte County	VA	5	1,707	1,368	88.9%
300	Zapata County	TX	6	3,290	2,924	88.9%

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Alaska 17 Alabama 65 Arkansas 68 Arizona 8 California 55 Colorado 41 Connecticut 9 Florida 65 Georgia 137 Hawaii 4 Iowa 90 Idaho 35 Illinois 89 Indiana 91 Kansas 61 Kentucky 110 Louisiana 60 Maryland 24 Maine 16 Michigan 73 Minnesota 80 Missouri 101 Mississippi 73 Montana 29 North Carolina 98 North Dakota 19 Nebraska 47 New Hampshire 10 New Jersey 21 New Mexico 26 Nevada 11 New York 61 Ohio 78 Oklahoma 66 Oregon 32 Pennsylvania 63 Puerto Rico 72 Rhode Island 5 South Carolina 13 South Dakota 31 Tennessee 2 Texas 196 Utah 25 Virginia 107 US Virgin Islands 2 Vermont 12 Washington 37 Wisconsin 70 Wyoming 21

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