Pennsylvania: the highest-poverty counties by school enrollment

63 counties

Pennsylvania 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	Clinton County	PA	10	3,879	3,829	98.7%
2	Clearfield County	PA	19	8,409	8,048	95.8%
3	Philadelphia County	PA	303	182,005	171,664	94.9%
4	Fayette County	PA	39	15,340	14,047	91.6%
5	Bradford County	PA	19	8,392	7,584	90.4%
6	McKean County	PA	14	5,275	3,966	90.4%
7	Venango County	PA	15	5,704	5,148	90.3%
8	Armstrong County	PA	17	6,972	6,272	90.0%
9	Potter County	PA	10	1,705	1,526	89.5%
10	Elk County	PA	9	3,139	2,805	89.4%
11	Northumberland County	PA	21	10,386	8,964	86.3%
12	Luzerne County	PA	65	45,209	38,356	84.8%
13	Crawford County	PA	26	9,156	7,265	79.3%
14	Susquehanna County	PA	15	5,728	4,436	77.5%
15	Jefferson County	PA	10	4,873	3,716	76.3%
16	Mifflin County	PA	11	4,774	3,635	76.2%
17	Erie County	PA	67	35,738	26,501	74.2%
18	Monroe County	PA	29	20,752	12,340	74.1%
19	Blair County	PA	32	15,692	11,351	73.5%
20	Tioga County	PA	14	5,053	3,708	73.4%
21	Wyoming County	PA	6	2,913	2,138	73.4%
22	Snyder County	PA	8	4,190	3,064	73.1%
23	Cambria County	PA	37	15,789	10,515	72.5%
24	Lackawanna County	PA	47	27,006	19,441	72.3%
25	Clarion County	PA	16	5,023	3,625	72.2%
26	Mercer County	PA	34	12,815	9,033	70.5%
27	Lehigh County	PA	83	56,984	39,767	70.1%
28	Greene County	PA	12	4,331	2,996	69.3%
29	Franklin County	PA	41	21,432	14,679	68.5%
30	Lawrence County	PA	25	11,015	7,431	67.5%
31	Perry County	PA	15	5,512	3,707	67.3%
32	Berks County	PA	95	62,375	41,629	66.7%
33	Indiana County	PA	22	8,470	5,612	66.3%
34	Somerset County	PA	29	8,271	5,297	66.3%
35	Schuylkill County	PA	34	18,259	11,991	65.7%
36	Carbon County	PA	18	8,111	5,282	65.1%
37	Bedford County	PA	18	5,951	3,866	65.0%
38	Pike County	PA	14	8,615	5,469	63.5%
39	Huntingdon County	PA	17	4,454	2,821	63.4%
40	Union County	PA	10	3,811	2,385	62.6%
41	Northampton County	PA	60	38,316	23,491	61.3%
42	Lebanon County	PA	32	18,804	10,993	60.7%
43	Lycoming County	PA	30	14,288	8,597	60.2%
44	Dauphin County	PA	73	72,718	41,451	58.7%
45	Delaware County	PA	109	74,663	42,692	57.8%
46	Wayne County	PA	11	4,372	2,460	56.3%
47	Columbia County	PA	19	7,501	4,216	56.2%
48	Juniata County	PA	5	2,234	1,248	55.9%
49	Beaver County	PA	52	31,222	11,493	55.0%
50	Lancaster County	PA	114	62,719	33,375	54.5%

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