The bulletin board for America's public schools. Parents, teachers, students, and staff. One community per school.
County rankings · Highest poverty

South Dakota: the highest-poverty counties by school enrollment

31 counties

South Dakota 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
1Todd CountySD122,6102,60299.9%
2Oglala Lakota CountySD113,6563,63899.5%
3Dewey CountySD91,4661,21483.6%
4Charles Mix CountySD141,9661,54380.4%
5Roberts CountySD132,1621,47168.0%
6Beadle CountySD163,5442,15062.0%
7Moody CountySD81,19356348.6%
8Brule CountySD91,24954545.2%
9Butte CountySD81,50466444.1%
10Minnehaha CountySD7034,91914,55641.7%
11Pennington CountySD3816,1866,64041.0%
12Hutchinson CountySD181,37648737.7%
13Davison CountySD133,1371,18137.6%
14Codington CountySD174,5611,64036.0%
15Brown CountySD225,3541,86835.1%
16Hughes CountySD72,9191,01334.7%
17Grant CountySD71,07235834.4%
18Yankton CountySD103,3211,12234.0%
19Bon Homme CountySD141,07133933.1%
20Clay CountySD62,20271532.5%
21Meade CountySD153,3951,09232.3%
22Kingsbury CountySD151,06130429.5%
23Hamlin CountySD101,53344529.4%
24Turner CountySD151,45939227.1%
25Spink CountySD191,15525624.0%
26McCook CountySD121,17225623.2%
27Lake CountySD142,00941422.8%
28Lawrence CountySD123,18368821.6%
29Brookings CountySD204,92198820.5%
30Union CountySD143,03756918.7%
31Lincoln CountySD2510,5301,93118.4%

See the national highest poverty ranking →