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Texas: the highest-poverty counties by school enrollment

196 counties

Texas 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 61.8%. Showing ranks 51 to 100.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
51Kleberg CountyTX134,7463,31369.8%
52Wilbarger CountyTX82,0991,44869.7%
53Moore CountyTX125,6943,96169.6%
54Castro CountyTX51,5261,06169.5%
55Hartley CountyTX51,7731,23069.4%
56Lamb CountyTX132,7731,92569.4%
57Victoria CountyTX3114,1609,81069.3%
58Pecos CountyTX1214,0339,67268.9%
59Gregg CountyTX4120,49813,58468.3%
60Dawson CountyTX42,1171,44068.0%
61Anderson CountyTX258,0715,28467.7%
62Bowie CountyTX4417,52311,51067.6%
63Llano CountyTX52,1131,32867.5%
64Bastrop CountyTX3119,93113,37367.1%
65Nueces CountyTX11159,61939,43666.9%
66Stephens CountyTX41,37491266.4%
67Henderson CountyTX3011,1507,35766.0%
68Rusk CountyTX2710,3506,73666.0%
69Calhoun CountyTX73,5142,30865.7%
70Swisher CountyTX71,31686465.7%
71Walker CountyTX1813,6558,96665.7%
72Atascosa CountyTX268,1055,30165.6%
73Cherokee CountyTX2410,9487,18365.6%
74Houston CountyTX133,1412,06065.6%
75Bosque CountyTX112,4621,60465.2%
76Polk CountyTX187,0454,58565.1%
77Wharton CountyTX197,7295,00464.8%
78Wheeler CountyTX61,22970564.8%
79Burleson CountyTX93,1282,01964.5%
80Live Oak CountyTX61,6291,05164.5%
81Colorado CountyTX143,6972,37964.3%
82Reeves CountyTX53,0651,96764.2%
83Hill CountyTX236,4304,10163.8%
84Smith CountyTX6437,38523,42063.5%
85Scurry CountyTX62,8591,81363.4%
86Grimes CountyTX124,9743,14763.3%
87Aransas CountyTX42,9131,84163.2%
88Tarrant CountyTX604385,835231,05463.2%
89Bexar CountyTX599368,487228,91663.1%
90Matagorda CountyTX167,1994,53363.0%
91San Patricio CountyTX3213,9208,72563.0%
92Gray CountyTX93,5452,19962.9%
93McCulloch CountyTX51,21876162.5%
94Gaines CountyTX83,7642,35062.4%
95Burnet CountyTX137,2104,48862.2%
96Karnes CountyTX122,4561,47362.1%
97Milam CountyTX174,3372,69462.1%
98McLennan CountyTX10745,70328,05061.8%
99Tyler CountyTX143,3822,08861.7%
100Rains CountyTX41,7121,05561.6%

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