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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 101 to 150.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
101Wichita CountyTX4523,04714,17061.6%
102Hunt CountyTX4420,77112,76561.5%
103Jasper CountyTX135,4113,32561.4%
104Harrison CountyTX2732,0627,49561.3%
105Runnels CountyTX111,9511,19261.2%
106Hopkins CountyTX186,7334,11561.1%
107Ochiltree CountyTX61,8021,09961.0%
108Robertson CountyTX113,4082,07961.0%
109Lamar CountyTX208,5165,18360.9%
110Jack CountyTX51,61398160.8%
111Nolan CountyTX1214,4551,56160.4%
112Yoakum CountyTX71,8971,14660.4%
113Waller CountyTX1510,2946,17460.1%
114Cass CountyTX165,2683,15960.0%
115Howard CountyTX135,5213,31060.0%
116Brazos CountyTX5332,43019,43059.9%
117Kaufman CountyTX6241,31924,52359.4%
118Sabine CountyTX71,8071,06558.9%
119Upshur CountyTX257,9184,63958.7%
120Ward CountyTX72,3381,36758.7%
121Mitchell CountyTX51,28875458.5%
122Hockley CountyTX154,6332,67758.4%
123Gillespie CountyTX103,6412,10758.2%
124Eastland CountyTX152,5151,45958.0%
125Wood CountyTX186,3493,68058.0%
126Brown CountyTX236,2383,50957.7%
127Jones CountyTX142,5721,47757.6%
128Kerr CountyTX186,8083,88357.5%
129Washington CountyTX105,5303,18157.5%
130Franklin CountyTX31,60892157.3%
131Lubbock CountyTX10152,30129,23257.3%
132Galveston CountyTX9162,76729,47657.2%
133Bell CountyTX11571,04140,46357.1%
134Fannin CountyTX235,5733,17356.9%
135Medina CountyTX2313,1277,45956.9%
136Midland CountyTX5035,11919,91056.7%
137Comanche CountyTX92,2741,28656.6%
138Refugio CountyTX71,19767756.6%
139DeWitt CountyTX154,2972,42056.3%
140Van Zandt CountyTX2810,7386,03556.3%
141Leon CountyTX123,2861,83855.9%
142Orange CountyTX2515,1008,44155.9%
143Austin CountyTX115,9443,31155.7%
144Hansford CountyTX71,22968255.5%
145Coryell CountyTX2514,5618,05155.3%
146Freestone CountyTX123,5201,93454.9%
147Crane CountyTX31,23367554.7%
148Brewster CountyTX61,09359154.5%
149Travis CountyTX312191,70695,03454.2%
150Jackson CountyTX113,1091,67553.9%

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