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County rankings · Highest poverty

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 151 to 196.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
151Hamilton CountyTX61,78795653.5%
152Tom Green CountyTX6518,89610,05853.5%
153Coleman CountyTX61,21864953.3%
154Hutchinson CountyTX133,7181,97653.1%
155Lee CountyTX93,2361,64953.1%
156Taylor CountyTX4824,15912,74653.1%
157Fayette CountyTX103,7551,99053.0%
158Grayson CountyTX6225,91513,62152.6%
159Andrews CountyTX64,2092,20052.3%
160Lampasas CountyTX63,9562,04051.6%
161Bandera CountyTX52,4611,26751.5%
162Clay CountyTX71,76791051.5%
163Erath CountyTX165,8933,03151.4%
164Young CountyTX83,0661,57251.3%
165Hood CountyTX189,5304,86251.0%
166Panola CountyTX103,8841,93851.0%
167Johnson CountyTX6539,00419,82750.9%
168Ellis CountyTX7646,34423,42150.6%
169Brazoria CountyTX10675,76737,66249.7%
170Montague CountyTX133,2401,61149.7%
171Hardin CountyTX2110,5415,12048.6%
172Cooke CountyTX206,9863,29048.3%
173Callahan CountyTX112,6081,25548.1%
174Montgomery CountyTX143134,59564,10747.7%
175Wise CountyTX2812,8546,07547.3%
176Hays CountyTX6146,94619,69946.5%
177Guadalupe CountyTX4630,97713,83044.6%
178Goliad CountyTX31,24455344.5%
179Randall CountyTX4223,66810,50344.4%
180Chambers CountyTX1811,7013,65044.0%
181Martin CountyTX41,30357143.8%
182Lynn CountyTX71,70673242.9%
183Fort Bend CountyTX193191,37280,88242.3%
184Wilson CountyTX219,4583,91541.5%
185Blanco CountyTX61,80970138.8%
186Somervell CountyTX52,18081937.6%
187Denton CountyTX240175,22255,43235.0%
188Lavaca CountyTX102,54788434.7%
189Parker CountyTX5028,3549,22132.5%
190Comal CountyTX4329,6539,39431.7%
191Archer CountyTX82,11066531.5%
192Collin CountyTX291227,57558,80629.6%
193Rockwall CountyTX3124,1047,05729.3%
194Williamson CountyTX173126,14735,33628.7%
195Carson CountyTX61,07230128.1%
196Kendall CountyTX1610,6402,51623.6%

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