Virginia: the highest-poverty counties by school enrollment

107 counties

Virginia 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	Bristol city	VA	8	3,238	2,812	99.9%
2	Henry County	VA	13	6,916	6,907	99.9%
3	Nottoway County	VA	5	1,792	1,789	99.8%
4	Northampton County	VA	4	1,300	1,296	99.7%
5	Sussex County	VA	3	1,047	1,043	99.6%
6	Westmoreland County	VA	6	2,167	2,158	99.6%
7	Halifax County	VA	10	4,496	4,475	99.5%
8	Accomack County	VA	11	4,623	4,581	99.1%
9	Richmond city	VA	46	20,253	19,614	99.0%
10	Buckingham County	VA	5	1,868	1,837	98.3%
11	Newport News city	VA	40	25,882	25,411	98.2%
12	Norfolk city	VA	44	26,807	26,274	98.0%
13	Colonial Heights city	VA	5	2,971	2,910	97.9%
14	Northumberland County	VA	3	1,162	1,132	97.4%
15	Dickenson County	VA	4	2,074	2,000	96.4%
16	Galax city	VA	3	1,434	1,382	96.4%
17	Waynesboro city	VA	7	3,043	2,932	96.4%
18	Danville city	VA	13	5,564	5,186	95.6%
19	Middlesex County	VA	3	1,249	1,192	95.4%
20	Lynchburg city	VA	16	7,657	7,278	95.1%
21	Mecklenburg County	VA	6	3,907	3,690	94.4%
22	Roanoke city	VA	25	14,392	13,551	94.2%
23	Dinwiddie County	VA	7	4,147	3,903	94.1%
24	Lee County	VA	10	2,966	2,789	94.0%
25	Grayson County	VA	6	1,561	1,461	93.6%
26	Lunenburg County	VA	4	1,577	1,471	93.3%
27	Fredericksburg city	VA	5	3,629	3,343	92.1%
28	Petersburg city	VA	7	4,582	4,215	92.0%
29	Carroll County	VA	9	3,437	3,143	91.4%
30	Pulaski County	VA	8	4,385	3,155	91.4%
31	Wise County	VA	11	5,779	5,273	91.2%
32	Russell County	VA	11	3,583	3,265	91.1%
33	Southampton County	VA	6	2,363	2,151	91.0%
34	Hampton city	VA	30	19,472	17,551	90.1%
35	Tazewell County	VA	13	5,134	4,584	89.3%
36	Charlotte County	VA	5	1,707	1,368	88.9%
37	Harrisonburg city	VA	11	6,934	6,034	87.0%
38	Page County	VA	8	2,928	2,526	86.3%
39	Franklin County	VA	14	6,540	5,621	85.9%
40	Pittsylvania County	VA	18	7,830	6,677	85.3%
41	Nelson County	VA	4	1,492	1,261	84.5%
42	Shenandoah County	VA	9	5,703	4,790	84.0%
43	Amelia County	VA	3	1,600	1,340	83.8%
44	Staunton city	VA	9	2,780	2,309	83.3%
45	Alleghany County	VA	4	1,719	1,419	82.5%
46	Amherst County	VA	9	3,900	3,206	82.2%
47	Manassas Park city	VA	4	3,392	2,777	81.9%
48	Winchester city	VA	8	5,235	4,282	81.8%
49	Floyd County	VA	5	1,666	1,354	81.3%
50	Wythe County	VA	12	3,734	3,022	80.9%

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