Washington: the highest-poverty counties by school enrollment

37 counties

Washington 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	Adams County	WA	17	5,324	4,192	78.9%
2	Yakima County	WA	113	52,145	40,145	77.2%
3	Okanogan County	WA	36	11,538	8,301	72.0%
4	Franklin County	WA	39	21,403	14,703	69.9%
5	Grant County	WA	59	20,494	14,219	69.4%
6	Grays Harbor County	WA	45	10,564	6,880	65.2%
7	Pend Oreille County	WA	11	1,825	1,179	64.6%
8	Walla Walla County	WA	31	8,516	5,349	62.9%
9	Douglas County	WA	21	7,221	4,536	62.8%
10	Mason County	WA	23	8,539	5,342	62.6%
11	Chelan County	WA	42	12,965	7,902	61.1%
12	Pacific County	WA	16	3,243	1,971	60.8%
13	Clallam County	WA	28	10,741	6,519	60.7%
14	Cowlitz County	WA	47	17,080	9,938	58.2%
15	Lewis County	WA	42	12,548	7,103	56.6%
16	Ferry County	WA	11	1,102	619	56.2%
17	Skagit County	WA	51	18,298	10,236	56.2%
18	Klickitat County	WA	21	2,803	1,496	55.2%
19	Stevens County	WA	39	7,726	4,258	55.1%
20	Asotin County	WA	12	3,152	1,682	53.4%
21	Spokane County	WA	178	76,588	39,963	52.2%
22	Pierce County	WA	269	138,462	69,067	50.0%
23	Lincoln County	WA	18	2,233	1,105	49.6%
24	Skamania County	WA	12	1,794	885	49.6%
25	Jefferson County	WA	12	2,670	1,313	49.2%
26	Benton County	WA	66	38,191	18,531	48.5%
27	Whatcom County	WA	76	27,779	12,950	46.8%
28	Kittitas County	WA	20	5,387	2,450	45.9%
29	Thurston County	WA	84	44,412	19,162	43.5%
30	Clark County	WA	145	74,406	32,145	43.2%
31	Island County	WA	21	8,561	3,544	41.4%
32	Snohomish County	WA	216	118,688	49,039	41.3%
33	Kitsap County	WA	74	34,233	13,947	40.8%
34	Whitman County	WA	28	4,753	1,872	39.8%
35	King County	WA	509	278,492	105,172	37.9%
36	San Juan County	WA	16	1,817	660	36.8%
37	Columbia County	WA	6	1,144	271	23.7%

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