Wisconsin: the highest-poverty counties by school enrollment

70 counties

Wisconsin 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	Menominee County	WI	5	1,123	1,003	89.3%
2	Rusk County	WI	9	1,547	1,098	71.0%
3	Milwaukee County	WI	278	122,496	76,446	64.1%
4	Adams County	WI	3	1,270	783	61.7%
5	Richland County	WI	8	1,440	815	56.6%
6	Ashland County	WI	11	2,352	1,313	55.8%
7	Waushara County	WI	10	2,542	1,417	55.7%
8	Sawyer County	WI	11	2,501	1,374	54.9%
9	Burnett County	WI	10	2,909	1,551	53.3%
10	Clark County	WI	21	4,522	2,406	53.2%
11	Langlade County	WI	11	2,184	1,148	52.6%
12	Jackson County	WI	8	2,867	1,457	50.8%
13	Crawford County	WI	13	1,827	925	50.6%
14	Vilas County	WI	13	2,771	1,378	49.7%
15	Kenosha County	WI	54	27,114	12,433	48.3%
16	Racine County	WI	52	25,901	12,453	48.1%
17	Shawano County	WI	17	4,832	2,293	47.5%
18	Washburn County	WI	15	2,097	989	47.2%
19	Rock County	WI	61	25,542	11,943	46.8%
20	Trempealeau County	WI	21	5,893	2,750	46.7%
21	Monroe County	WI	22	6,845	3,166	46.3%
22	Sheboygan County	WI	52	17,340	7,781	45.4%
23	Bayfield County	WI	12	1,540	691	44.9%
24	Marquette County	WI	9	1,592	710	44.6%
25	Marinette County	WI	22	5,654	2,493	44.1%
26	Green Lake County	WI	10	2,479	1,082	43.6%
27	Wood County	WI	32	10,849	4,692	43.2%
28	Waupaca County	WI	26	7,466	3,175	42.5%
29	Lafayette County	WI	17	2,658	1,112	41.8%
30	Oneida County	WI	14	3,949	1,644	41.7%
31	Fond du Lac County	WI	42	13,230	5,478	41.4%
32	Barron County	WI	34	7,199	2,973	41.3%
33	Juneau County	WI	24	3,471	1,205	41.2%
34	Winnebago County	WI	49	22,271	9,174	41.2%
35	Dodge County	WI	37	10,450	4,241	40.6%
36	Grant County	WI	32	6,838	2,758	40.3%
37	Manitowoc County	WI	30	10,090	4,030	39.9%
38	Lincoln County	WI	12	3,880	1,524	39.8%
39	Oconto County	WI	17	4,349	1,726	39.7%
40	Brown County	WI	85	42,385	16,464	38.9%
41	Forest County	WI	7	1,483	577	38.9%
42	Dunn County	WI	17	5,848	2,247	38.4%
43	Vernon County	WI	23	3,669	1,391	37.9%
44	Chippewa County	WI	26	8,353	3,133	37.5%
45	Walworth County	WI	43	14,383	5,384	37.4%
46	Eau Claire County	WI	35	14,002	4,995	37.3%
47	Polk County	WI	26	6,126	2,277	37.2%
48	Taylor County	WI	11	5,123	1,866	37.0%
49	Sauk County	WI	30	9,882	2,724	36.7%
50	Marathon County	WI	51	18,592	6,791	36.5%

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