Iowa: the lowest-poverty counties by school enrollment

90 counties

Iowa public school districts ranked by the lowest 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	Bremer County	IA	20	5,346	1,115	20.9%
2	Dallas County	IA	40	22,938	5,061	22.1%
3	Warren County	IA	20	10,473	2,526	24.1%
4	Madison County	IA	10	3,355	852	25.4%
5	Butler County	IA	11	2,120	571	26.9%
6	Winneshiek County	IA	10	2,434	656	27.0%
7	Cedar County	IA	13	3,030	845	27.9%
8	Story County	IA	26	11,665	3,254	27.9%
9	Boone County	IA	13	3,735	1,055	28.2%
10	Mitchell County	IA	6	1,631	464	28.4%
11	Buchanan County	IA	17	3,231	930	28.8%
12	Plymouth County	IA	16	4,219	1,230	29.2%
13	Marion County	IA	17	5,571	1,633	29.3%
14	Iowa County	IA	10	2,580	764	29.7%
15	Lyon County	IA	8	2,157	654	30.3%
16	Dickinson County	IA	9	3,005	929	30.9%
17	Washington County	IA	13	3,820	1,217	31.9%
18	Grundy County	IA	11	2,334	754	32.3%
19	Humboldt County	IA	6	1,530	494	32.3%
20	Hancock County	IA	6	1,560	514	32.9%
21	Guthrie County	IA	9	1,858	641	34.5%
22	Delaware County	IA	10	2,571	911	35.4%
23	Jones County	IA	10	2,693	957	35.5%
24	Chickasaw County	IA	7	2,055	732	35.6%
25	Poweshiek County	IA	10	2,566	920	35.9%
26	Winnebago County	IA	9	2,190	797	36.4%
27	Carroll County	IA	10	2,912	1,069	36.7%
28	Johnson County	IA	43	20,019	7,379	36.9%
29	Benton County	IA	12	3,919	1,452	37.1%
30	Shelby County	IA	6	1,877	697	37.1%
31	Monroe County	IA	5	1,123	420	37.4%
32	Scott County	IA	49	26,100	9,881	37.9%
33	Mahaska County	IA	8	2,757	1,052	38.2%
34	Hardin County	IA	14	3,073	1,181	38.4%
35	Clayton County	IA	11	3,625	1,401	38.6%
36	Harrison County	IA	10	2,535	997	39.3%
37	Dubuque County	IA	26	13,164	5,195	39.5%
38	O'Brien County	IA	9	2,377	945	39.8%
39	Pottawattamie County	IA	34	15,270	6,077	39.8%
40	Linn County	IA	81	36,480	14,540	39.9%
41	Jasper County	IA	18	5,668	2,282	40.3%
42	Cherokee County	IA	8	2,048	835	40.8%
43	Cass County	IA	11	3,957	1,619	40.9%
44	Keokuk County	IA	6	1,063	435	40.9%
45	Calhoun County	IA	5	1,472	604	41.0%
46	Kossuth County	IA	8	1,954	802	41.0%
47	Palo Alto County	IA	10	1,472	605	41.1%
48	Clinton County	IA	18	7,129	2,988	41.9%
49	Mills County	IA	6	2,449	1,026	41.9%
50	Sac County	IA	6	1,362	571	41.9%

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