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Mississippi: the lowest-poverty counties by school enrollment

73 counties

Mississippi 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.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
1Lafayette CountyMS117,6173,69948.6%
2DeSoto CountyMS3934,93417,01448.7%
3Rankin CountyMS3222,45411,11649.5%
4Madison CountyMS3016,4328,59152.3%
5Webster CountyMS41,71794354.9%
6Lamar CountyMS1510,3185,69055.1%
7Jackson CountyMS4022,71212,79758.9%
8Union CountyMS75,1353,18962.1%
9George CountyMS84,0492,51962.2%
10Stone CountyMS42,5321,57662.2%
11Hancock CountyMS105,5983,07564.8%
12Alcorn CountyMS115,6263,65364.9%
13Pearl River CountyMS158,4565,25565.0%
14Lee CountyMS3014,8089,78066.0%
15Oktibbeha CountyMS74,8803,27967.2%
16Clarke CountyMS72,3771,31067.5%
17Tishomingo CountyMS62,8441,92267.6%
18Monroe CountyMS104,3873,01268.7%
19Itawamba CountyMS63,2752,26669.2%
20Tate CountyMS83,7582,61569.6%
21Prentiss CountyMS103,9732,77069.7%
22Lincoln CountyMS105,3273,75970.6%
23Smith CountyMS42,5381,82872.0%
24Grenada CountyMS33,8632,82073.0%
25Harrison CountyMS4830,52122,56573.9%
26Perry CountyMS61,4331,06374.2%
27Walthall CountyMS51,69896774.2%
28Winston CountyMS62,4131,44174.4%
29Lauderdale CountyMS2010,3257,74875.0%
30Newton CountyMS93,6342,72975.1%
31Lowndes CountyMS168,5126,21975.2%
32Jones CountyMS1511,3138,63776.3%
33Calhoun CountyMS51,9891,51976.4%
34Lawrence CountyMS51,6741,30377.8%
35Forrest CountyMS2010,8578,54578.7%
36Chickasaw CountyMS82,7092,14179.0%
37Franklin CountyMS41,14790879.2%
38Tippah CountyMS83,6232,87879.4%
39Yalobusha CountyMS41,3641,10080.6%
40Neshoba CountyMS105,1854,21081.2%
41Attala CountyMS92,9252,53686.7%
42Hinds CountyMS6932,87028,77687.5%
43Simpson CountyMS73,0232,65087.7%
44Panola CountyMS105,3234,69788.2%
45Pontotoc CountyMS125,8655,17388.2%
46Clay CountyMS62,5281,34388.5%
47Marion CountyMS113,6672,84089.2%
48Jasper CountyMS72,1101,90190.1%
49Pike CountyMS155,7174,59991.4%
50Scott CountyMS115,6275,35695.2%

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