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County rankings · Equity

The lowest-poverty counties by school enrollment

2,526 counties

US counties 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. The median ranked county is at 56.7%. Showing ranks 51 to 100.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
51Kendall CountyTX1610,6402,51623.6%
52Columbia CountyWA61,14427123.7%
53Poquoson cityVA42,03048123.7%
54Wright CountyMN7827,8796,58923.7%
55Warren CountyOH4539,8988,17423.8%
56Spink CountySD191,15525624.0%
57Broomfield CountyCO1611,8442,85224.1%
58Tooele CountyUT3018,5214,45724.1%
59Warren CountyIA2010,4732,52624.1%
60Burleigh CountyND3414,4273,41524.4%
61Douglas CountyWI165,51982224.4%
62Douglas CountyNE17398,64011,94124.5%
63Gallatin CountyMT4814,1703,44524.6%
64Juab CountyUT93,03475224.8%
65Merrimack CountyNH6017,4294,33324.9%
66Grafton CountyNH5110,1612,55625.2%
67Madison CountyIA103,35585225.4%
68Medina CountyOH4425,2435,60625.6%
69Powhatan CountyVA54,0771,05725.9%
70Strafford CountyNH3813,9783,62225.9%
71Saunders CountyNE173,75597526.0%
72Kewaunee CountyWI103,50591426.1%
73Washington CountyMN9246,31312,09326.1%
74Camden CountyNC51,91850526.3%
75Laurens CountySC188,6812126.3%
76Teton CountyWY102,82773526.4%
77Hillsborough CountyNH12453,97414,28126.5%
78Chisago CountyMN237,6682,04526.7%
79Johnson CountyKS16893,59824,84226.7%
80Cass CountyNE153,9321,05226.8%
81Butler CountyIA112,12057126.9%
82Cuyahoga CountyOH341155,92414,13226.9%
83Greene CountyOH3922,4263,66926.9%
84Winneshiek CountyIA102,43465627.0%
85Platte CountyMO3217,6124,77227.1%
86Turner CountySD151,45939227.1%
87Howard CountyMD7757,56515,82127.5%
88Bristol CountyRI136,2341,72927.7%
89Bergen CountyNJ288133,88335,74127.9%
90Cedar CountyIA133,03084527.9%
91Goodhue CountyMN287,0991,97927.9%
92Hamilton CountyNE81,65646227.9%
93Price CountyWI81,46440827.9%
94Story CountyIA2611,6653,25427.9%
95Jefferson CountyMT121,87252128.0%
96Scott CountyMN5826,0417,28328.0%
97Carson CountyTX61,07230128.1%
98Somerset CountyNJ8451,27614,41528.1%
99Valley CountyID81,65744628.1%
100Boone CountyIA133,7351,05528.2%

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49 states
Alaska 17Alabama 65Arkansas 68Arizona 8California 55Colorado 41Connecticut 9Florida 65Georgia 137Hawaii 4Iowa 90Idaho 35Illinois 89Indiana 91Kansas 61Kentucky 110Louisiana 60Maryland 24Maine 16Michigan 73Minnesota 80Missouri 101Mississippi 73Montana 29North Carolina 98North Dakota 19Nebraska 47New Hampshire 10New Jersey 21New Mexico 26Nevada 11New York 61Ohio 78Oklahoma 66Oregon 32Pennsylvania 63Puerto Rico 72Rhode Island 5South Carolina 13South Dakota 31Tennessee 2Texas 196Utah 25Virginia 107US Virgin Islands 2Vermont 12Washington 37Wisconsin 70Wyoming 21

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