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The highest-poverty school districts

8,164 districts

US public school districts ranked by the share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to qualify. The median ranked district is at 50.6%. Showing ranks 1 to 50.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
1ALAMOGORDONM145,2275,052100%
2ARTESIANM103,7292,349100%
3Amite County School DistrictMS3914914100%
4Anaconda ElemMT3727727100%
5BARTON SCHOOL DISTRICTAR2664664100%
6BELCOURT 7ND41,5181,518100%
7BERNALILLONM112,7612,761100%
8BLOOMFIELDNM72,3872,387100%
9BLYTHEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICTAR51,2951,295100%
10BOONEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICTAR31,3551,355100%
11BROOKSIDE CHARTER SCH.MO2800800100%
12Berkeley 01SC4739,543120100%
13Brooks CountyGA62,1792,179100%
14Browning ElemMT71,2801,246100%
15CABOOL R-IVMO3725725100%
16CAMPBELL R-IIMO2547547100%
17CAPE GIRARDEAU 63MO84,3104,310100%
18CARUTHERSVILLE 18MO3918918100%
19CHARLESTON R-IMO3727727100%
20CLINTON SCHOOL DISTRICTAR31,2601,260100%
21CNMI Public School SystemMP16897865100%
22COBRENM6939939100%
23COTTER SCHOOL DISTRICTAR2698698100%
24CROSS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTAR2730730100%
25Charleston 01SC8152,0091,153100%
26Chester-Upland SDPA73,0393,039100%
27ChurchillNV63,1863,186100%
28Claiborne County Public SchoolsMS31,1351,135100%
29Clarendon 06SC104,368152100%
30Coffee CountyGA127,6406,267100%
31Cook CountyGA42,9791,444100%
32Copiah County School DistrictMS42,0772,076100%
33DECATUR SCHOOL DISTRICTAR3613613100%
34DEXTERNM3772772100%
35DONIPHAN R-IMO41,4991,499100%
36DUMAS SCHOOL DISTRICTAR41,0391,039100%
37DUNSEITH 1ND2514514100%
38Dillon 04SC84,6641,005100%
39Dorchester 04SC72,566456100%
40Dublin CityGA52,3702,370100%
41EAST PRAIRIE R-IIMO31,0031,003100%
42ESTANCIANM4575575100%
43EWING MARION KAUFFMAN SCHOOLMO2961961100%
44East Jasper School DistrictMS3739739100%
45Eureka ElemMT2528528100%
46Evans CountyGA41,7421,742100%
47Evergreen ElemMT2645645100%
48FARMINGTONNM2010,7458,751100%
49FLIPPIN SCHOOL DISTRICTAR3805805100%
50FORREST CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTAR52,0782,078100%

By state

50 states
Alaska 19Alabama 143Arkansas 208Arizona 1California 587Colorado 94Connecticut 132Florida 70Georgia 172Hawaii 1Iowa 234Idaho 66Illinois 456Indiana 286Kansas 156Kentucky 158Louisiana 69Maryland 24Maine 85Michigan 454Minnesota 269Missouri 290Northern Mariana Islands 1Mississippi 135Montana 54North Carolina 114North Dakota 35Nebraska 87New Hampshire 73New Jersey 369New Mexico 49Nevada 15New York 573Ohio 387Oklahoma 223Oregon 104Pennsylvania 398Puerto Rico 1Rhode Island 37South Carolina 12South Dakota 50Tennessee 1Texas 750Utah 55Virginia 115US Virgin Islands 2Vermont 45Washington 183Wisconsin 289Wyoming 33

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