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Alaska: the highest-poverty school districts

19 districts

Alaska 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.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
1Nome Public SchoolsAK467263699.4%
2Southwest Region School DistrictAK861560898.9%
3Bering Strait School DistrictAK151,7451,68096.3%
4Northwest Arctic Borough School DistrictAK131,9451,79893.6%
5Lower Kuskokwim School DistrictAK293,8663,58193.3%
6Yukon-Koyukuk School DistrictAK114,02431092.0%
7Galena City School DistrictAK48,16825788.0%
8Nenana City School DistrictAK22,27915077.3%
9Kodiak Island Borough School DistrictAK132,1321,12858.4%
10Anchorage School DistrictAK9240,58717,30349.2%
11Matanuska-Susitna Borough School DistrictAK4919,4956,62945.2%
12Kenai Peninsula Borough School DistrictAK428,5102,96842.8%
13North Slope Borough School DistrictAK111,85375040.5%
14Ketchikan Gateway Borough School DistrictAK92,04369438.0%
15Fairbanks North Star Borough School DistrictAK3412,2143,62233.3%
16Sitka School DistrictAK61,08030730.8%
17Valdez City School DistrictAK360518530.6%
18Delta/Greely School DistrictAK597117030.4%
19Juneau Borough School DistrictAK165,4811,07520.5%

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