California: the highest-poverty school districts

587 districts

California 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.

#	District	State	Schools	Students	Students on FRL	% FRL
1	Vineland Elementary	CA	2	638	638	100%
2	Fairfax Elementary	CA	4	2,667	2,609	97.8%
3	Mendota Unified	CA	7	3,977	3,886	97.7%
4	Beardsley Elementary	CA	4	1,989	1,941	97.6%
5	Pixley Union Elementary	CA	2	827	797	96.4%
6	Golden Plains Unified	CA	6	1,351	1,291	95.6%
7	Parlier Unified	CA	7	3,206	3,062	95.5%
8	Reef-Sunset Unified	CA	7	2,663	2,533	95.4%
9	Paramount Unified	CA	19	11,623	11,050	95.1%
10	Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified	CA	8	3,815	3,593	94.4%
11	Palm Springs Unified	CA	27	20,007	18,895	94.4%
12	Greenfield Union	CA	13	8,860	8,347	94.2%
13	Lennox	CA	6	3,941	3,698	93.8%
14	Lynwood Unified	CA	17	10,851	10,177	93.8%
15	San Pasqual Valley Unified	CA	4	575	538	93.6%
16	Arvin Union	CA	4	2,801	2,617	93.4%
17	Terra Bella Union Elementary	CA	2	717	669	93.3%
18	Winton	CA	4	1,807	1,681	93.0%
19	Coachella Valley Unified	CA	21	15,817	14,682	92.8%
20	Santa Maria-Bonita	CA	21	17,408	16,153	92.8%
21	Weaver Union	CA	3	3,047	2,821	92.6%
22	Inglewood Unified	CA	16	6,727	6,199	92.2%
23	San Bernardino City Unified	CA	72	44,080	40,620	92.2%
24	Selma Unified	CA	12	5,911	5,430	91.9%
25	Banning Unified	CA	9	4,234	3,886	91.8%
26	Corcoran Joint Unified	CA	8	3,175	2,892	91.3%
27	Farmersville Unified	CA	6	2,346	2,141	91.3%
28	Riverdale Joint Unified	CA	5	1,426	1,293	91.1%
29	Alisal Union	CA	13	7,303	6,645	91.0%
30	Madera Unified	CA	28	19,922	18,126	91.0%
31	Wasco Union Elementary	CA	6	3,473	3,161	91.0%
32	South Whittier Elementary	CA	6	2,253	2,044	90.7%
33	El Monte Union High	CA	7	7,278	6,583	90.5%
34	Richland Union Elementary	CA	4	2,410	2,182	90.5%
35	Taft City	CA	6	2,404	2,175	90.5%
36	Woodlake Unified	CA	6	2,081	1,883	90.5%
37	Bassett Unified	CA	7	2,798	2,528	90.4%
38	Delhi Unified	CA	5	2,276	2,055	90.3%
39	Planada Elementary	CA	2	888	802	90.3%
40	Porterville Unified	CA	22	13,893	12,550	90.3%
41	Corning Union Elementary	CA	6	1,976	1,775	90.2%
42	Santa Ana Unified	CA	51	35,993	32,421	90.1%
43	Standard Elementary	CA	4	3,193	2,877	90.1%
44	Williams Unified	CA	4	1,303	1,173	90.0%
45	Compton Unified	CA	36	16,304	14,643	89.9%
46	Roseland	CA	3	1,582	1,422	89.9%
47	Baldwin Park Unified	CA	17	9,856	8,847	89.8%
48	Lucerne Valley Unified	CA	4	1,179	1,057	89.7%
49	Hawthorne	CA	11	6,904	6,179	89.5%
50	Delano Joint Union High	CA	4	4,004	3,580	89.4%

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