Kansas: the highest-poverty school districts

156 districts

Kansas 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	Liberal	KS	8	4,653	4,056	87.2%
2	Dodge City	KS	11	7,268	6,033	83.0%
3	Kansas City	KS	43	21,538	17,741	82.4%
4	Wichita	KS	87	47,545	38,363	81.7%
5	Turner-Kansas City	KS	8	3,865	3,096	80.4%
6	Coffeyville	KS	4	1,764	1,355	78.7%
7	Kismet-Plains	KS	3	575	435	75.7%
8	Topeka Public Schools	KS	25	11,695	8,549	75.6%
9	Garden City	KS	18	7,032	5,252	75.5%
10	Independence	KS	5	1,629	1,189	74.1%
11	Lyons	KS	4	692	506	73.1%
12	Hutchinson Public Schools	KS	10	3,957	2,598	71.0%
13	Pittsburg	KS	6	3,375	2,366	70.1%
14	Ulysses	KS	5	1,517	1,061	69.9%
15	Parsons	KS	5	1,313	914	69.6%
16	Eureka	KS	2	543	373	68.7%
17	Great Bend	KS	7	2,876	1,970	68.5%
18	West Elk	KS	2	597	252	67.9%
19	El Dorado	KS	6	1,756	1,160	66.9%
20	Cherryvale	KS	3	682	436	63.9%
21	Arkansas City	KS	8	2,902	1,833	63.2%
22	Elkhart	KS	5	1,580	240	63.2%
23	Elk Valley	KS	3	1,966	77	63.1%
24	Atchison Public Schools	KS	4	1,450	912	62.9%
25	Galena	KS	5	825	507	62.9%
26	Wellington	KS	7	1,439	905	62.9%
27	Emporia	KS	8	4,261	2,674	62.8%
28	Baxter Springs	KS	4	865	519	62.6%
29	Newton	KS	8	2,943	1,838	62.5%
30	Osawatomie	KS	5	1,021	638	62.5%
31	Salina	KS	13	6,441	3,982	61.8%
32	South Brown County	KS	3	524	323	61.6%
33	Labette County	KS	7	1,528	940	61.5%
34	Chaparral Schools	KS	4	829	496	61.0%
35	Chanute Public Schools	KS	3	1,569	948	60.4%
36	Bonner Springs	KS	5	2,437	1,464	60.1%
37	Columbus	KS	4	1,130	678	60.0%
38	Leavenworth	KS	8	3,268	1,948	60.0%
39	Ottawa	KS	6	2,150	1,275	59.7%
40	Lakin	KS	3	684	406	59.4%
41	Haysville	KS	9	5,417	3,179	58.7%
42	Republic County	KS	2	518	302	58.3%
43	Iola	KS	4	1,175	668	57.9%
44	Concordia	KS	3	1,149	664	57.8%
45	Hugoton Public Schools	KS	4	1,018	588	57.8%
46	Riverton	KS	3	678	389	57.4%
47	Winfield	KS	6	1,915	1,091	57.0%
48	Jayhawk	KS	2	574	326	56.8%
49	Centre	KS	2	563	103	56.3%
50	Nickerson	KS	5	1,011	506	56.2%

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