Louisiana: the highest-poverty school districts

69 districts

Louisiana 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	St. Helena Parish	LA	3	997	996	99.9%
2	East Carroll Parish	LA	3	736	702	95.4%
3	City of Bogalusa School District	LA	4	1,803	1,704	94.5%
4	Orleans Parish	LA	6	2,322	2,171	93.5%
5	Madison Parish	LA	5	1,133	1,034	91.3%
6	Red River Parish	LA	5	1,243	1,125	90.5%
7	Natchitoches Parish	LA	13	4,792	4,191	87.5%
8	City of Baker School District	LA	4	1,000	865	86.5%
9	Claiborne Parish	LA	6	1,616	1,384	85.6%
10	St. Martin Parish	LA	15	6,680	5,640	84.4%
11	Catahoula Parish	LA	5	898	757	84.3%
12	Concordia Parish	LA	10	2,911	2,438	83.8%
13	City of Monroe School District	LA	19	8,033	6,539	81.4%
14	St. John the Baptist Parish	LA	10	5,039	4,016	79.7%
15	St. Landry Parish	LA	32	10,982	8,694	79.2%
16	Franklin Parish	LA	6	2,454	1,897	77.3%
17	Rapides Parish	LA	43	21,340	16,412	76.9%
18	Avoyelles Parish	LA	10	4,794	3,628	75.7%
19	Iberville Parish	LA	8	4,076	3,076	75.5%
20	Morehouse Parish	LA	5	3,082	2,320	75.3%
21	Richland Parish	LA	11	2,694	2,028	75.3%
22	St. Mary Parish	LA	21	7,153	5,342	74.7%
23	West Carroll Parish	LA	3	1,483	1,108	74.7%
24	West Baton Rouge Parish	LA	10	4,153	3,066	73.8%
25	Terrebonne Parish	LA	30	15,168	11,135	73.4%
26	Tangipahoa Parish	LA	32	19,077	13,981	73.3%
27	Iberia Parish	LA	23	11,037	8,053	73.0%
28	Livingston Parish	LA	43	27,209	19,860	73.0%
29	East Feliciana Parish	LA	6	1,647	1,201	72.9%
30	Bienville Parish	LA	7	1,799	1,305	72.5%
31	Webster Parish	LA	14	4,967	3,601	72.5%
32	Evangeline Parish	LA	13	5,326	3,849	72.3%
33	Caldwell Parish	LA	5	1,310	940	71.8%
34	Union Parish	LA	3	1,555	1,108	71.3%
35	East Baton Rouge Parish	LA	83	40,083	28,541	71.2%
36	Sabine Parish	LA	10	3,741	2,618	70.0%
37	Winn Parish	LA	5	1,732	1,207	69.7%
38	Pointe Coupee Parish	LA	5	2,293	1,585	69.1%
39	Washington Parish	LA	10	4,523	3,120	69.0%
40	Grant Parish	LA	8	2,871	1,950	67.9%
41	Allen Parish	LA	11	3,853	2,612	67.8%
42	Acadia Parish	LA	27	9,043	6,085	67.3%
43	Jefferson Parish	LA	74	46,790	31,464	67.2%
44	Caddo Parish	LA	57	32,649	21,840	66.9%
45	Southern University Lab School	LA	2	777	517	66.5%
46	Assumption Parish	LA	9	2,701	1,736	64.3%
47	Plaquemines Parish	LA	8	3,510	2,258	64.3%
48	Vernon Parish	LA	18	7,887	5,056	64.1%
49	St. James Parish	LA	6	3,194	2,039	63.8%
50	Lafourche Parish	LA	30	13,326	8,389	63.0%

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