Maryland: the highest-poverty school districts

24 districts

Maryland 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	Prince George's County Public Schools	MD	199	132,693	104,921	79.1%
2	Somerset County Public Schools	MD	7	2,901	2,201	75.9%
3	Baltimore City Public Schools	MD	152	76,946	56,621	73.6%
4	Dorchester County Public Schools	MD	11	4,586	2,385	73.4%
5	Kent County Public Schools	MD	5	1,694	1,159	68.4%
6	Caroline County Public Schools	MD	9	5,648	3,724	65.9%
7	Talbot County Public Schools	MD	8	4,485	2,726	60.8%
8	Wicomico County Public Schools	MD	25	15,582	9,261	59.4%
9	Garrett County Public Schools	MD	12	3,853	2,262	58.7%
10	Allegany County Public Schools	MD	22	8,113	4,707	58.0%
11	Washington County Public Schools	MD	43	23,320	13,465	57.7%
12	Baltimore County Public Schools	MD	177	110,872	58,664	52.9%
13	Cecil County Public Schools	MD	28	14,853	7,573	51.0%
14	Charles County Public Schools	MD	38	28,162	14,021	49.8%
15	Worcester County Public Schools	MD	13	7,002	3,414	48.8%
16	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	MD	125	85,029	35,922	42.2%
17	St. Mary's County Public Schools	MD	26	16,905	6,906	40.9%
18	Montgomery County Public Schools	MD	208	159,181	64,139	40.3%
19	Harford County Public Schools	MD	55	37,771	14,720	39.0%
20	Queen Anne's County Public Schools	MD	14	7,478	2,919	39.0%
21	Frederick County Public Schools	MD	67	48,054	17,794	37.0%
22	Calvert County Public Schools	MD	24	14,849	4,801	32.3%
23	Carroll County Public Schools	MD	43	26,141	7,424	28.4%
24	Howard County Public Schools	MD	77	57,565	15,821	27.5%

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