Michigan: the highest-poverty school districts

454 districts

Michigan 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	Riverside Academy	MI	2	867	867	100%
2	Michigan Mathematics and Science Academy	MI	2	754	753	99.9%
3	Bridge Academy	MI	3	1,304	1,301	99.8%
4	Frontier International Academy	MI	2	1,132	1,128	99.6%
5	Detroit Service Learning Academy	MI	3	1,504	1,492	99.2%
6	Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences	MI	2	1,033	1,020	98.7%
7	Crescent Academy	MI	3	659	644	97.7%
8	Beecher Community School District	MI	3	542	528	97.4%
9	Voyageur Academy	MI	2	1,313	1,274	97.0%
10	Cesar Chavez Academy	MI	4	2,294	2,218	96.7%
11	Richfield Public School Academy	MI	2	634	606	95.6%
12	Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District	MI	4	1,448	1,374	94.9%
13	American International Academy	MI	3	660	625	94.7%
14	Flint Cultural Center Academy	MI	2	694	656	94.5%
15	Madison Academy	MI	2	638	603	94.5%
16	Benton Harbor Area Schools	MI	6	1,227	1,148	93.6%
17	Flint School District of the City of	MI	11	2,541	2,377	93.5%
18	Atherton Community Schools	MI	3	638	591	92.6%
19	Godwin Heights Public Schools	MI	5	1,928	1,786	92.6%
20	Godfrey-Lee Public Schools	MI	5	1,650	1,525	92.4%
21	Van Dyke Public Schools	MI	6	2,026	1,870	92.3%
22	Star International Academy	MI	2	2,098	1,934	92.2%
23	Chandler Park Academy	MI	3	2,019	1,830	90.6%
24	Bendle Public Schools	MI	4	981	884	90.1%
25	Mount Clemens Community School District	MI	3	797	717	90.0%
26	Westwood Community School District	MI	6	1,502	1,348	89.7%
27	Eau Claire Public Schools	MI	4	587	525	89.4%
28	Discovery Creative Pathways	MI	2	811	721	88.9%
29	Eastpointe Community Schools	MI	8	2,114	1,877	88.9%
30	Hope of Detroit Academy	MI	2	1,012	897	88.6%
31	Michigan Collegiate	MI	2	792	700	88.4%
32	Westwood Heights Schools	MI	5	1,185	1,044	88.1%
33	Detroit Leadership Academy	MI	2	757	666	88.0%
34	Lansing Public School District	MI	26	10,048	8,805	87.6%
35	Melvindale-Northern Allen Park Schools	MI	4	2,983	2,598	87.1%
36	Lincoln Park School District of the City of	MI	11	4,846	4,216	87.0%
37	Lincoln-King Adams-Young Academy	MI	3	1,609	1,400	87.0%
38	Muskegon Public Schools of the City of	MI	7	3,325	2,890	86.9%
39	Detroit Community Schools	MI	2	665	570	85.7%
40	Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools	MI	9	3,500	2,980	85.1%
41	Detroit Public Schools Community District	MI	103	48,448	41,191	85.0%
42	Saginaw School District of the City of	MI	17	5,382	4,482	83.3%
43	Wyoming Public Schools	MI	7	3,767	3,132	83.1%
44	Hamtramck School District of the City of	MI	8	2,874	2,371	82.5%
45	Harper Woods The School District of the City of	MI	6	3,041	2,498	82.1%
46	Kelloggsville Public Schools	MI	7	2,259	1,854	82.1%
47	Westfield Charter Academy	MI	2	1,564	1,284	82.1%
48	Hartford Public Schools	MI	4	1,338	1,095	81.8%
49	East Jackson Community Schools	MI	3	723	590	81.6%
50	Carrollton Public Schools	MI	4	1,562	1,273	81.5%

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