Minnesota: the highest-poverty school districts

270 districts

Minnesota 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	Minnesota Math and Science Academy	MN	2	570	566	99.3%
2	Twin Cities International Schools	MN	2	921	915	99.3%
3	Metro Schools Charter	MN	4	1,535	1,474	96.0%
4	STEP Academy	MN	4	847	801	94.6%
5	Higher Ground Academy	MN	3	1,163	1,080	92.9%
6	New Century School	MN	5	966	889	92.0%
7	Universal Academy Charter School	MN	4	679	623	91.8%
8	ROCHESTER MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY	MN	2	552	503	91.1%
9	BEST ACADEMY	MN	2	790	717	90.8%
10	Prodeo Academy	MN	6	1,116	1,011	90.6%
11	St. Paul City School	MN	3	615	547	88.9%
12	HOPE COMMUNITY ACADEMY	MN	4	799	709	88.7%
13	Academias La Paz	MN	3	568	500	88.0%
14	HIAWATHA ACADEMIES	MN	4	1,660	1,445	87.0%
15	Community School of Excellence	MN	3	1,455	1,238	85.1%
16	HMONG COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY	MN	3	2,503	2,063	82.4%
17	RED LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	MN	9	1,519	1,228	81.3%
18	CASS LAKE-BENA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	MN	4	1,119	901	80.5%
19	COMMUNITY OF PEACE ACADEMY	MN	3	855	680	79.5%
20	Brooklyn Center Community Schools	MN	7	2,174	1,686	77.8%
21	MAHNOMEN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	MN	3	674	516	76.6%
22	Columbia Heights Public School Dist	MN	10	3,516	2,686	76.5%
23	NOBLE ACADEMY	MN	2	533	374	70.2%
24	Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School Dist	MN	2	984	690	70.1%
25	FARIBAULT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	MN	10	3,106	2,129	68.5%
26	PRAIRIE SEEDS ACADEMY	MN	3	860	588	68.4%
27	Minnesota Transitions Charter Sch	MN	10	5,721	3,883	67.9%
28	Saint Paul Public Schools	MN	87	33,152	21,960	66.3%
29	ST. CLOUD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	MN	22	9,803	6,387	65.2%
30	North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale	MN	20	10,754	6,886	64.2%
31	Waubun-Ogema-White Earth Schools	MN	4	727	463	63.7%
32	WORTHINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	MN	10	4,064	2,578	63.4%
33	PINE RIVER-BACKUS SCHOOL DISTRICT	MN	3	906	566	62.5%
34	South St. Paul Public School Dist	MN	7	2,861	1,754	61.4%
35	Austin Public School District	MN	12	5,385	3,181	59.1%
36	CHISHOLM PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	MN	3	640	373	58.3%
37	ROBBINSDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	MN	25	10,821	6,303	58.3%
38	Albert Lea Public School District	MN	9	3,335	1,933	58.0%
39	Pelican Rapids Public Schools	MN	2	842	488	58.0%
40	HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SCHOOL DISTRICT	MN	4	869	501	57.7%
41	BAGLEY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	MN	2	870	500	57.5%
42	Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools	MN	19	7,663	4,361	56.9%
43	ST. JAMES PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	MN	4	1,143	647	56.6%
44	BLACKDUCK PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	MN	2	696	393	56.5%
45	Minneapolis Public School District	MN	86	29,928	16,805	56.4%
46	Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Schl. Dist	MN	2	686	383	55.8%
47	Crookston Public School District	MN	5	1,140	628	55.3%
48	FOSSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	MN	2	596	326	54.7%
49	MONTEVIDEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	MN	5	1,372	744	54.2%
50	RICHFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	MN	10	4,094	2,198	53.7%

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