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New Jersey: the highest-poverty school districts

369 districts

New Jersey 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.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
1Passaic City School DistrictNJ1911,87711,77799.2%
2Lakewood Township School DistrictNJ84,1933,85692.0%
3Bridgeton City School DistrictNJ85,7645,29891.9%
4New Brunswick School DistrictNJ138,3377,61191.3%
5Atlantic City School DistrictNJ116,3395,57387.9%
6West New York School DistrictNJ97,3996,38186.2%
7Harrison Public SchoolsNJ52,1921,86385.0%
8Lindenwold Public School DistrictNJ53,1122,62884.4%
9Elizabeth Public SchoolsNJ3727,58022,88683.0%
10Red Bank Borough Public School DistrictNJ21,14393281.5%
11Bound Brook School DistrictNJ51,9171,55881.3%
12Pleasantville Public School DistrictNJ63,6192,93681.1%
13Wildwood City School DistrictNJ378562980.1%
14Freehold Borough School DistrictNJ31,5231,21179.5%
15LONG BRANCH PUBLIC SCHOOL DistrictNJ85,3684,23878.9%
16Newark Public School DistrictNJ6541,50232,76578.9%
17North Plainfield School DistrictNJ63,4872,74778.8%
18Union City School DistrictNJ1411,5199,07978.8%
19Fairview Public School DistrictNJ31,5351,20678.6%
20Plainfield Public School DistrictNJ158,5226,70278.6%
21Trenton Public School DistrictNJ2513,54910,64678.6%
22Millville School DistrictNJ84,9923,85377.2%
23Asbury Park School DistrictNJ41,3621,04376.6%
24Pennsauken Township Board of Education School DistrictNJ104,8913,60975.9%
25Carteret Public School DistrictNJ63,9032,96075.8%
26Essex County Schools of TechnologyNJ32,1891,65875.7%
27Egg Harbor City School DistrictNJ255141575.3%
28Paulsboro School DistrictNJ41,17187975.1%
29Perth Amboy Public School DistrictNJ129,8457,37374.9%
30Palisades Park School DistrictNJ31,7861,33274.6%
31Roselle Public School DistrictNJ73,1472,34174.4%
32Keansburg School DistrictNJ41,44479174.3%
33Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School DistrictNJ52,1821,60673.6%
34Englewood Public School DistrictNJ52,8472,09373.5%
35Irvington Public School DistrictNJ127,6595,62773.5%
36Hillside Public School DistrictNJ72,9572,13072.0%
37Pine Hill School DistrictNJ42,0161,45172.0%
38Salem City School DistrictNJ31,25289471.4%
39KearnyNJ75,3883,82571.0%
40Woodbury City Public School DistrictNJ41,7091,21170.9%
41North Bergen School DistrictNJ87,0314,97670.8%
42Burlington City Public School DistrictNJ41,7791,25470.5%
43Linden Public School DistrictNJ116,4414,53870.5%
44ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School DistrictNJ125,5273,89370.4%
45Belleville Public School DistrictNJ104,8863,40169.6%
46Paterson Public School DistrictNJ4321,37214,88369.6%
47Willingboro Public School DistrictNJ83,6902,55569.2%
48Somers Point School DistrictNJ368446969.0%
49Dover Public School DistrictNJ53,2082,21168.9%
50Cliffside Park School DistrictNJ53,1351,93068.2%

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