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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. The median ranked district is at 29.0%. Showing ranks 51 to 100.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
51Edgewater Park Township School DistrictNJ21,00068068.0%
52Jersey City Public SchoolsNJ3924,15116,28167.4%
53Neptune Township School DistrictNJ73,3742,25566.8%
54Bayonne School DistrictNJ1310,3256,82966.1%
55Hackensack School DistrictNJ65,3763,55566.1%
56South River Public School DistrictNJ52,3951,57365.7%
57Clifton Public School DistrictNJ1910,5166,89465.6%
58Vineland Public School DistrictNJ149,3926,07664.7%
59Lodi School DistrictNJ73,0821,97764.1%
60Manville School DistrictNJ41,6551,05663.8%
61Riverside Township School DistrictNJ31,54898263.4%
62Rahway Public School DistrictNJ64,0902,57563.0%
63Phillipsburg School DistrictNJ53,8762,42762.6%
64Gloucester City Public School DistrictNJ32,3941,48862.2%
65Garfield Public School DistrictNJ114,7622,94461.8%
66Winslow Township School DistrictNJ94,9713,06261.6%
67Bogota Public School DistrictNJ41,30280161.5%
68Upper Deerfield Township School DistrictNJ395857960.4%
69South Amboy School DistrictNJ21,20072360.3%
70Jamesburg Public School DistrictNJ269441559.8%
71Buena Regional School DistrictNJ51,56993259.4%
72Clayton Public School DistrictNJ31,44584758.6%
73Hamilton Township School DistrictNJ32,8601,66458.2%
74Bellmawr Public School DistrictNJ31,15966557.4%
75Camden County Technical School DistrictNJ22,1891,25457.3%
76Ewing Township School DistrictNJ53,5762,05057.3%
77North Brunswick Township School DistrictNJ85,7053,19256.0%
78Lower Township Elementary School DistrictNJ41,38977755.9%
79Passaic County Technical-Vocational School DistrictNJ24,6052,57555.9%
80Absecon Public Schools DistrictNJ290849955.0%
81Middle Township Public School DistrictNJ42,5751,41555.0%
82Mount Holly Township Public School DistrictNJ31,08259555.0%
83Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School DistrictNJ33,0071,65054.9%
84Maple Shade School DistrictNJ42,3601,29654.9%
85Hamilton Township Public School DistrictNJ2312,3556,71754.4%
86Ridgefield Park Public School DistrictNJ42,0671,12554.4%
87Galloway Township Public School DistrictNJ63,1191,69454.3%
88Camden City School DistrictNJ165,8713,16854.0%
89Elmwood Park School DistrictNJ52,5971,38853.4%
90Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer CountyNJ550626853.0%
91Manchester Township School DistrictNJ62,9041,52652.5%
92Berlin Township School DistrictNJ261832452.4%
93Franklin Township Public School DistrictNJ106,9503,60251.8%
94Eatontown Public School DistrictNJ494949151.7%
95Little Egg Harbor Township School DistrictNJ31,68086951.7%
96Dunellen Public School DistrictNJ31,36370351.6%
97Wharton Borough School DistrictNJ269935951.4%
98Egg Harbor Township School DistrictNJ77,3463,76551.3%
99Roselle Park Public School DistrictNJ52,0071,02951.3%
100Wallington Boro School DistrictNJ31,15958050.0%

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