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District rankings · Highest poverty

New York: the highest-poverty school districts

573 districts

New York 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 41.0%. Showing ranks 51 to 100.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
51YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY4224,37617,20970.6%
52COHOES CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY51,8471,29870.3%
53MONTICELLO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY52,6951,88469.9%
54JOHNSON CITY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY42,2811,59369.8%
55RENSSELAER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY294965969.4%
56CHEEKTOWAGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY32,3221,58168.1%
57WATERTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY83,9402,64767.2%
58FREEPORT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY86,1254,10567.0%
59PLATTSBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY51,8121,21467.0%
60SALMON RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY41,37392067.0%
61GENEVA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY41,9631,30666.5%
62NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1NY269,3636,19766.2%
63SODUS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY31,03168366.2%
64ALBANY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY168,5095,62366.1%
65NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31NY7456,57737,37366.1%
66PORT CHESTER-RYE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY64,3922,89966.0%
67SOLVAY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY31,28483465.0%
68NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26NY3429,20318,81064.4%
69HUDSON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY31,52297764.2%
70LIBERTY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY31,7581,12864.2%
71CENTRAL ISLIP UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY87,7734,97464.0%
72MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICTNY166,6544,25363.9%
73LYONS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY391758563.8%
74LANSINGBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY42,0601,30663.4%
75WESTFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY362439463.1%
76CANDOR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY270744562.9%
77SPENCER-VAN ETTEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY380350462.8%
78UNIONDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY85,9953,75962.7%
79OPPENHEIM-EPHRATAH-ST. JOHNSVILLE CSDNY269543562.6%
80DOVER UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY41,31782362.5%
81EAST IRONDEQUOIT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY62,7481,71862.5%
82LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY74,0642,53362.3%
83MOUNT MORRIS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY253333262.3%
84WESTBURY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY64,4802,78062.1%
85NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13NY4219,15111,85961.9%
86CAIRO-DURHAM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY31,03764161.8%
87AUBURN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY73,7322,27360.9%
88CHEEKTOWAGA-MARYVALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY42,2361,34760.2%
89CLYDE-SAVANNAH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY369341760.2%
90HANNIBAL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY31,20872259.8%
91HOLLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY293655859.6%
92CLEVELAND HILL UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY31,36481159.5%
93PORT JERVIS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY42,3021,36759.4%
94COPIAGUE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY64,5792,71459.3%
95CHEEKTOWAGA-SLOAN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY41,24873158.6%
96ROOSEVELT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY53,1521,84858.6%
97TACONIC HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY297457058.5%
98FORT PLAIN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY265738458.4%
99MIDDLEBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY261435858.3%
100OLEAN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY41,8331,06858.3%

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