North Carolina: the highest-poverty school districts

114 districts

North Carolina 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 98.4%. Showing ranks 51 to 100.

#	District	State	Schools	Students	Students on FRL	% FRL
51	Jones County Schools	NC	5	1,016	1,001	98.5%
52	Public Schools of Robeson County	NC	36	20,856	20,543	98.5%
53	Edgecombe County Public Schools	NC	19	6,310	6,210	98.4%
54	Lexington City Schools	NC	7	2,953	2,907	98.4%
55	Northampton County Schools	NC	6	1,251	1,231	98.4%
56	Rockingham County Schools	NC	23	11,114	10,938	98.4%
57	Sampson County Schools	NC	18	7,986	7,860	98.4%
58	Surry County Schools	NC	20	7,318	7,203	98.4%
59	Vance County Schools	NC	16	5,205	5,114	98.3%
60	Cherokee County Schools	NC	13	2,992	2,939	98.2%
61	Granville County Schools	NC	16	6,402	6,284	98.2%
62	Weldon City Schools	NC	4	664	652	98.2%
63	Buncombe County Schools	NC	45	22,452	21,994	98.0%
64	McDowell County Schools	NC	16	5,712	5,599	98.0%
65	Mitchell County Schools	NC	9	2,362	2,314	98.0%
66	Bladen County Schools	NC	12	3,928	3,845	97.9%
67	Jackson County Public Schools	NC	9	3,444	3,360	97.6%
68	Rutherford County Schools	NC	18	7,394	7,216	97.6%
69	Avery County Schools	NC	8	1,782	1,730	97.1%
70	Wilson County Schools	NC	25	10,451	10,004	95.7%
71	Yancey County Schools	NC	7	2,148	2,053	95.6%
72	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	NC	32	17,683	16,893	95.5%
73	Caldwell County Schools	NC	25	10,667	10,084	94.5%
74	Pitt County Schools	NC	40	24,470	23,124	94.5%
75	Swain County Schools	NC	6	1,872	1,741	93.0%
76	Guilford County Schools	NC	123	68,535	61,751	90.1%
77	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	NC	79	51,745	45,514	88.0%
78	Gaston County Schools	NC	56	30,995	27,193	87.7%
79	Randolph County School System	NC	32	14,994	13,066	87.1%
80	Cumberland County Schools	NC	86	49,002	41,971	85.7%
81	Newton Conover City Schools	NC	7	2,654	2,238	84.3%
82	Catawba County Schools	NC	28	16,003	13,401	83.8%
83	Yadkin County Schools	NC	14	5,174	4,302	83.1%
84	Macon County Schools	NC	12	4,469	3,647	81.6%
85	Stokes County Schools	NC	19	5,758	4,701	81.6%
86	Alamance-Burlington Schools	NC	37	22,661	18,067	79.7%
87	Chatham County Schools	NC	21	8,987	6,917	77.0%
88	Carteret County Public Schools	NC	17	7,847	5,985	76.3%
89	Craven County Board of Education	NC	26	12,152	9,001	74.1%
90	Harnett County Schools	NC	29	20,095	14,831	73.8%
91	Pender County Schools	NC	19	11,073	7,782	70.3%
92	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	NC	186	145,014	101,813	70.2%
93	Davidson County Schools	NC	35	17,936	12,539	69.9%
94	New Hanover County Schools	NC	42	24,791	16,798	67.8%
95	Iredell-Statesville Schools	NC	38	21,017	14,123	67.2%
96	Lincoln County Schools	NC	22	11,710	7,734	66.0%
97	Moore County Schools	NC	23	13,085	8,312	63.5%
98	Henderson County Schools	NC	23	12,619	7,917	62.7%
99	Orange County Schools	NC	13	6,982	3,973	56.9%
100	Gates County Schools	NC	5	1,410	772	54.8%

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