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The highest-poverty school districts

8,164 districts

US 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 50.6%. Showing ranks 451 to 500.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
451Iroquois SDPA21,1171,09197.7%
452Mendota UnifiedCA73,9773,88697.7%
453Wilkes-Barre Area SDPA108,2778,08697.7%
454Windber Area SDPA31,2541,22597.7%
455Bacon CountyGA42,0942,04397.6%
456Beardsley ElementaryCA41,9891,94197.6%
457Clinch CountyGA31,2421,21297.6%
458Jackson County Public SchoolsNC93,4443,36097.6%
459Rutherford County SchoolsNC187,3947,21697.6%
460Sumter CountyGA53,5603,47697.6%
461Western Reserve LocalOH354212497.6%
462AZTECNM72,4482,38797.5%
463HELENA WEST HELENA SCHOOL DISTRICTAR297895497.5%
464Beecher Community School DistrictMI354252897.4%
465Montrose Area SDPA31,2171,18597.4%
466Northumberland County Public SchoolsVA31,1621,13297.4%
467Dunmore SDPA21,4981,45897.3%
468Northgate SDPA31,0761,04697.2%
469Avery County SchoolsNC81,7821,73097.1%
470CITYSCAPE SCHOOLSTX21,2591,22297.1%
471LAREDO ISDTX3020,27119,68197.1%
472Tift CountyGA117,4717,25897.1%
473ASTEC CHARTER SCHOOLOK31,4271,38497.0%
474Voyageur AcademyMI21,3131,27497.0%
475Worth CountyGA53,0572,96597.0%
476SER-NINOS CHARTER SCHOOLTX41,1931,15696.9%
477Shenandoah Valley SDPA21,2721,23296.9%
478AMIGOS POR VIDA-FRIENDS FOR LIFE PUB CHTR SCHTX275072696.8%
479Roanoke City Public SchoolsVA2413,81113,37596.8%
480Berwick Area SDPA52,7062,61796.7%
481Candler CountyGA42,1572,08596.7%
482Cesar Chavez AcademyMI42,2942,21896.7%
483Lamar CountyGA42,8722,13696.7%
484Lockwood K-12MT41,5801,52896.7%
485Terrell CountyGA392189196.7%
486ESPANOLANM121,8761,81396.6%
487Miller CountyGA377274696.6%
488Dickenson County Public SchoolsVA42,0742,00096.4%
489Eagle Point SD 9OR114,1343,98596.4%
490Franklin CountyGA53,5773,44896.4%
491Galax City Public SchoolsVA31,4341,38296.4%
492Governor Mifflin SDPA64,1544,00496.4%
493Pixley Union ElementaryCA282779796.4%
494RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISDTX159,3168,97796.4%
495WESTERN HEIGHTSOK83,0462,93696.4%
496Waynesboro City Public SchoolsVA73,0432,93296.4%
497Bering Strait School DistrictAK151,7451,68096.3%
498DEMINGNM135,1164,92796.3%
499Joliet PSD 86IL209,3338,84796.3%
500Centennial SD 28JOR95,3045,10196.2%

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