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The highest-poverty school districts

8,151 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 501 to 550.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
501Metro Schools CharterMN41,5351,47496.0%
502Chicago Heights SD 170IL102,6742,56495.9%
503Hazleton Area SDPA1113,07112,53695.9%
504Murray CountyGA116,5855,72095.8%
505Rome CityGA86,3576,09195.8%
506RAUL YZAGUIRRE SCHOOLS FOR SUCCESSTX81,9911,90595.7%
507WEST OSO ISDTX51,7781,70195.7%
508Wilson County SchoolsNC2510,45110,00495.7%
509Danville City Public SchoolsVA135,5645,18695.6%
510Golden Plains UnifiedCA61,3511,29195.6%
511Richfield Public School AcademyMI263460695.6%
512Thomas CountyGA75,8185,56395.6%
513Yancey County SchoolsNC72,1482,05395.6%
514Farrell Area SDPA269566495.5%
515Parlier UnifiedCA73,2063,06295.5%
516Rowan-Salisbury SchoolsNC3217,68316,89395.5%
517Burke CountyGA53,8413,66395.4%
518East Carroll ParishLA373670295.4%
519Middlesex County Public SchoolsVA31,2491,19295.4%
520Murphysboro CUSD 186IL51,8771,79195.4%
521Reef-Sunset UnifiedCA72,6632,53395.4%
522Tuscarora SDPA62,1822,08195.4%
523Stephens CountyGA63,8553,09795.3%
524TAOSNM82,1842,08295.3%
525WARREN SCHOOL DISTRICTAR41,4401,37295.3%
526Butts CountyGA53,4973,32895.2%
527EVERMAN ISDTX115,0184,77395.1%
528GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMYTX251148695.1%
529Jasper CountyGA42,7062,57395.1%
530Lynchburg City Public SchoolsVA167,6577,27895.1%
531NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7NY4113,62512,96295.1%
532Paramount UnifiedCA1911,62311,05095.1%
533ETOILE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLTX297993095.0%
534Greater Nanticoke Area SDPA42,2492,13795.0%
535Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School DistrictMI41,4481,37494.9%
536Hart CountyGA53,7433,55294.9%
537NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12NY4715,70514,90394.9%
538A+ ACADEMYTX21,6781,59094.8%
539Franklin LocalOH61,8615594.8%
540HATCH VALLEYNM51,1461,08694.8%
541Mount Adams School DistrictWA383979594.8%
542Prairie-Hills ESD 144IL92,4732,34194.8%
543Surry County Public SchoolsVA369165594.8%
544American International AcademyMI366062594.7%
545Colquitt CountyGA138,7676,47394.7%
546Haralson CountyGA73,5253,33994.7%
547SANTA FE SOUTH CHARTEROK104,6204,37594.7%
548CLARKSVILLE ISDTX250047394.6%
549Dooly CountyGA41,0671,00894.6%
550Lake Ridge New Tech SchoolsIN31,5501,46794.6%

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Alaska 19Alabama 143Arkansas 208Arizona 1California 587Colorado 94Connecticut 132Florida 70Georgia 172Hawaii 1Iowa 234Idaho 66Illinois 456Indiana 286Kansas 156Kentucky 158Louisiana 69Maryland 24Maine 85Michigan 454Minnesota 270Missouri 290Northern Mariana Islands 1Mississippi 136Montana 54North Carolina 114North Dakota 35Nebraska 87New Hampshire 73New Jersey 369New Mexico 49Nevada 15New York 573Ohio 372Oklahoma 225Oregon 104Pennsylvania 398Puerto Rico 1Rhode Island 37South Carolina 12South Dakota 50Tennessee 1Texas 747Utah 55Virginia 115US Virgin Islands 2Vermont 46Washington 183Wisconsin 289Wyoming 33

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