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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 551 to 600.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
551Lake Ridge New Tech SchoolsIN31,5501,46794.6%
552North Wasco County SD 21OR72,8342,68294.6%
553STEP AcademyMN484780194.6%
554Caldwell County SchoolsNC2510,66710,08494.5%
555City of Bogalusa School DistrictLA41,8031,70494.5%
556Flint Cultural Center AcademyMI269465694.5%
557Madison AcademyMI263860394.5%
558Pitt County SchoolsNC4024,47023,12494.5%
559Seneca East LocalOH382727394.5%
560Cutler-Orosi Joint UnifiedCA83,8153,59394.4%
561Mecklenburg County Public SchoolsVA63,9073,69094.4%
562Palm Springs UnifiedCA2720,00718,89594.4%
563Warren CountyGA366262594.4%
564Berrien CountyGA53,0612,88694.3%
565LA VILLA ISDTX351248394.3%
566BOONVILLE R-IMO51,6621,06994.2%
567COLLEGE BOUND ACADEMY of TULSAOK291486194.2%
568Greenfield UnionCA138,8608,34794.2%
569Sullivan County SDPA262058494.2%
570Dinwiddie County Public SchoolsVA74,1473,90394.1%
571Lancaster SDPA199,9019,31994.1%
572PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISDTX4429,74927,98494.1%
573GRANTSNM123,0562,87394.0%
574Lansing SD 158IL52,5472,39594.0%
575Lee County Public SchoolsVA102,9662,78994.0%
576Central SD 13JOR53,0502,86493.9%
577Macon CountyGA31,04798393.9%
578OKMULGEEOK31,0771,01193.9%
579LennoxCA63,9413,69893.8%
580Lynwood UnifiedCA1710,85110,17793.8%
581Benton Harbor Area SchoolsMI61,2271,14893.6%
582Coquille SD 8OR51,2151,13793.6%
583Grayson County Public SchoolsVA61,5611,46193.6%
584Northwest Arctic Borough School DistrictAK131,9451,79893.6%
585San Pasqual Valley UnifiedCA457553893.6%
586Vidalia CityGA42,2792,13493.6%
587Walker CountyGA158,3797,84393.6%
588West Branch Area SDPA383478193.6%
589ALBUQUERQUENM17274,80068,96093.5%
590Flint School District of the City ofMI112,5412,37793.5%
591Orleans ParishLA62,3222,17193.5%
592Arvin UnionCA42,8012,61793.4%
593Central FallsRI72,5152,34893.4%
594GOLDEN RULE CHARTER SCHOOLTX61,2981,21293.4%
595Gordon CountyGA106,2595,83793.3%
596Lower Kuskokwim School DistrictAK293,8663,58193.3%
597Lunenburg County Public SchoolsVA41,5771,47193.3%
598Terra Bella Union ElementaryCA271766993.3%
599PREMONT ISDTX379474093.2%
600Ada Exempted VillageOH286537693.1%

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