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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 601 to 650.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
601EDGEWOOD ISDTX258,4397,85293.1%
602Klamath County SDOR216,7746,30293.0%
603Richmond CountyGA5230,57328,41893.0%
604Swain County SchoolsNC61,8721,74193.0%
605WintonCA41,8071,68193.0%
606Emanuel CountyGA63,9393,66192.9%
607Higher Ground AcademyMN31,1631,08092.9%
608VALLEY VIEW ISDTX63,4443,19992.9%
609CLEVELAND ISDTX1112,51311,61392.8%
610Coachella Valley UnifiedCA2115,81714,68292.8%
611PRESIDIO ISDTX31,0851,00792.8%
612Santa Maria-BonitaCA2117,40816,15392.8%
613ARDMOREOK62,5462,35992.7%
614NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23NY287,2576,72592.7%
615TULSA HONOR CHARTER ACADEMYOK31,2621,17092.7%
616Atherton Community SchoolsMI363859192.6%
617Berne Union LocalOH281333992.6%
618Clarke CountyGA2112,27511,36792.6%
619Godwin Heights Public SchoolsMI51,9281,78692.6%
620Grady CountyGA74,7904,43692.6%
621HEARNE ISDTX271866592.6%
622LOVINGNM373468092.6%
623Weaver UnionCA33,0472,82192.6%
624Myrtle Point SD 41OR357339392.5%
625Buena Vista City Public SchoolsVA488681992.4%
626DONNA ISDTX2012,93711,94192.4%
627Early CountyGA31,4821,37092.4%
628Godfrey-Lee Public SchoolsMI51,6501,52592.4%
629Northeastern LocalOH42,9611,39292.4%
630EDCOUCH-ELSA ISDTX94,3494,01592.3%
631LA JOYA ISDTX3622,94221,16792.3%
632TORNILLO ISDTX372667092.3%
633TRINITY ISDTX31,1791,08892.3%
634Van Dyke Public SchoolsMI62,0261,87092.3%
635Inglewood UnifiedCA166,7276,19992.2%
636San Bernardino City UnifiedCA7244,08040,62092.2%
637Star International AcademyMI22,0981,93492.2%
638CASTLEBERRY ISDTX73,8513,54892.1%
639Fredericksburg City Public SchoolsVA53,6293,34392.1%
640Troup CountyGA1912,26211,29292.1%
641Fannin CountyGA52,7532,53492.0%
642Griffin-Spalding CountyGA189,3508,59892.0%
643Lakewood Township School DistrictNJ84,1933,85692.0%
644New Century SchoolMN596688992.0%
645Petersburg City Public SchoolsVA74,5824,21592.0%
646Yukon-Koyukuk School DistrictAK114,02431092.0%
647Bridgeton City School DistrictNJ85,7645,29891.9%
648Hermiston SD 8OR95,3204,89091.9%
649Selma UnifiedCA125,9115,43091.9%
650Banning UnifiedCA94,2343,88691.8%

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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 269Missouri 290Northern Mariana Islands 1Mississippi 135Montana 54North Carolina 114North Dakota 35Nebraska 87New Hampshire 73New Jersey 369New Mexico 49Nevada 15New York 573Ohio 387Oklahoma 223Oregon 104Pennsylvania 398Puerto Rico 1Rhode Island 37South Carolina 12South Dakota 50Tennessee 1Texas 750Utah 55Virginia 115US Virgin Islands 2Vermont 45Washington 183Wisconsin 289Wyoming 33

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