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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 601 to 650.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
601Richmond CountyGA5230,57328,41893.0%
602Swain County SchoolsNC61,8721,74193.0%
603WintonCA41,8071,68193.0%
604Emanuel CountyGA63,9393,66192.9%
605Higher Ground AcademyMN31,1631,08092.9%
606CLEVELAND ISDTX1112,51311,61392.8%
607Coachella Valley UnifiedCA2115,81714,68292.8%
608PRESIDIO ISDTX31,0851,00792.8%
609Santa Maria-BonitaCA2117,40816,15392.8%
610ARDMOREOK62,5462,35992.7%
611NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23NY287,2576,72592.7%
612TULSA HONOR CHARTER ACADEMYOK31,2621,17092.7%
613Atherton Community SchoolsMI363859192.6%
614Berne Union LocalOH281333992.6%
615Clarke CountyGA2112,27511,36792.6%
616Godwin Heights Public SchoolsMI51,9281,78692.6%
617Grady CountyGA74,7904,43692.6%
618HEARNE ISDTX271866592.6%
619LOVINGNM373468092.6%
620Weaver UnionCA33,0472,82192.6%
621Myrtle Point SD 41OR357339392.5%
622Buena Vista City Public SchoolsVA488681992.4%
623DONNA ISDTX2012,93711,94192.4%
624Early CountyGA31,4821,37092.4%
625Godfrey-Lee Public SchoolsMI51,6501,52592.4%
626EDCOUCH-ELSA ISDTX94,3494,01592.3%
627LA JOYA ISDTX3622,94221,16792.3%
628TORNILLO ISDTX372667092.3%
629TRINITY ISDTX31,1791,08892.3%
630Van Dyke Public SchoolsMI62,0261,87092.3%
631Inglewood UnifiedCA166,7276,19992.2%
632San Bernardino City UnifiedCA7244,08040,62092.2%
633Star International AcademyMI22,0981,93492.2%
634CASTLEBERRY ISDTX73,8513,54892.1%
635Fredericksburg City Public SchoolsVA53,6293,34392.1%
636Troup CountyGA1912,26211,29292.1%
637Fannin CountyGA52,7532,53492.0%
638Griffin-Spalding CountyGA189,3508,59892.0%
639Lakewood Township School DistrictNJ84,1933,85692.0%
640New Century SchoolMN596688992.0%
641Petersburg City Public SchoolsVA74,5824,21592.0%
642Yukon-Koyukuk School DistrictAK114,02431092.0%
643Bridgeton City School DistrictNJ85,7645,29891.9%
644Hermiston SD 8OR95,3204,89091.9%
645Selma UnifiedCA125,9115,43091.9%
646Banning UnifiedCA94,2343,88691.8%
647NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19NY5318,61917,09691.8%
648Universal Academy Charter SchoolMN467962391.8%
649Newton CountyGA2218,67217,11491.7%
650SOUTH SAN ANTONIO ISDTX157,9877,32591.7%

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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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