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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 651 to 700.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
651Mabton School DistrictWA373567291.6%
652OKLAHOMA CITYOK5832,86430,11491.6%
653Bridgeport School DistrictWA477270691.5%
654North Chicago SD 187IL83,6373,32991.5%
655Northmor LocalOH299190791.5%
656Nyssa SD 26OR42,1151,03291.5%
657THE VARNETT PUBLIC SCHOOLTX31,1591,06091.5%
658Bath County Public SchoolsVA350946591.4%
659Benton County School DistrictMS390943391.4%
660Carroll County Public SchoolsVA93,4373,14391.4%
661Center Consolidated School District 26JTCO562855391.4%
662Holly Springs School DistrictMS499390891.4%
663Pulaski County Public SchoolsVA84,3853,15591.4%
664YES PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS INCTX2419,57317,88091.4%
665Corcoran Joint UnifiedCA83,1752,89291.3%
666Farmersville UnifiedCA62,3462,14191.3%
667Heard CountyGA62,2462,05191.3%
668Madison ParishLA51,1331,03491.3%
669New Brunswick School DistrictNJ138,3377,61191.3%
670Colonial Beach Public SchoolsVA259354191.2%
671KIPP TULSA ACADEMY CHARTEROK252347791.2%
672Wahluke School DistrictWA82,4552,24091.2%
673Whitfield CountyGA2211,94210,89391.2%
674Wise County Public SchoolsVA115,7795,27391.2%
675ROCHESTER MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMYMN255250391.1%
676Riverdale Joint UnifiedCA51,4261,29391.1%
677Russell County Public SchoolsVA113,5833,26591.1%
678Springfield SD 19OR218,9288,13691.1%
679Alisal UnionCA137,3036,64591.0%
680Madera UnifiedCA2819,92218,12691.0%
681Southampton County Public SchoolsVA62,3632,15191.0%
682Wasco Union ElementaryCA63,4733,16191.0%
683Wayne CountyGA85,3484,17091.0%
684Baker SD 5JOR115,2011,39590.9%
685Fairview IndependentKY252848090.9%
686BEST ACADEMYMN279071790.8%
687LA VEGA ISDTX63,0932,80690.8%
688SAN ELIZARIO ISDTX62,9272,65890.8%
689South Whittier ElementaryCA62,2532,04490.7%
690Chandler Park AcademyMI32,0191,83090.6%
691FABENS ISDTX41,8651,68990.6%
692Prodeo AcademyMN61,1161,01190.6%
693El Monte Union HighCA77,2786,58390.5%
694Red River ParishLA51,2431,12590.5%
695Richland Union ElementaryCA42,4102,18290.5%
696Taft CityCA62,4042,17590.5%
697Woodlake UnifiedCA62,0811,88390.5%
698Bassett UnifiedCA72,7982,52890.4%
699Butler Technology & Career Development SchoolsOH41,39828290.4%
700MERCEDES ISDTX114,2073,80390.4%

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