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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 651 to 700.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
651NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19NY5318,61917,09691.8%
652Universal Academy Charter SchoolMN467962391.8%
653Newton CountyGA2218,67217,11491.7%
654SOUTH SAN ANTONIO ISDTX157,9877,32591.7%
655Mabton School DistrictWA373567291.6%
656OKLAHOMA CITYOK5832,86430,11491.6%
657Bridgeport School DistrictWA477270691.5%
658North Chicago SD 187IL83,6373,32991.5%
659Northmor LocalOH299190791.5%
660Nyssa SD 26OR42,1151,03291.5%
661THE VARNETT PUBLIC SCHOOLTX31,1591,06091.5%
662Bath County Public SchoolsVA350946591.4%
663Benton County School DistrictMS390943391.4%
664Carroll County Public SchoolsVA93,4373,14391.4%
665Center Consolidated School District 26JTCO562855391.4%
666Holly Springs School DistrictMS499390891.4%
667Pulaski County Public SchoolsVA84,3853,15591.4%
668YES PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS INCTX2419,57317,88091.4%
669Corcoran Joint UnifiedCA83,1752,89291.3%
670Farmersville UnifiedCA62,3462,14191.3%
671Heard CountyGA62,2462,05191.3%
672Madison ParishLA51,1331,03491.3%
673New Brunswick School DistrictNJ138,3377,61191.3%
674Colonial Beach Public SchoolsVA259354191.2%
675KIPP TULSA ACADEMY CHARTEROK252347791.2%
676Wahluke School DistrictWA82,4552,24091.2%
677Whitfield CountyGA2211,94210,89391.2%
678Wise County Public SchoolsVA115,7795,27391.2%
679ROCHESTER MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMYMN255250391.1%
680Riverdale Joint UnifiedCA51,4261,29391.1%
681Russell County Public SchoolsVA113,5833,26591.1%
682Springfield SD 19OR218,9288,13691.1%
683Alisal UnionCA137,3036,64591.0%
684Madera UnifiedCA2819,92218,12691.0%
685Southampton County Public SchoolsVA62,3632,15191.0%
686Wasco Union ElementaryCA63,4733,16191.0%
687Wayne CountyGA85,3484,17091.0%
688Baker SD 5JOR115,2011,39590.9%
689Fairview IndependentKY252848090.9%
690BEST ACADEMYMN279071790.8%
691LA VEGA ISDTX63,0932,80690.8%
692SAN ELIZARIO ISDTX62,9272,65890.8%
693South Whittier ElementaryCA62,2532,04490.7%
694Chandler Park AcademyMI32,0191,83090.6%
695FABENS ISDTX41,8651,68990.6%
696Prodeo AcademyMN61,1161,01190.6%
697El Monte Union HighCA77,2786,58390.5%
698Red River ParishLA51,2431,12590.5%
699Richland Union ElementaryCA42,4102,18290.5%
700Taft CityCA62,4042,17590.5%

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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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