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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 801 to 850.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
801Galena City School DistrictAK48,16825788.0%
802Kerman UnifiedCA95,2724,63988.0%
803Lancaster ElementaryCA2313,76512,10988.0%
804Twin Rivers UnifiedCA4424,77021,79488.0%
805Winston Salem / Forsyth County SchoolsNC7951,74545,51488.0%
806Atlantic City School DistrictNJ116,3395,57387.9%
807Lindsay UnifiedCA103,9283,45187.9%
808WINONA ISDTX31,1661,02587.9%
809Bakersfield CityCA4428,36524,91687.8%
810Conneaut SDPA51,9761,73487.8%
811LIBERTY-EYLAU ISDTX41,9371,70187.8%
812BROWNFIELD ISDTX51,6081,41087.7%
813Gaston County SchoolsNC5630,99527,19387.7%
814SAN ANTONIO ISDTX10047,62341,41687.7%
815Simpson County School DistrictMS62,7972,45287.7%
816AUSTIN ACHIEVE PUBLIC SCHOOLSTX52,7132,37787.6%
817Lansing Public School DistrictMI2610,0488,80587.6%
818NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16NY235,1754,53287.6%
819Rockdale CountyGA1815,34213,44687.6%
820Wheeler CountyGA384874387.6%
821Azusa UnifiedCA106,0285,27487.5%
822Bleckley CountyGA52,5812,25887.5%
823Harrisonburg City Public SchoolsVA106,6525,82387.5%
824KONAWAOK353646987.5%
825Los NietosCA41,2101,05987.5%
826Natchitoches ParishLA134,7924,19187.5%
827Bridgeport School DistrictCT3619,80217,30987.4%
828Edison ElementaryCA21,10696687.3%
829SAN DIEGO ISDTX31,4531,26887.3%
830Val Verde UnifiedCA2219,06516,65287.3%
831Greene CountyAL384173387.2%
832Laton Joint UnifiedCA460352687.2%
833LiberalKS84,6534,05687.2%
834Moreno Valley UnifiedCA3831,00127,04087.2%
835PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONPR856236,079205,97087.2%
836Soledad UnifiedCA104,8054,19087.2%
837Towns CountyGA396684287.2%
838WEWOKAOK357149887.2%
839Adams County School District 14CO125,2214,39387.1%
840Bulloch CountyGA1510,9999,58087.1%
841DOVE SCHOOLS OF TULSA (CHARTER)OK31,4681,27987.1%
842Madison CountyGA75,1654,49787.1%
843Melvindale-Northern Allen Park SchoolsMI42,9832,59887.1%
844NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10NY8340,45935,25187.1%
845Randolph County School SystemNC3214,99413,06687.1%
846Thermalito Union ElementaryCA61,5151,31587.1%
847VANGUARD ACADEMYTX66,8145,93287.1%
848Gulfport School DistrictMS95,9275,15687.0%
849HIAWATHA ACADEMIESMN41,6601,44587.0%
850Liberty LocalOH41,12264987.0%

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