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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 851 to 900.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
851Thermalito Union ElementaryCA61,5151,31587.1%
852VANGUARD ACADEMYTX66,8145,93287.1%
853Gulfport School DistrictMS95,9275,15687.0%
854HIAWATHA ACADEMIESMN41,6601,44587.0%
855Liberty LocalOH41,12264987.0%
856Lincoln Park School District of the City ofMI114,8464,21687.0%
857Lincoln-King Adams-Young AcademyMI31,6091,40087.0%
858SOUTHSIDE ISDTX106,0915,29887.0%
859Ware CountyGA95,9205,15387.0%
860ANADARKOOK51,3091,13886.9%
861JUBILEE ACADEMIESTX105,1404,46686.9%
862Muskegon Public Schools of the City ofMI73,3252,89086.9%
863Pierce CountyGA53,6473,16886.9%
864ALDINE ISDTX7656,41948,97586.8%
865CHECOTAHOK41,4281,24086.8%
866HIDALGO ISDTX62,9182,53286.8%
867Kings Canyon Joint UnifiedCA219,6968,41386.8%
868LUFKIN ISDTX166,8655,96186.8%
869NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11NY6230,13826,15786.8%
870Ontario-MontclairCA3317,64015,31986.8%
871Pomona UnifiedCA3720,42217,72786.8%
872BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY6129,42525,50186.7%
873Eastside Union ElementaryCA63,0322,62886.7%
874Mount Vernon SD 80IL41,4451,25386.7%
875PORT ARTHUR ISDTX138,0416,97386.7%
876RAYMONDVILLE ISDTX51,9631,70286.7%
877Brookings-Harbor SD 17COR31,2781,10786.6%
878Fresno UnifiedCA10067,87358,75886.6%
879Toppenish School DistrictWA93,6463,15886.6%
880City of Baker School DistrictLA41,00086586.5%
881HARLANDALE ISDTX2111,5649,99986.5%
882Santa Rita Union ElementaryCA63,0882,67086.5%
883ALIEF ISDTX4638,61033,32686.4%
884Baldwin CountyGA64,5103,89686.4%
885Montebello UnifiedCA2919,14916,09386.4%
886Round Lake CUSD 116IL96,4735,59486.4%
887Fairfield CityAL41,3481,16386.3%
888MULESHOE ISDTX41,3301,14886.3%
889Page County Public SchoolsVA82,9282,52686.3%
890Vale SD 84OR491278786.3%
891Lee CountyKY289076786.2%
892MISSION CISDTX2213,76511,86686.2%
893NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6NY4517,41515,02086.2%
894North Monterey County UnifiedCA84,2893,69886.2%
895Selma CityAL82,3011,98386.2%
896West New York School DistrictNJ97,3996,38186.2%
897Delano Union ElementaryCA126,1855,32786.1%
898Hemet UnifiedCA2722,77819,61086.1%
899Antietam SDPA31,13997986.0%
900Fairfield LocalOH385037086.0%

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