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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 851 to 900.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
851Lincoln Park School District of the City ofMI114,8464,21687.0%
852Lincoln-King Adams-Young AcademyMI31,6091,40087.0%
853SOUTHSIDE ISDTX106,0915,29887.0%
854Ware CountyGA95,9205,15387.0%
855ANADARKOOK51,3091,13886.9%
856JUBILEE ACADEMIESTX105,1404,46686.9%
857Muskegon Public Schools of the City ofMI73,3252,89086.9%
858Pierce CountyGA53,6473,16886.9%
859ALDINE ISDTX7656,41948,97586.8%
860CHECOTAHOK41,4281,24086.8%
861HIDALGO ISDTX62,9182,53286.8%
862Kings Canyon Joint UnifiedCA219,6968,41386.8%
863LUFKIN ISDTX166,8655,96186.8%
864NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11NY6230,13826,15786.8%
865Ontario-MontclairCA3317,64015,31986.8%
866Pomona UnifiedCA3720,42217,72786.8%
867BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY6129,42525,50186.7%
868Eastside Union ElementaryCA63,0322,62886.7%
869Mount Vernon SD 80IL41,4451,25386.7%
870PORT ARTHUR ISDTX138,0416,97386.7%
871RAYMONDVILLE ISDTX51,9631,70286.7%
872Brookings-Harbor SD 17COR31,2781,10786.6%
873Fresno UnifiedCA10067,87358,75886.6%
874Toppenish School DistrictWA93,6463,15886.6%
875City of Baker School DistrictLA41,00086586.5%
876HARLANDALE ISDTX2111,5649,99986.5%
877Santa Rita Union ElementaryCA63,0882,67086.5%
878ALIEF ISDTX4638,61033,32686.4%
879Baldwin CountyGA64,5103,89686.4%
880Montebello UnifiedCA2919,14916,09386.4%
881Round Lake CUSD 116IL96,4735,59486.4%
882Fairfield CityAL41,3481,16386.3%
883MULESHOE ISDTX41,3301,14886.3%
884Page County Public SchoolsVA82,9282,52686.3%
885Vale SD 84OR491278786.3%
886Lee CountyKY289076786.2%
887MISSION CISDTX2213,76511,86686.2%
888NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6NY4517,41515,02086.2%
889North Monterey County UnifiedCA84,2893,69886.2%
890Selma CityAL82,3011,98386.2%
891West New York School DistrictNJ97,3996,38186.2%
892Delano Union ElementaryCA126,1855,32786.1%
893Hemet UnifiedCA2722,77819,61086.1%
894Antietam SDPA31,13997986.0%
895Fairfield LocalOH385037086.0%
896Firebaugh-Las Deltas UnifiedCA62,2321,91386.0%
897HighlanderRI260952486.0%
898McDuffie CountyGA63,0882,65586.0%
899Newport IndependentKY41,2901,11086.0%
900Richmond County Public SchoolsVA21,3981,20286.0%

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