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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 901 to 950.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
901Firebaugh-Las Deltas UnifiedCA62,2321,91386.0%
902HighlanderRI260952486.0%
903McDuffie CountyGA63,0882,65586.0%
904Newport IndependentKY41,2901,11086.0%
905Richmond County Public SchoolsVA21,3981,20286.0%
906CLINT ISDTX1410,0778,65685.9%
907COTULLA ISDTX41,15799485.9%
908Franklin County Public SchoolsVA146,5405,62185.9%
909Northern Cambria SDPA375865185.9%
910Sheridan School District No. 2CO51,01887485.9%
911Calistoga Joint UnifiedCA376765285.8%
912Hanover Area SDPA52,2041,89085.8%
913Yakima School DistrictWA2715,48813,28985.8%
914Cumberland County SchoolsNC8649,00241,97185.7%
915Detroit Community SchoolsMI266557085.7%
916IDABELOK41,2771,09585.7%
917TAFT ISDTX381269685.7%
918Claiborne ParishLA61,6161,38485.6%
919EAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY)NY1410,4248,92085.6%
920Wilsona ElementaryCA31,2711,08885.6%
921Bullock CountyAL31,3271,13485.5%
922Muscogee CountyGA5430,09125,73685.5%
923POINT ISABEL ISDTX51,7861,52485.5%
924RSU 41/MSAD 41ME357849485.5%
925South Panola School DistrictMS64,2203,60685.5%
926Sunnyside School DistrictWA96,1515,25785.5%
927Wapato School DistrictWA103,1982,72285.5%
928Alvord UnifiedCA2316,43214,04085.4%
929Chattooga CountyGA52,6762,28585.4%
930GADSDENFL164,6333,95685.4%
931HASKELLOK374763885.4%
932IRVING ISDTX3731,91827,26085.4%
933Dayton IndependentKY281169285.3%
934McFarland UnifiedCA73,2822,79985.3%
935Pittsylvania County Public SchoolsVA187,8306,67785.3%
936Victor ElementaryCA1812,30310,49585.3%
937BROOKS COUNTY ISDTX51,1801,00585.2%
938FRONTIER SCHOOLSMO51,5871,35285.2%
939Madison-Plains LocalOH41,09452385.2%
940Carman-Ainsworth Community SchoolsMI93,5002,98085.1%
941Community School of ExcellenceMN31,4551,23885.1%
942SHAWNEEOK73,3292,83285.1%
943Ceres UnifiedCA2313,66511,61185.0%
944Detroit Public Schools Community DistrictMI10348,44841,19185.0%
945Harrison Public SchoolsNJ52,1921,86385.0%
946NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18NY3411,0629,40885.0%
947Colton Joint UnifiedCA2718,39715,62684.9%
948Forest Municipal School DistrictMS31,6381,39184.9%
949HOUSTON GATEWAY ACADEMY INCTX32,1571,83284.9%
950HUGOOK41,07491284.9%

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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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