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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 901 to 950.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
901CLINT ISDTX1410,0778,65685.9%
902COTULLA ISDTX41,15799485.9%
903Franklin County Public SchoolsVA146,5405,62185.9%
904Northern Cambria SDPA375865185.9%
905Sheridan School District No. 2CO51,01887485.9%
906Calistoga Joint UnifiedCA376765285.8%
907Hanover Area SDPA52,2041,89085.8%
908Yakima School DistrictWA2715,48813,28985.8%
909Cumberland County SchoolsNC8649,00241,97185.7%
910Detroit Community SchoolsMI266557085.7%
911IDABELOK41,2771,09585.7%
912TAFT ISDTX381269685.7%
913Claiborne ParishLA61,6161,38485.6%
914EAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY)NY1410,4248,92085.6%
915Wilsona ElementaryCA31,2711,08885.6%
916Bullock CountyAL31,3271,13485.5%
917Muscogee CountyGA5430,09125,73685.5%
918POINT ISABEL ISDTX51,7861,52485.5%
919RSU 41/MSAD 41ME357849485.5%
920South Panola School DistrictMS64,2203,60685.5%
921Sunnyside School DistrictWA96,1515,25785.5%
922Wapato School DistrictWA103,1982,72285.5%
923Alvord UnifiedCA2316,43214,04085.4%
924Chattooga CountyGA52,6762,28585.4%
925GADSDENFL164,6333,95685.4%
926HASKELLOK374763885.4%
927IRVING ISDTX3731,91827,26085.4%
928Dayton IndependentKY281169285.3%
929McFarland UnifiedCA73,2822,79985.3%
930Pittsylvania County Public SchoolsVA187,8306,67785.3%
931Victor ElementaryCA1812,30310,49585.3%
932BROOKS COUNTY ISDTX51,1801,00585.2%
933FRONTIER SCHOOLSMO51,5871,35285.2%
934Madison-Plains LocalOH41,09452385.2%
935Carman-Ainsworth Community SchoolsMI93,5002,98085.1%
936Community School of ExcellenceMN31,4551,23885.1%
937SHAWNEEOK73,3292,83285.1%
938Ceres UnifiedCA2313,66511,61185.0%
939Detroit Public Schools Community DistrictMI10348,44841,19185.0%
940Harrison Public SchoolsNJ52,1921,86385.0%
941NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18NY3411,0629,40885.0%
942Colton Joint UnifiedCA2718,39715,62684.9%
943Forest Municipal School DistrictMS31,6381,39184.9%
944HOUSTON GATEWAY ACADEMY INCTX32,1571,83284.9%
945HUGOOK41,07491284.9%
946Lowndes CountyAL71,10994184.9%
947McComb LocalOH359125984.9%
948Monessen City SDPA365155384.9%
949NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4NY3011,3169,61084.9%
950National ElementaryCA103,9643,36584.9%

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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 270Missouri 290Northern Mariana Islands 1Mississippi 136Montana 54North Carolina 114North Dakota 35Nebraska 87New Hampshire 73New Jersey 369New Mexico 49Nevada 15New York 573Ohio 372Oklahoma 225Oregon 104Pennsylvania 398Puerto Rico 1Rhode Island 37South Carolina 12South Dakota 50Tennessee 1Texas 747Utah 55Virginia 115US Virgin Islands 2Vermont 46Washington 183Wisconsin 289Wyoming 33

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