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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 101 to 150.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
101POTOSI R-IIIMO42,1102,110100%
102PRESCOTT SCHOOL DISTRICTAR3901901100%
103PershingNV4666504100%
104Philadelphia Public School DistrictMS2757757100%
105Poplar ElemMT3570570100%
106Pulaski CountyGA31,3201,320100%
107Quitman County School DistrictMS3835835100%
108RITENOURMO106,5796,579100%
109RIVERCREST SCHOOL DISTRICTAR31,2051,205100%
110ROSWELLNM229,1849,180100%
111Randolph CountyGA3635635100%
112Riverside AcademyMI2867867100%
113Ronan ElemMT31,0391,039100%
114SANTA FENM2911,1829,030100%
115SENATH-HORNERSVILLE C-8MO3708708100%
116SIKESTON R-6MO73,2773,277100%
117SOUTH PEMISCOT CO. R-VMO3578578100%
118ST. LOUIS CITYMO6217,93317,927100%
119Seminole CountyGA21,3321,332100%
120Spartanburg 07SC107,624369100%
121Sunflower County Consolidated School DistrictMS112,8072,807100%
122TWO RIVERS SCHOOL DISTRICTAR2707707100%
123Taylor CountyGA41,1761,176100%
124Telfair CountyGA41,5431,543100%
125Thomaston-Upson CountyGA43,9961,925100%
126Todd County School District 66-1SD111,9801,975100%
127Turner CountyGA31,1071,107100%
128UNIVERSITY ACADEMYMO31,1111,111100%
129UNIVERSITY CITYMO72,8532,853100%
130Vicksburg Warren School DistrictMS146,6106,608100%
131Vineland ElementaryCA2638638100%
132WARSAW R-IXMO41,2411,241100%
133WEST LAS VEGASNM101,6011,601100%
134WEST MEMPHIS SCHOOL DISTRICTAR94,5114,509100%
135Wagner Community School District 11-4SD4919919100%
136White Pine County School DistrictNV91,2561,231100%
137Wilkinson CountyGA41,0361,036100%
138Wilkinson County School DistrictMS3694694100%
139Williamsburg 01SC102,79478100%
140BELENNM103,5003,49799.9%
141Bristol City Public SchoolsVA83,2382,81299.9%
142CONFLUENCE ACADEMIESMO62,4602,45799.9%
143Cleveland School DistrictMS82,7932,78999.9%
144Crisp CountyGA53,3113,30799.9%
145Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School DistrictMS123,7183,71699.9%
146HOT SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICTAR63,5763,57499.9%
147HattiesburgMS83,9183,91499.9%
148Henry County Public SchoolsVA136,9166,90799.9%
149HumboldtNV133,2331,34899.9%
150Jackson Public SchoolsMS3516,87016,85699.9%

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50 states
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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