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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 101 to 150.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
101PRESCOTT SCHOOL DISTRICTAR3901901100%
102PershingNV4666504100%
103Philadelphia Public School DistrictMS2757757100%
104Poplar ElemMT3570570100%
105Pulaski CountyGA31,3201,320100%
106Quitman County School DistrictMS3835835100%
107RITENOURMO106,5796,579100%
108RIVERCREST SCHOOL DISTRICTAR31,2051,205100%
109ROSWELLNM229,1849,180100%
110Randolph CountyGA3635635100%
111Riverside AcademyMI2867867100%
112Ronan ElemMT31,0391,039100%
113SANTA FENM2911,1829,030100%
114SENATH-HORNERSVILLE C-8MO3708708100%
115SIKESTON R-6MO73,2773,277100%
116SOUTH PEMISCOT CO. R-VMO3578578100%
117ST. LOUIS CITYMO6217,93317,927100%
118Seminole CountyGA21,3321,332100%
119Spartanburg 07SC107,624369100%
120Sunflower County Consolidated School DistrictMS112,8072,807100%
121TWO RIVERS SCHOOL DISTRICTAR2707707100%
122Taylor CountyGA41,1761,176100%
123Telfair CountyGA41,5431,543100%
124Thomaston-Upson CountyGA43,9961,925100%
125Todd County School District 66-1SD111,9801,975100%
126Turner CountyGA31,1071,107100%
127UNIVERSITY ACADEMYMO31,1111,111100%
128UNIVERSITY CITYMO72,8532,853100%
129Vicksburg Warren School DistrictMS146,6106,608100%
130Vineland ElementaryCA2638638100%
131WARSAW R-IXMO41,2411,241100%
132WEST LAS VEGASNM101,6011,601100%
133WEST MEMPHIS SCHOOL DISTRICTAR94,5114,509100%
134Wagner Community School District 11-4SD4919919100%
135White Pine County School DistrictNV91,2561,231100%
136Wilkinson CountyGA41,0361,036100%
137Wilkinson County School DistrictMS3694694100%
138Williamsburg 01SC102,79478100%
139BELENNM103,5003,49799.9%
140Bristol City Public SchoolsVA83,2382,81299.9%
141CONFLUENCE ACADEMIESMO62,4602,45799.9%
142Canton Public SchoolsMS83,4193,41499.9%
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 SchoolsMS4519,76519,75199.9%

By state

50 states
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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