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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 201 to 250.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
201South Pike School DistrictMS51,4611,45599.6%
202Sussex County Public SchoolsVA31,0471,04399.6%
203Appling CountyGA53,4143,39699.5%
204Beaver LocalOH31,72454499.5%
205Brunswick County SchoolsNC2013,56113,49299.5%
206Clayton CountyGA6851,32651,07799.5%
207Clinton City SchoolsNC53,0153,00099.5%
208Dolton SD 149IL82,1922,18099.5%
209Halifax County Public SchoolsVA104,4964,47599.5%
210Hoke County SchoolsNC148,7328,68799.5%
211Kannapolis City SchoolsNC95,3775,34899.5%
212MS Achievement SD Of Yazoo CityMS31,8241,81599.5%
213North Bolivar ConsolidatedMS374974599.5%
214Norton City Public SchoolsVA285585199.5%
215PROGRESO ISDTX41,3391,33299.5%
216Roanoke Rapids City SchoolsNC52,7442,72999.5%
217Saint Marys Area SDPA41,8451,83699.5%
218South Delta School DistrictMS354854599.5%
219TULAROSANM488373999.5%
220Adena LocalOH31,08452199.4%
221Betty Shabazz Internl Chrtr SchIL252452199.4%
222Claysburg-Kimmel SDPA371471099.4%
223Curwensville Area SDPA296295699.4%
224East St Louis SD 189IL104,6464,61699.4%
225Greater Johnstown SDPA42,8052,78899.4%
226HollandaleMS353453199.4%
227INSPIRED VISION ACADEMYTX21,1361,12999.4%
228Nome Public SchoolsAK467263699.4%
229PONTOTOC COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTMS73,4653,44499.4%
230Pocono Mountain SDPA97,7817,73799.4%
231Pottsgrove SDPA52,9322,91499.4%
232Saint Croix School DistrictVI105,1455,11599.4%
233Saint Thomas - Saint John School DistrictVI105,2655,23599.4%
234Scott County School DistrictMS83,9893,96599.4%
235Thomasville City SchoolsNC42,1492,13699.4%
236Wayne County School DistrictMS62,9772,95999.4%
237Winona-Montgomery Consolidated School DistrictMS21,0691,06399.4%
238Altoona Area SDPA106,8526,80199.3%
239Bellwood SD 88IL61,9981,80899.3%
240Choctaw County SchoolsMS41,2331,22499.3%
241Edenton-Chowan SchoolsNC41,7671,75599.3%
242Franklin Area SDPA41,7481,73599.3%
243Girard City School DistrictOH41,48991399.3%
244Greene County SchoolsNC62,6992,68199.3%
245Hickory City SchoolsNC93,7353,70899.3%
246LAMAR SCHOOL DISTRICTAR31,2541,24599.3%
247Minnesota Math and Science AcademyMN257056699.3%
248Mount Airy City SchoolsNC41,7861,77499.3%
249NASHVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICTAR41,7861,77499.3%
250PALESTINE WHEATLEY SCHOOL DISTRICTAR282682099.3%

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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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