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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 301 to 350.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
301Union Public School DistrictMS397696799.1%
302Wilkes County SchoolsNC228,5478,46799.1%
303YELLVILLE SUMMIT SCHOOL DISTRICTAR31,0411,03299.1%
304Erie City SDPA1510,47310,36699.0%
305Jeff Davis County School DistrictMS41,2171,20599.0%
306Lincoln County SDOR184,8324,14399.0%
307MAYNARD SCHOOL DISTRICTAR259458899.0%
308Mahanoy Area SDPA21,1321,12199.0%
309Marion County School DistrictMS61,7941,77699.0%
310Martin County SchoolsNC103,3823,34999.0%
311Parkway LocalOH397430399.0%
312Polk County SchoolsNC72,1102,08999.0%
313Putnam CountyGA42,9382,90899.0%
314Riverside SDPA31,4931,47899.0%
315WESTSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Johnson)AR258557999.0%
316Yazoo County School DistrictMS41,2161,20499.0%
317Anson County SchoolsNC92,9242,89398.9%
318Bensalem Township SDPA96,3686,29698.9%
319Big Beaver Falls Area SDPA41,6131,59598.9%
320COUNTY LINE SCHOOL DISTRICTAR255655098.9%
321Carlynton SDPA31,3311,31798.9%
322Cornell SDPA254153598.9%
323Cory-Rawson LocalOH250126298.9%
324DULCENM355454898.9%
325Dodge CountyGA52,6592,62998.9%
326Durham Public SchoolsNC5531,79731,44398.9%
327East Tallahatchie School DistrictMS379778898.9%
328JESSIEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICTAR379178298.9%
329Mechanicsburg Exempted VillageOH382726398.9%
330North PanolaMS41,1031,09198.9%
331Pamlico County SchoolsNC41,1301,11898.9%
332Patrick Henry LocalOH388726998.9%
333Pittsburgh SDPA5619,21118,88298.9%
334SEARCY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTAR380779898.9%
335Southwest Region School DistrictAK861560898.9%
336Tattnall CountyGA53,5013,46398.9%
337Washington County SchoolsNC51,3171,30298.9%
338West Tallahatchie School DistrictMS254854298.9%
339Allen East LocalOH31,04225098.8%
340Bradford Exempted VillageOH251324198.8%
341Burke County SchoolsNC2611,66711,52298.8%
342CEDARVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICTAR373172298.8%
343Clark CountyNV375301,622293,29298.8%
344Coudersport Area SDPA250950398.8%
345Crawford CountyGA41,5161,49898.8%
346Dolton SD 148IL102,0772,05298.8%
347GREENLAND SCHOOL DISTRICTAR374748198.8%
348Haywood County SchoolsNC156,4766,39698.8%
349Montgomery County SchoolsNC113,5873,54498.8%
350RUIDOSONM41,7881,76798.8%

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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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