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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 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%
309Martin County SchoolsNC103,3823,34999.0%
310Parkway LocalOH397430399.0%
311Polk County SchoolsNC72,1102,08999.0%
312Putnam CountyGA42,9382,90899.0%
313Riverside SDPA31,4931,47899.0%
314WESTSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Johnson)AR258557999.0%
315Yazoo County School DistrictMS41,2161,20499.0%
316Anson County SchoolsNC92,9242,89398.9%
317Bensalem Township SDPA96,3686,29698.9%
318Big Beaver Falls Area SDPA41,6131,59598.9%
319COUNTY LINE SCHOOL DISTRICTAR255655098.9%
320Carlynton SDPA31,3311,31798.9%
321Cornell SDPA254153598.9%
322Cory-Rawson LocalOH250126298.9%
323DULCENM355454898.9%
324Dodge CountyGA52,6592,62998.9%
325Durham Public SchoolsNC5531,79731,44398.9%
326East Tallahatchie School DistrictMS379778898.9%
327JESSIEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICTAR379178298.9%
328Mechanicsburg Exempted VillageOH382726398.9%
329North PanolaMS41,1031,09198.9%
330Pamlico County SchoolsNC41,1301,11898.9%
331Patrick Henry LocalOH388726998.9%
332Pittsburgh SDPA5619,21118,88298.9%
333SEARCY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTAR380779898.9%
334Southwest Region School DistrictAK861560898.9%
335Tattnall CountyGA53,5013,46398.9%
336Washington County SchoolsNC51,3171,30298.9%
337West Tallahatchie School DistrictMS254854298.9%
338Allen East LocalOH31,04225098.8%
339Bradford Exempted VillageOH251324198.8%
340Burke County SchoolsNC2611,66711,52298.8%
341CEDARVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICTAR373172298.8%
342Clark CountyNV375301,622293,29298.8%
343Coudersport Area SDPA250950398.8%
344Crawford CountyGA41,5161,49898.8%
345Crestview LocalOH493924698.8%
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 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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