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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 351 to 400.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
351Richmond City Public SchoolsVA4720,96220,27098.8%
352SOUTH SIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Van Buren)AR251851298.8%
353Stanly County SchoolsNC238,7438,63798.8%
354Worth SD 127IL31,0151,00398.8%
355Ashe County SchoolsNC62,6762,64198.7%
356Attala County SchoolsMS495294098.7%
357Bertie County SchoolsNC71,8191,79598.7%
358Cleveland County SchoolsNC2814,50414,31198.7%
359Detroit Academy of Arts and SciencesMI21,0331,02098.7%
360Hertford County SchoolsNC72,3672,33798.7%
361IZARD COUNTY CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICTAR369768898.7%
362Lee County SchoolsNC169,1689,05098.7%
363MOUNTAIN VIEW SCHOOL DISTRICTAR71,5691,54898.7%
364McIntosh CountyGA31,3941,37698.7%
365Washington SDPA31,4561,43798.7%
366Wayne County Public SchoolsNC3317,15016,92198.7%
367COSSATOT RIVER SCHOOL DISTRICTAR485584398.6%
368MARLIN ISDTX384383198.6%
369Madison County SchoolsNC72,0632,03598.6%
370Millcreek-West Unity LocalOH250120498.6%
371Nash County Public SchoolsNC2814,58714,37898.6%
372North Central LocalOH251620598.6%
373OSCEOLA SCHOOL DISTRICTAR487286098.6%
374Person County SchoolsNC124,4974,43298.6%
375Richmond County SchoolsNC156,5046,41098.6%
376SANTA MARIA ISDTX351250598.6%
377Three Rivers/Josephine County SDOR174,4404,33098.6%
378Warren County SchoolsNC61,5471,52698.6%
379Ben Hill CountyGA52,9102,01098.5%
380Benton Area SDPA360859998.5%
381CUBANM372171098.5%
382Columbia Falls ElemMT31,5051,48298.5%
383Derry Area SDPA31,7911,76498.5%
384Halifax County SchoolsNC112,1502,11798.5%
385Jones County SchoolsNC51,0161,00198.5%
386Marion CountyGA21,2931,27498.5%
387Mifflinburg Area SDPA41,7011,67598.5%
388New London LocalOH389220198.5%
389Public Schools of Robeson CountyNC3620,85620,54398.5%
390South Allegheny SDPA31,4201,39898.5%
391Arcadia LocalOH357818998.4%
392Dover Area SDPA63,1493,09998.4%
393Edgecombe County Public SchoolsNC196,3106,21098.4%
394Elbert CountyGA53,0072,95998.4%
395Lexington City SchoolsNC72,9532,90798.4%
396Madison CUSD 12IL361360398.4%
397Muhlenberg SDPA44,4094,34098.4%
398Northampton County SchoolsNC61,2511,23198.4%
399Pandora-Gilboa LocalOH352318098.4%
400Rockingham County SchoolsNC2311,11410,93898.4%

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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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