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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 401 to 450.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
401Sampson County SchoolsNC187,9867,86098.4%
402Surry County SchoolsNC207,3187,20398.4%
403Antwerp LocalOH366517598.3%
404Buckingham County Public SchoolsVA51,8681,83798.3%
405Carmichaels Area SDPA393491898.3%
406Danbury LocalOH355516998.3%
407Octorara Area SDPA51,9681,63598.3%
408Peach CountyGA73,9803,91198.3%
409RATONNM383181798.3%
410Reynolds SDPA295694098.3%
411Uniontown Area SDPA92,4852,44398.3%
412Vance County SchoolsNC165,2055,11498.3%
413Wyoming Valley West SDPA64,8944,81398.3%
414Apollo-Ridge SDPA31,1361,11698.2%
415California Area SDPA393391698.2%
416Cherokee County SchoolsNC132,9922,93998.2%
417Granville County SchoolsNC166,4026,28498.2%
418MAGNOLIA SCHOOL DISTRICTAR52,5052,45998.2%
419Meriwether CountyGA72,2452,20098.2%
420Newport News City Public SchoolsVA4025,88225,41198.2%
421Union City Area SDPA394993298.2%
422Weldon City SchoolsNC466465298.2%
423York City SDPA96,3066,19498.2%
424Coahoma County School DistrictMS51,00999098.1%
425Dougherty CountyGA2213,24112,98798.1%
426Forest Hills SDPA21,7921,75898.1%
427Gateway SDPA63,4413,37798.1%
428Jefferson County SD 509JOR92,7122,63298.1%
429Buncombe County SchoolsNC4522,45221,99498.0%
430Clarksdale Municipal School DistrictMS71,8571,81998.0%
431Jeff Davis CountyGA43,0743,01198.0%
432McDowell County SchoolsNC165,7125,59998.0%
433Mitchell County SchoolsNC92,3622,31498.0%
434Norfolk City Public SchoolsVA4426,80726,27498.0%
435Northern Lehigh SDPA41,6161,58398.0%
436Philadelphia City SDPA220116,230113,91198.0%
437SOCORRONM61,3181,29298.0%
438Belle Vernon Area SDPA42,4162,36597.9%
439Bladen County SchoolsNC123,9283,84597.9%
440Colonial Heights City Public SchoolsVA52,9712,91097.9%
441Hancock CountyGA365263897.9%
442SANTA ROSANM557256097.9%
443West Mifflin Area SDPA42,3932,34297.9%
444Wilkes CountyGA41,2621,23597.9%
445Catasauqua Area SDPA31,5331,49997.8%
446Fairfax ElementaryCA42,6672,60997.8%
447JASPER SCHOOL DISTRICTAR688466497.8%
448Summit SD 104IL51,4351,40397.8%
449Crescent AcademyMI365964497.7%
450East Moline SD 37IL62,6412,42597.7%

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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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