South Dakota: the highest-poverty school districts

50 districts

South Dakota 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.

#	District	State	Schools	Students	Students on FRL	% FRL
1	Todd County School District 66-1	SD	11	1,980	1,975	100%
2	Wagner Community School District 11-4	SD	4	919	919	100%
3	Oglala Lakota County School District 65-1	SD	6	1,696	1,693	99.8%
4	Huron School District 02-2	SD	10	3,078	2,017	66.4%
5	Sisseton School District 54-2	SD	3	965	625	64.8%
6	Chamberlain School District 07-1	SD	3	858	455	53.0%
7	Sioux Falls School District 49-5	SD	44	25,060	12,813	51.2%
8	Flandreau School District 50-3	SD	4	715	342	50.2%
9	Mobridge-Pollock School District 62-6	SD	4	596	263	44.1%
10	Belle Fourche School District 09-1	SD	5	1,274	550	43.2%
11	Rapid City Area School District 51-4	SD	26	12,610	5,448	43.2%
12	Winner School District 59-2	SD	3	827	345	41.7%
13	Aberdeen School District 06-1	SD	10	4,241	1,696	40.1%
14	Mitchell School District 17-2	SD	9	2,628	1,024	39.5%
15	Watertown School District 14-4	SD	9	3,754	1,337	35.8%
16	Douglas School District 51-1	SD	4	2,808	1,002	35.7%
17	Yankton School District 63-3	SD	6	3,021	1,044	34.6%
18	Bon Homme School District 04-2	SD	7	582	187	34.1%
19	Parkston School District 33-3	SD	6	561	189	33.7%
20	Meade School District 46-1	SD	11	3,047	1,001	32.9%
21	Milbank School District 25-4	SD	4	973	314	32.6%
22	Vermillion School District 13-1	SD	5	2,041	659	32.3%
23	Hamlin School District 28-3	SD	3	896	287	32.0%
24	Hot Springs School District 23-2	SD	3	710	221	31.1%
25	Pierre School District 32-2	SD	5	2,749	853	31.0%
26	Custer School District 16-1	SD	6	887	269	30.3%
27	Redfield School District 56-4	SD	4	523	146	28.3%
28	Webster Area School District 18-5	SD	3	546	152	27.8%
29	Lead-Deadwood School District 40-1	SD	4	647	179	27.7%
30	Hill City School District 51-2	SD	3	520	141	27.1%
31	Madison Central School District 39-2	SD	3	1,169	287	24.6%
32	Beresford School District 61-2	SD	3	648	154	23.8%
33	Canton School District 41-1	SD	3	888	192	21.6%
34	Tea Area School District 41-5	SD	5	2,509	517	20.6%
35	Deuel School District 19-4	SD	3	550	113	20.5%
36	Brookings School District 05-1	SD	8	3,546	723	20.4%
37	Tri-Valley School District 49-6	SD	4	952	192	20.2%
38	Platte - Geddes School District 11-5	SD	5	522	87	19.1%
39	Groton Area School District 06-6	SD	3	578	110	19.0%
40	Spearfish School District 40-2	SD	7	2,398	444	18.5%
41	Harrisburg School District 41-2	SD	11	6,222	1,127	18.1%
42	Brandon Valley School District 49-2	SD	8	5,182	923	17.8%
43	Lennox School District 41-4	SD	5	1,192	212	17.8%
44	Elk Point-Jefferson School District 61-7	SD	3	697	118	16.9%
45	Chester Area School District 39-1	SD	7	582	69	16.7%
46	Baltic School District 49-1	SD	3	568	88	15.5%
47	Dell Rapids School District 49-3	SD	3	965	143	14.8%
48	Dakota Valley School District 61-8	SD	4	1,341	190	14.2%
49	Sioux Valley School District 05-5	SD	3	742	99	13.3%
50	West Central School District 49-7	SD	6	1,418	178	12.6%

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