Texas: the highest-poverty school districts

750 districts

Texas 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 61.5%. Showing ranks 1 to 50.

#	District	State	Schools	Students	Students on FRL	% FRL
1	PROGRESO ISD	TX	4	1,339	1,332	99.5%
2	INSPIRED VISION ACADEMY	TX	2	1,136	1,129	99.4%
3	TEXAS EMPOWERMENT ACADEMY	TX	2	716	710	99.2%
4	MARLIN ISD	TX	3	843	831	98.6%
5	SANTA MARIA ISD	TX	3	512	505	98.6%
6	CITYSCAPE SCHOOLS	TX	2	1,259	1,222	97.1%
7	LAREDO ISD	TX	30	20,271	19,681	97.1%
8	SER-NINOS CHARTER SCHOOL	TX	4	1,193	1,156	96.9%
9	AMIGOS POR VIDA-FRIENDS FOR LIFE PUB CHTR SCH	TX	2	750	726	96.8%
10	RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD	TX	15	9,316	8,977	96.4%
11	RAUL YZAGUIRRE SCHOOLS FOR SUCCESS	TX	8	1,991	1,905	95.7%
12	WEST OSO ISD	TX	5	1,778	1,701	95.7%
13	EVERMAN ISD	TX	11	5,018	4,773	95.1%
14	GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY	TX	2	511	486	95.1%
15	ETOILE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL	TX	2	979	930	95.0%
16	A+ ACADEMY	TX	2	1,678	1,590	94.8%
17	CLARKSVILLE ISD	TX	2	500	473	94.6%
18	LA VILLA ISD	TX	3	512	483	94.3%
19	PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD	TX	44	29,749	27,984	94.1%
20	GOLDEN RULE CHARTER SCHOOL	TX	6	1,298	1,212	93.4%
21	PREMONT ISD	TX	3	794	740	93.2%
22	EDGEWOOD ISD	TX	25	8,439	7,852	93.1%
23	VALLEY VIEW ISD	TX	6	3,444	3,199	92.9%
24	CLEVELAND ISD	TX	11	12,513	11,613	92.8%
25	PRESIDIO ISD	TX	3	1,085	1,007	92.8%
26	HEARNE ISD	TX	2	718	665	92.6%
27	DONNA ISD	TX	20	12,937	11,941	92.4%
28	EDCOUCH-ELSA ISD	TX	9	4,349	4,015	92.3%
29	LA JOYA ISD	TX	36	22,942	21,167	92.3%
30	TORNILLO ISD	TX	3	726	670	92.3%
31	TRINITY ISD	TX	3	1,179	1,088	92.3%
32	CASTLEBERRY ISD	TX	7	3,851	3,548	92.1%
33	SOUTH SAN ANTONIO ISD	TX	15	7,987	7,325	91.7%
34	THE VARNETT PUBLIC SCHOOL	TX	3	1,159	1,060	91.5%
35	YES PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC	TX	24	19,573	17,880	91.4%
36	LA VEGA ISD	TX	6	3,093	2,806	90.8%
37	SAN ELIZARIO ISD	TX	6	2,927	2,658	90.8%
38	FABENS ISD	TX	4	1,865	1,689	90.6%
39	MERCEDES ISD	TX	11	4,207	3,803	90.4%
40	KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS	TX	56	33,437	30,195	90.3%
41	ROMA ISD	TX	10	6,019	5,409	89.9%
42	WEST ORANGE-COVE CISD	TX	4	2,592	2,330	89.9%
43	BAKERRIPLEY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS	TX	5	1,808	1,620	89.6%
44	LAKE WORTH ISD	TX	6	3,249	2,911	89.6%
45	BROWNSVILLE ISD	TX	52	37,097	33,190	89.5%
46	DALLAS ISD	TX	240	140,630	125,584	89.3%
47	DEL VALLE ISD	TX	15	11,715	10,436	89.1%
48	SANTA ROSA ISD	TX	3	874	778	89.0%
49	ZAPATA COUNTY ISD	TX	6	3,290	2,924	88.9%
50	ROBSTOWN ISD	TX	5	2,570	2,281	88.8%

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