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 51 to 100.

#	District	State	Schools	Students	Students on FRL	% FRL
51	CHANNELVIEW ISD	TX	12	9,335	8,276	88.7%
52	GALENA PARK ISD	TX	26	20,862	18,514	88.7%
53	ALICE ISD	TX	6	4,297	3,809	88.6%
54	CROCKETT ISD	TX	4	1,124	996	88.6%
55	VALERE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	TX	4	871	771	88.5%
56	LA ACADEMIA DE ESTRELLAS	TX	2	1,024	905	88.4%
57	RIO HONDO ISD	TX	4	1,437	1,269	88.4%
58	FREER ISD	TX	3	709	626	88.3%
59	WACO ISD	TX	24	13,476	11,881	88.2%
60	JACKSONVILLE ISD	TX	8	4,700	4,140	88.1%
61	WINONA ISD	TX	3	1,166	1,025	87.9%
62	LIBERTY-EYLAU ISD	TX	4	1,937	1,701	87.8%
63	BROWNFIELD ISD	TX	5	1,608	1,410	87.7%
64	SAN ANTONIO ISD	TX	100	47,623	41,416	87.7%
65	AUSTIN ACHIEVE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	TX	5	2,713	2,377	87.6%
66	SAN DIEGO ISD	TX	3	1,453	1,268	87.3%
67	VANGUARD ACADEMY	TX	6	6,814	5,932	87.1%
68	SOUTHSIDE ISD	TX	10	6,091	5,298	87.0%
69	JUBILEE ACADEMIES	TX	10	5,140	4,466	86.9%
70	ALDINE ISD	TX	76	56,419	48,975	86.8%
71	HIDALGO ISD	TX	6	2,918	2,532	86.8%
72	LUFKIN ISD	TX	16	6,865	5,961	86.8%
73	PORT ARTHUR ISD	TX	13	8,041	6,973	86.7%
74	RAYMONDVILLE ISD	TX	5	1,963	1,702	86.7%
75	HARLANDALE ISD	TX	21	11,564	9,999	86.5%
76	ALIEF ISD	TX	46	38,610	33,326	86.4%
77	MULESHOE ISD	TX	4	1,330	1,148	86.3%
78	MISSION CISD	TX	22	13,765	11,866	86.2%
79	CLINT ISD	TX	14	10,077	8,656	85.9%
80	COTULLA ISD	TX	4	1,157	994	85.9%
81	TAFT ISD	TX	3	812	696	85.7%
82	POINT ISABEL ISD	TX	5	1,786	1,524	85.5%
83	IRVING ISD	TX	37	31,918	27,260	85.4%
84	BROOKS COUNTY ISD	TX	5	1,180	1,005	85.2%
85	HOUSTON GATEWAY ACADEMY INC	TX	3	2,157	1,832	84.9%
86	SAN BENITO CISD	TX	23	9,137	7,752	84.8%
87	UVALDE CISD	TX	9	4,397	3,714	84.5%
88	BOB HOPE SCHOOL	TX	5	2,584	2,177	84.2%
89	MONTE ALTO ISD	TX	3	819	690	84.2%
90	SAN AUGUSTINE ISD	TX	2	597	502	84.1%
91	KINGSVILLE ISD	TX	5	2,534	2,127	83.9%
92	CEDARS INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY	TX	2	524	439	83.8%
93	UNIVERSAL ACADEMY	TX	3	2,036	522	83.8%
94	GREENVILLE ISD	TX	11	5,664	4,741	83.7%
95	KENEDY ISD	TX	4	758	629	83.6%
96	PEARSALL ISD	TX	5	1,953	1,626	83.3%
97	EL PASO LEADERSHIP ACADEMY	TX	3	775	644	83.1%
98	FORT WORTH ISD	TX	136	70,612	58,372	83.1%
99	IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	TX	125	79,430	65,864	82.9%
100	BEAUMONT ISD	TX	26	16,336	13,514	82.8%

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