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 101 to 150.

#	District	State	Schools	Students	Students on FRL	% FRL
101	BEEVILLE ISD	TX	5	3,033	2,510	82.8%
102	MATHIS ISD	TX	4	1,429	1,183	82.8%
103	JIM HOGG COUNTY ISD	TX	3	967	800	82.7%
104	LA FERIA ISD	TX	8	2,861	2,366	82.7%
105	NACOGDOCHES ISD	TX	9	5,766	4,755	82.5%
106	SOUTHWEST ISD	TX	18	14,833	12,237	82.5%
107	CHAPEL HILL ISD	TX	5	3,072	2,530	82.4%
108	LONGVIEW ISD	TX	14	8,138	6,704	82.4%
109	SHELDON ISD	TX	14	10,946	9,001	82.3%
110	STEP CHARTER SCHOOL	TX	3	693	570	82.3%
111	HEMPSTEAD ISD	TX	3	1,585	1,299	82.0%
112	TULIA ISD	TX	3	801	657	82.0%
113	BLOOMINGTON ISD	TX	4	795	651	81.9%
114	PASADENA ISD	TX	67	46,491	38,074	81.9%
115	LANCASTER ISD	TX	10	6,822	5,578	81.8%
116	LULING ISD	TX	3	1,443	1,174	81.4%
117	SOMERSET ISD	TX	8	4,259	3,465	81.4%
118	CRYSTAL CITY ISD	TX	5	1,643	1,334	81.2%
119	MESQUITE ISD	TX	51	37,930	30,788	81.2%
120	WESLACO ISD	TX	20	16,300	13,218	81.2%
121	EDINBURG CISD	TX	44	33,343	26,907	80.7%
122	A W BROWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY	TX	2	778	627	80.6%
123	CENTER ISD	TX	5	2,307	1,859	80.6%
124	PALESTINE ISD	TX	6	3,186	2,568	80.6%
125	UPLIFT EDUCATION	TX	45	23,384	18,854	80.6%
126	WAYSIDE SCHOOLS	TX	4	1,787	1,441	80.6%
127	CONNALLY ISD	TX	6	2,269	1,825	80.5%
128	HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - SOUTH TEXAS	TX	9	4,807	3,870	80.5%
129	HEREFORD ISD	TX	8	3,964	3,190	80.5%
130	MARSHALL ISD	TX	8	4,957	3,989	80.5%
131	NEW BOSTON ISD	TX	3	1,108	892	80.5%
132	HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON SOUTH	TX	6	3,663	2,734	80.3%
133	SPRING ISD	TX	42	33,678	27,019	80.2%
134	WESTWOOD ISD	TX	4	1,387	1,112	80.2%
135	GALVESTON ISD	TX	14	7,662	6,116	79.9%
136	ELGIN ISD	TX	9	5,959	4,754	79.8%
137	MEXIA ISD	TX	5	1,846	1,474	79.8%
138	JASPER ISD	TX	4	2,070	1,646	79.5%
139	LEGACY PREPARATORY	TX	2	1,138	905	79.5%
140	DILLEY ISD	TX	3	841	668	79.4%
141	NORTH TEXAS COLLEGIATE ACADEMY	TX	3	809	642	79.4%
142	HOUSTON ISD	TX	273	176,727	133,304	79.3%
143	TEXAS CITY ISD	TX	15	7,711	6,099	79.2%
144	DIMMITT ISD	TX	3	1,077	851	79.0%
145	MOUNT PLEASANT ISD	TX	9	5,153	4,071	79.0%
146	SOMERVILLE ISD	TX	3	567	448	79.0%
147	YSLETA ISD	TX	49	34,062	26,905	79.0%
148	WHARTON ISD	TX	4	1,767	1,393	78.8%
149	DAINGERFIELD-LONE STAR ISD	TX	4	1,026	807	78.7%
150	NIXON-SMILEY CISD	TX	5	1,016	796	78.6%

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