Texas: the highest-poverty school districts

747 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	MATHIS ISD	TX	4	1,429	1,183	82.8%
102	JIM HOGG COUNTY ISD	TX	3	967	800	82.7%
103	LA FERIA ISD	TX	8	2,861	2,366	82.7%
104	NACOGDOCHES ISD	TX	9	5,766	4,755	82.5%
105	SOUTHWEST ISD	TX	18	14,833	12,237	82.5%
106	LONGVIEW ISD	TX	14	8,138	6,704	82.4%
107	SHELDON ISD	TX	14	10,946	9,001	82.3%
108	STEP CHARTER SCHOOL	TX	3	693	570	82.3%
109	HEMPSTEAD ISD	TX	3	1,585	1,299	82.0%
110	TULIA ISD	TX	3	801	657	82.0%
111	BLOOMINGTON ISD	TX	4	795	651	81.9%
112	PASADENA ISD	TX	67	46,491	38,074	81.9%
113	LANCASTER ISD	TX	10	6,822	5,578	81.8%
114	VALLEY VIEW ISD	TX	9	4,295	3,502	81.5%
115	LULING ISD	TX	3	1,443	1,174	81.4%
116	SOMERSET ISD	TX	8	4,259	3,465	81.4%
117	CRYSTAL CITY ISD	TX	5	1,643	1,334	81.2%
118	MESQUITE ISD	TX	51	37,930	30,788	81.2%
119	WESLACO ISD	TX	20	16,300	13,218	81.2%
120	EDINBURG CISD	TX	44	33,343	26,907	80.7%
121	A W BROWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY	TX	2	778	627	80.6%
122	CENTER ISD	TX	5	2,307	1,859	80.6%
123	PALESTINE ISD	TX	6	3,186	2,568	80.6%
124	UPLIFT EDUCATION	TX	45	23,384	18,854	80.6%
125	WAYSIDE SCHOOLS	TX	4	1,787	1,441	80.6%
126	CONNALLY ISD	TX	6	2,269	1,825	80.5%
127	HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - SOUTH TEXAS	TX	9	4,807	3,870	80.5%
128	HEREFORD ISD	TX	8	3,964	3,190	80.5%
129	MARSHALL ISD	TX	8	4,957	3,989	80.5%
130	NEW BOSTON ISD	TX	3	1,108	892	80.5%
131	HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON SOUTH	TX	6	3,663	2,734	80.3%
132	SPRING ISD	TX	42	33,678	27,019	80.2%
133	WESTWOOD ISD	TX	4	1,387	1,112	80.2%
134	GALVESTON ISD	TX	14	7,662	6,116	79.9%
135	ELGIN ISD	TX	9	5,959	4,754	79.8%
136	MEXIA ISD	TX	5	1,846	1,474	79.8%
137	JASPER ISD	TX	4	2,070	1,646	79.5%
138	LEGACY PREPARATORY	TX	2	1,138	905	79.5%
139	DILLEY ISD	TX	3	841	668	79.4%
140	NORTH TEXAS COLLEGIATE ACADEMY	TX	3	809	642	79.4%
141	HOUSTON ISD	TX	273	176,727	133,304	79.3%
142	TEXAS CITY ISD	TX	15	7,711	6,099	79.2%
143	DIMMITT ISD	TX	3	1,077	851	79.0%
144	MOUNT PLEASANT ISD	TX	9	5,153	4,071	79.0%
145	SOMERVILLE ISD	TX	3	567	448	79.0%
146	YSLETA ISD	TX	49	34,062	26,905	79.0%
147	WHARTON ISD	TX	4	1,767	1,393	78.8%
148	DAINGERFIELD-LONE STAR ISD	TX	4	1,026	807	78.7%
149	NIXON-SMILEY CISD	TX	5	1,016	796	78.6%
150	PLAINVIEW ISD	TX	7	4,077	3,206	78.6%

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