Wisconsin: the highest-poverty school districts

289 districts

Wisconsin 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	Menominee Indian School District	WI	4	994	877	88.2%
2	Milwaukee School District	WI	155	65,835	53,179	80.8%
3	Seeds of Health Inc	WI	3	1,287	970	75.4%
4	Arcadia School District	WI	3	1,303	978	75.1%
5	United Community Center Inc	WI	2	1,552	1,146	73.8%
6	Beloit School District	WI	12	4,958	3,449	69.6%
7	Abbotsford School District	WI	2	788	535	67.9%
8	Sheboygan Area School District	WI	26	9,285	5,990	64.5%
9	West Allis-West Milwaukee School District	WI	16	6,619	4,206	63.6%
10	Cudahy School District	WI	6	1,985	1,243	62.6%
11	Adams-Friendship Area School District	WI	3	1,270	783	61.7%
12	Ladysmith School District	WI	3	727	444	61.1%
13	Tri-County Area School District	WI	3	579	354	61.1%
14	Racine Unified School District	WI	27	16,557	10,103	61.0%
15	Delavan-Darien School District	WI	5	1,672	1,018	60.9%
16	Gillett School District	WI	3	549	332	60.5%
17	Richland School District	WI	5	1,121	670	59.8%
18	Wisconsin Dells School District	WI	4	1,768	1,051	59.4%
19	Green Bay Area Public School District	WI	44	18,722	11,065	59.1%
20	Wautoma Area School District	WI	4	1,300	762	58.6%
21	Menasha Joint School District	WI	8	3,273	1,890	57.7%
22	Ashland School District	WI	4	1,759	1,014	57.6%
23	Black River Falls School District	WI	4	1,552	878	56.6%
24	Brown Deer School District	WI	2	1,613	910	56.4%
25	Barron Area School District	WI	6	1,073	599	55.8%
26	Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School District	WI	2	586	327	55.8%
27	Webster School District	WI	3	618	345	55.8%
28	Colby School District	WI	4	901	501	55.6%
29	Thorp School District	WI	2	502	278	55.4%
30	Kenosha School District	WI	41	20,297	11,111	55.0%
31	Alma Center School District	WI	2	589	321	54.5%
32	Boscobel Area School District	WI	3	651	351	53.9%
33	Chequamegon School District	WI	4	639	343	53.7%
34	Mauston School District	WI	8	1,378	738	53.6%
35	Antigo Unified School District	WI	5	1,769	945	53.4%
36	Janesville School District	WI	22	9,355	4,982	53.3%
37	Nekoosa School District	WI	6	1,197	637	53.2%
38	Unity School District	WI	3	915	483	52.8%
39	Riverdale School District	WI	4	631	332	52.6%
40	Grantsburg School District	WI	5	1,926	1,004	52.1%
41	Prairie du Chien Area School District	WI	5	917	478	52.1%
42	Greenfield School District	WI	6	3,380	1,739	51.4%
43	Manitowoc School District	WI	11	4,452	2,289	51.4%
44	South Milwaukee School District	WI	6	2,686	1,380	51.4%
45	Shawano School District	WI	5	2,079	1,061	51.0%
46	Dodgeland School District	WI	3	688	350	50.9%
47	Clintonville School District	WI	3	1,121	569	50.8%
48	Oconto Unified School District	WI	4	922	468	50.8%
49	Marinette School District	WI	4	1,914	949	49.6%
50	Fond du Lac School District	WI	15	6,457	3,192	49.4%

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