Mississippi: the lowest-poverty school districts

136 districts

Mississippi public school districts ranked by the lowest 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	Ocean Springs School District	MS	6	5,677	1,976	34.8%
2	Madison County Schools	MS	21	12,926	5,153	39.9%
3	Clinton Public School District	MS	7	5,148	2,326	45.2%
4	Rankin County School District	MS	27	18,196	8,291	45.6%
5	Oxford School District	MS	7	4,763	2,241	47.1%
6	DeSoto County School District	MS	39	34,934	17,014	48.7%
7	Lafayette County	MS	4	2,854	1,458	51.1%
8	Webster County Schools	MS	4	1,717	943	54.9%
9	Enterprise	MS	3	918	506	55.1%
10	Lamar County School District	MS	15	10,318	5,690	55.1%
11	NEWTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT	MS	2	1,650	914	55.4%
12	Monroe County School District	MS	3	2,002	1,124	56.1%
13	Long Beach School District	MS	5	2,874	1,620	56.4%
14	Lauderdale County School District	MS	11	5,940	3,372	56.8%
15	Poplarville School District	MS	4	1,969	1,131	57.4%
16	Jackson County School District	MS	13	8,845	5,110	57.8%
17	Petal School District	MS	5	4,253	2,515	59.1%
18	Lowndes County School District	MS	8	5,261	3,214	61.1%
19	Pearl River County School District	MS	3	3,128	1,919	61.3%
20	NEW ALBANY PUBLIC SCHOOLS	MS	3	2,149	1,320	61.4%
21	Pass Christian School District	MS	4	1,768	1,086	61.4%
22	Lee County	MS	13	6,343	3,899	61.5%
23	George County School District	MS	8	4,049	2,519	62.2%
24	Stone County School District	MS	4	2,532	1,576	62.2%
25	BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	MS	8	5,699	3,558	62.4%
26	Richton School District	MS	2	586	367	62.6%
27	Union County School District	MS	4	2,986	1,869	62.6%
28	Hancock School District	MS	6	3,934	2,520	64.1%
29	Alcorn School District	MS	8	3,226	2,076	64.4%
30	Senatobia Municipal School District	MS	3	1,754	1,135	64.7%
31	Lincoln County School District	MS	4	2,791	1,828	65.5%
32	Corinth School District	MS	3	2,400	1,577	65.7%
33	Amory School District	MS	4	1,461	967	66.2%
34	Pearl Public Schools	MS	5	4,258	2,825	66.3%
35	Booneville School District	MS	3	1,337	892	66.7%
36	Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District	MS	7	4,880	3,279	67.2%
37	Tupelo Public School District	MS	12	7,192	4,855	67.5%
38	Tishomingo County School District	MS	6	2,844	1,922	67.6%
39	Neshoba County Schools	MS	3	2,972	2,012	67.7%
40	Bay Waveland School District	MS	4	1,664	555	68.7%
41	Itawamba County	MS	6	3,275	2,266	69.2%
42	Jones County School District	MS	9	8,693	6,018	69.2%
43	North Pike Schools	MS	4	2,135	1,023	70.6%
44	Prentiss County School District	MS	6	2,176	1,556	71.5%
45	COLUMBIA SCHOOL DISTRICT	MS	4	1,639	830	71.9%
46	Pontotoc City School District	MS	5	2,400	1,729	72.0%
47	Smith County School District	MS	4	2,538	1,828	72.0%
48	Baldwyn School District	MS	2	739	537	72.7%
49	Grenada School District	MS	3	3,863	2,820	73.0%
50	Pascagoula-Gautier School District	MS	17	6,579	4,101	73.5%

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