The lowest-performing school districts

5,554 districts

US public school districts ranked by the lowest enrollment-weighted state-assessment proficiency. Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to qualify. The median ranked district is at 48.2%. Showing ranks 801 to 850.

#	District	State	Schools	Students	% Proficient
801	Bloomington SD 87	IL	9	4,809	31.9%
802	DeKalb County	GA	131	92,088	31.9%
803	Franklin-McKinley Elementary	CA	16	5,663	31.9%
804	Greater Nanticoke Area SD	PA	4	2,249	31.9%
805	Mendota Unified	CA	7	3,977	31.9%
806	Mother Lode Union Elementary	CA	3	840	31.9%
807	SAPULPA	OK	7	3,714	31.9%
808	West Franklin	KS	4	642	31.9%
809	Carson City	NV	10	5,072	32.0%
810	Clifton Public School District	NJ	19	10,516	32.0%
811	Denver Public Schools	CO	198	90,471	32.0%
812	EVERMAN ISD	TX	11	5,018	32.0%
813	East Tallahatchie School District	MS	3	797	32.0%
814	LA VEGA ISD	TX	6	3,093	32.0%
815	LONOKE SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	4	1,524	32.0%
816	Manchester Township School District	NJ	6	2,904	32.0%
817	Milton School District	NH	3	508	32.0%
818	Murphysboro CUSD 186	IL	5	1,877	32.0%
819	Aurora West USD 129	IL	16	11,020	32.1%
820	Clarke County	GA	21	12,275	32.1%
821	Jefferson Parish	LA	74	46,790	32.1%
822	North Brunswick Township School District	NJ	8	5,705	32.1%
823	Norton Community Schools	KS	3	701	32.1%
824	Pittsburg	KS	6	3,375	32.1%
825	Salina	KS	13	6,441	32.1%
826	TERRELL ISD	TX	9	5,283	32.1%
827	TWIN RIVERS R-X	MO	4	796	32.1%
828	Widefield School District 3	CO	18	9,290	32.1%
829	Alvord Unified	CA	23	16,432	32.2%
830	FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	27	14,164	32.2%
831	Klamath County SD	OR	21	6,774	32.2%
832	Matteson ESD 162	IL	7	2,405	32.2%
833	Muhlenberg SD	PA	4	4,409	32.2%
834	North Newton School Corp	IN	4	1,004	32.2%
835	Runnemede Public School District	NJ	3	845	32.2%
836	South Brown County	KS	3	524	32.2%
837	VALERE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	TX	4	871	32.2%
838	West Carroll Parish	LA	3	1,483	32.2%
839	Albertville City	AL	7	5,910	32.3%
840	BALD KNOB SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	3	1,059	32.3%
841	CORNING SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	3	805	32.3%
842	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	IL	622	324,396	32.3%
843	Gadsden City	AL	12	4,940	32.3%
844	Rim of the World Unified	CA	7	2,874	32.3%
845	Riverton CUSD 14	IL	3	1,219	32.3%
846	Russell County	AL	7	3,850	32.3%
847	Summit SD 104	IL	5	1,435	32.3%
848	Tehachapi Unified	CA	7	4,156	32.3%
849	Augusta	KS	5	1,905	32.4%
850	Colusa Unified	CA	5	1,470	32.4%

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Alaska 10 Alabama 127 Arkansas 138 California 534 Colorado 70 Florida 63 Georgia 160 Iowa 169 Illinois 327 Indiana 147 Kansas 124 Kentucky 139 Louisiana 54 Maryland 24 Michigan 121 Minnesota 163 Missouri 225 Mississippi 126 North Carolina 112 Nebraska 22 New Hampshire 54 New Jersey 243 New Mexico 23 Nevada 8 New York 437 Ohio 223 Oklahoma 17 Oregon 89 Pennsylvania 356 South Dakota 23 Texas 667 Utah 41 Virginia 117 Washington 128 Wisconsin 243 Wyoming 30

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