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District rankings · Achievement

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 101 to 150.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudents% Proficient
101COMMUNITY OF PEACE ACADEMYMN385518.9%
102River Forest Community Sch CorpIN41,70718.9%
103TRUMANN SCHOOL DISTRICTAR41,50718.9%
104Prairie-Hills ESD 144IL92,47319.1%
105ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY5125,94919.1%
106Beardsley ElementaryCA41,98919.2%
107Bullock CountyAL31,32719.2%
108Coalinga-Huron UnifiedCA114,40619.2%
109East Orange School DistrictNJ198,34819.2%
110Standard ElementaryCA43,19319.2%
111Turner CountyGA31,10719.2%
112Adelanto ElementaryCA157,66019.4%
113Aurora Public SchoolsCO5939,46419.4%
114Earlimart ElementaryCA31,38319.4%
115Lancaster ElementaryCA2313,76519.4%
116CASS LAKE-BENA PUBLIC SCHOOLSMN41,11919.5%
117Kelseyville UnifiedCA71,81819.5%
118Wapato School DistrictWA103,19819.5%
119Manville School DistrictNJ41,65519.6%
120Sumter CountyGA53,56019.6%
121Crisp CountyGA53,31119.7%
122Macon CountyGA31,04719.7%
123Palo Verde UnifiedCA52,61019.7%
124Anderson Community School CorpIN96,18119.8%
125Wilkinson CountyGA41,03619.8%
126HOPE SCHOOL DISTRICTAR62,21219.9%
127Lucerne Valley UnifiedCA41,17919.9%
128Keppel Union ElementaryCA62,78420.0%
129Parlier UnifiedCA73,20620.0%
130CROSSETT SCHOOL DISTRICTAR31,62020.1%
131Dallas CountyAL112,28320.1%
132Trimble CountyKY31,19420.1%
133Vineland Public School DistrictNJ149,39220.1%
134Mapleton Public SchoolsCO207,09520.2%
135NETTLETON SCHOOL DISTRICTAR83,91020.2%
136Pueblo School District 60CO3414,35120.2%
137WichitaKS8747,54520.2%
138Lamont ElementaryCA42,56120.3%
139South Bend Community School CorpIN2913,58520.4%
140Dodge CityKS117,26820.5%
141Lakeport UnifiedCA51,36120.5%
142Harvey SD 152IL51,48720.6%
143Waukegan CUSD 60IL2213,64020.6%
144Golden Plains UnifiedCA61,35120.7%
145HMONG COLLEGE PREP ACADEMYMN32,50320.8%
146MSD Warren TownshipIN1511,91520.8%
147Peoria SD 150IL2513,31220.8%
148Reading SDPA1916,42320.9%
149Orland Joint UnifiedCA52,19121.0%
150Pine Hill School DistrictNJ42,01621.0%

By state

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

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