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The highest-poverty public K-12 schools in Iowa

Across Iowa, 2 public K-12 schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Meskwaki Settlement School leads the list at 99.0%, against a median of 85.3% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Iowa

Top % FRL

99.0%

Median % FRL

85.3%

HIGHEST POVERTY · IOWA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Meskwaki Settlement School	Tama, IA	Meskwaki Settlement School	Combined	294	99.0%
2	Ruby Van Meter	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Combined	109	71.6%

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