The highest-poverty public elementary schools in the United States
Across the United States, 44,926 public elementary schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Southeast Delco Kindergarten Center leads the list at 143%, against a median of 60.7% across the ranked schools.
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