Census ACS 5-Year · 500 school districts

US School Districts With Highest Poverty Rates

Source·US Census ACS 5-Year 2023Updated·Apr 12, 2026Reviewed by·PopulationReview Editorial Team

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School districts with the highest poverty rates are concentrated in the Mississippi Delta, the Rio Grande Valley, Native American reservation territories, Puerto Rico-adjacent communities, and declining Rust Belt cities. Several districts have community poverty rates above 40% — more than four times the national average. Child poverty is strongly correlated with lower test scores, higher chronic absenteeism, greater need for school-provided meals and counseling, and lower graduation rates. The concentration of poverty within district boundaries, driven by residential segregation and housing cost dynamics, makes these challenges structural rather than simply a matter of school quality.

Key Findings

1Hamtramck Public Schools leads with a poverty rate of 35.7%, followed by Kiryas Joel Village Union Free School District (35.0%) and Donna Independent School District (31.2%).
2The gap between #1 Hamtramck Public Schools and #500 Bradford County School District (12.1%) is 23.6 percentage points.
3The national median across all states is 15.3% (Logan County School District at the midpoint).
4The top 10 states are: Hamtramck Public Schools, Kiryas Joel Village Union Free School District, Donna Independent School District, Laredo Independent School District, Port Arthur Independent School District, Youngstown City School District, Monroe City School District, Gary Community School Corporation, Bowling Green Independent School District, Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District.

Full Ranking: US School Districts With Highest Poverty Rates

Source: Census ACS 5-Year Estimates

#	District	Poverty Rate	Median Income	Unemployment
1	Yuba City Unified School District	12.6%	$78,342	4.4%
2	Ysleta Independent School District	19.6%	$50,480	3.7%
3	Ypsilanti Community Schools	16.2%	$56,398	5.3%
4	Youngstown City School District	29.9%	$35,892	5.8%
5	York City School District	18.7%	$48,367	7.1%
6	Yakima School District	13.6%	$59,234	5.8%
7	Wyoming Valley West School District	12.4%	$56,824	4.6%
8	Worcester School District	14.0%	$70,102	4.2%
9	Woonsocket School District	14.4%	$61,059	4.2%
10	Woodburn School District 103	12.2%	$67,396	2.9%
11	Wise County Public Schools	13.2%	$52,943	3.8%
12	Winchester City Public Schools	13.8%	$63,974	4.2%
13	Wilson County Schools	14.3%	$56,423	3.2%
14	Williamsport Area School District	14.0%	$53,488	3.1%
15	Williamsburg County School District	17.4%	$46,213	2.0%
16	William Penn School District	14.1%	$55,970	6.8%
17	Wilkes-Barre Area School District	15.1%	$56,131	4.5%
18	Wilkes County Schools	13.0%	$51,721	2.8%
19	Wichita Unified School District 259	13.2%	$57,930	3.7%
20	Wichita Falls Independent School District	12.5%	$58,684	2.3%
21	Westminster School District	12.3%	$84,684	3.9%
22	West New York Town School District	14.7%	$71,729	5.9%
23	West Carrollton City School District	15.2%	$60,669	3.5%
24	Weslaco Independent School District	21.8%	$57,881	4.3%
25	Webster Parish School District	18.4%	$41,182	2.5%
26	Weakley County School District	12.8%	$51,880	2.2%
27	Wayne-Westland Community School District	14.1%	$61,286	5.1%
28	Wayne Township Metropolitan School District	15.2%	$59,198	2.9%
29	Wayne County School District	17.7%	$53,427	3.7%
30	Wayne County Public Schools	12.2%	$59,733	3.0%
31	Watertown City School District	12.4%	$56,155	3.7%
32	Waterbury School District	22.3%	$51,886	5.5%
33	Washington Parish School District	14.8%	$49,117	4.1%
34	Warren City School District	27.5%	$37,880	4.8%
35	Ware County School District	17.0%	$47,448	2.9%
36	Walker County School District	13.7%	$54,823	2.8%
37	Waco Independent School District	17.3%	$45,436	3.0%
38	Vineland City School District	12.3%	$67,860	4.7%
39	Vigo County School Corporation	13.6%	$52,976	3.3%
40	Victor Elementary School District	16.4%	$68,821	6.0%
41	Vicksburg Warren School District	14.4%	$59,401	2.8%
42	Vernon Parish School District	15.8%	$57,270	2.6%
43	Vermilion Parish School District	16.6%	$55,707	2.9%
44	Vance County Schools	14.4%	$50,465	4.8%
45	Valdosta City School District	18.9%	$45,925	3.2%
46	Utica City School District	23.1%	$52,484	4.7%
47	Urbana School District 116	13.7%	$45,671	2.5%
48	Upson County School District	13.9%	$55,429	2.1%
49	United Independent School District	14.2%	$74,662	3.5%
50	Union-Endicott Central School District	13.1%	$62,027	2.3%
51	Union City School District	18.6%	$64,310	6.3%
52	Ukiah Unified School District	13.6%	$71,119	5.7%
53	Twin Rivers Unified School District	14.7%	$69,153	4.5%
54	Tuscaloosa City School District	14.4%	$51,279	4.5%
55	Tulsa Public Schools	16.8%	$55,299	4.3%
56	Tulare City Elementary School District	15.7%	$71,993	5.3%
57	Troy City School District	15.9%	$67,725	5.0%
58	Troup County School District	12.7%	$56,776	3.3%
59	Trenton City School District	16.9%	$52,537	6.2%
60	Topeka Public Schools Unified School District 501	13.0%	$52,460	3.4%
61	Toledo City School District	21.1%	$46,891	5.0%
62	Tift County School District	15.9%	$53,255	1.6%
63	Three Rivers School District	12.1%	$59,208	3.3%
64	Texas City Independent School District	15.1%	$62,352	4.4%
65	Texarkana School District	20.8%	$45,383	4.3%
66	Texarkana Independent School District	17.1%	$49,240	3.0%
67	Terrebonne Parish School District	12.1%	$64,836	2.8%
68	Temple Independent School District	13.3%	$58,815	4.6%
69	Tazewell County Public Schools	13.1%	$47,313	1.7%
70	Taylor School District	16.0%	$60,425	4.2%
71	Tangipahoa Parish School District	14.0%	$56,760	3.5%
72	Talladega County School District	13.1%	$58,570	3.0%
73	Syracuse City School District	23.2%	$47,819	4.4%
74	Sweetwater County School District 1	12.4%	$70,617	3.9%
75	Surry County Schools	12.1%	$57,567	2.6%
76	Sunnyside Unified District	19.6%	$55,544	4.3%
77	Sumter County School District	18.5%	$42,653	2.7%
78	Sumter County Consolidated School District	12.9%	$56,693	3.7%
79	Stockton Unified School District	16.0%	$66,539	5.5%
80	Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District	13.2%	$46,695	3.3%
81	St. Mary Parish School District	18.4%	$52,576	2.9%
82	St. Louis City School District	14.7%	$56,160	3.3%
83	St. Landry Parish School District	22.1%	$44,462	3.3%
84	St. Bernard Parish School District	18.3%	$58,651	4.5%
85	Springfield School District 186	13.1%	$58,809	4.5%
86	Springfield School District	20.4%	$52,656	4.9%
87	Springfield City School District	19.2%	$46,546	5.5%
88	Spring Independent School District	14.3%	$70,683	4.8%
89	Spring Branch Independent School District	13.6%	$87,141	3.4%
90	Spartanburg School District 7	18.6%	$52,220	3.6%
91	Spalding County School District	13.6%	$62,071	4.1%
92	Southwest Independent School District	13.5%	$69,907	3.8%
93	Southside Independent School District	13.4%	$63,269	3.8%
94	Southeast Delco School District	16.7%	$64,562	6.6%
95	South San Antonio Independent School District	19.7%	$52,309	5.7%
96	Sheldon Independent School District	17.5%	$61,538	6.0%
97	Shelby County School District	16.8%	$55,736	5.3%
98	Sharyland Independent School District	15.0%	$72,238	5.7%
99	Selma Unified School District	13.2%	$61,392	7.7%
100	Seguin Independent School District	13.0%	$66,354	2.9%
101	Searcy School District	15.3%	$59,916	3.1%
102	Scranton School District	17.7%	$50,739	3.0%
103	Scotland County Schools	21.7%	$45,730	5.8%
104	Schenectady City School District	20.4%	$58,399	5.3%
105	Santa Maria-Bonita Elementary School District	13.8%	$83,430	4.7%
106	San Jacinto Unified School District	12.4%	$78,272	5.8%
107	San Felipe-Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District	13.8%	$66,104	3.4%
108	San Bernardino City Unified School District	16.2%	$66,810	3.6%
109	San Benito Consolidated Independent School District	24.7%	$45,640	3.1%
110	San Antonio Independent School District	21.5%	$46,710	4.7%
111	Sampson County Schools	15.3%	$50,152	3.1%
112	Saginaw City School District	25.8%	$39,782	5.2%
113	Rutherford County Schools	13.1%	$51,410	3.5%
114	Russellville Schools	14.0%	$55,430	3.6%
115	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	12.4%	$65,257	3.1%
116	Roswell Independent Schools	19.2%	$52,985	2.8%
117	Roosevelt Elementary District	14.9%	$75,099	3.4%
118	Rome City School District	18.0%	$54,435	3.4%
119	Rockingham County Schools	12.4%	$57,053	3.3%
120	Rockford School District 205	13.5%	$60,306	4.9%
121	Rochester City School District	23.3%	$47,213	4.9%
122	Robeson County Schools	21.2%	$41,978	3.0%
123	Roanoke City Public Schools	13.6%	$55,378	3.5%
124	Riverview Gardens School District	27.3%	$41,194	5.7%
125	Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District	28.3%	$42,795	5.7%
126	Richmond County Schools	20.2%	$44,883	5.6%
127	Richmond County School District	17.0%	$55,637	5.0%
128	Richmond Community School Corporation	17.8%	$48,485	3.6%
129	Richmond City Public Schools	12.4%	$64,587	3.9%
130	Richland School District 1	16.4%	$52,237	4.6%
131	Reynolds School District 7	13.3%	$70,690	3.1%
132	Remainder of Wyoming	14.5%	$71,500	6.2%
133	Remainder of Virginia	12.5%	$84,517	0.3%
134	Remainder of Kentucky	16.7%	$65,568	2.4%
135	Reading School District	24.9%	$44,091	8.6%
136	Rapides Parish School District	15.2%	$54,967	3.0%
137	Raleigh County School District	17.2%	$52,150	2.4%
138	Putnam County School District	17.4%	$47,934	3.5%
139	Putnam County School District	12.6%	$58,912	2.3%
140	Putnam City Public Schools	13.1%	$59,384	3.0%
141	Pulaski County School District	14.7%	$53,868	2.6%
142	Pueblo City School District 60	13.4%	$56,973	2.7%
143	Provo School District	13.3%	$64,024	3.7%
144	Providence School District	15.1%	$68,119	5.3%
145	Poughkeepsie City School District	14.8%	$60,741	5.7%
146	Portsmouth City Public Schools	14.1%	$60,491	3.8%
147	Porterville Unified School District	17.3%	$55,601	7.3%
148	Port Arthur Independent School District	30.1%	$42,827	4.5%
149	Poplar Bluff R-I School District	12.9%	$50,089	2.5%
150	Pontiac City School District	16.1%	$50,378	6.1%
151	Ponca City Public Schools	13.0%	$58,116	3.8%
152	Polk County School District	13.8%	$58,515	3.4%
153	Pittsburgh School District	12.7%	$65,584	3.9%
154	Pine Bluff School District	18.4%	$43,582	4.6%
155	Pike County School District	18.3%	$44,895	2.4%
156	Phoenix Elementary District	15.9%	$63,224	3.9%
157	Philadelphia City School District	17.0%	$61,953	5.2%
158	Phenix City City School District	19.2%	$50,053	3.1%
159	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District	23.3%	$53,932	4.3%
160	Petersburg City Public Schools	19.9%	$50,698	6.2%
161	Perth Amboy City School District	18.7%	$61,977	9.6%
162	Person County Schools	12.4%	$63,300	3.4%
163	Perris Elementary School District	13.1%	$73,599	4.9%
164	Peoria School District 150	15.8%	$51,761	5.1%
165	Paterson City School District	19.7%	$55,997	6.8%
166	Passaic City School District	21.6%	$55,371	8.3%
167	Pascagoula-Gautier School District	19.6%	$54,000	3.5%
168	Pasadena Independent School District	17.1%	$63,162	5.3%
169	Palmdale Elementary School District	14.2%	$73,813	5.3%
170	Owensboro Independent School District	18.6%	$46,558	3.8%
171	Ouachita Parish School District	14.2%	$61,476	3.2%
172	Ottumwa Community School District	12.6%	$62,885	2.7%
173	Orleans Parish School District	16.6%	$56,631	4.5%
174	Orangeburg County School District	15.8%	$45,675	4.4%
175	Orange City Township School District	20.4%	$52,847	9.8%
176	Ontario-Montclair School District	12.2%	$78,001	4.0%
177	Oklahoma City Public Schools	18.0%	$53,208	3.5%
178	Okeechobee County School District	14.1%	$57,984	2.2%
179	Ohio County School District	12.1%	$57,094	3.5%
180	Norwich School District	14.2%	$65,024	5.2%
181	North Little Rock School District	18.8%	$49,706	3.9%
182	North Chicago School District 187	22.2%	$55,875	4.2%
183	Normandy Schools Collaborative	22.8%	$42,836	7.2%
184	Norfolk City Public Schools	12.1%	$66,109	3.3%
185	Niagara Falls City School District	19.0%	$49,101	5.8%
186	Newark City School District	19.8%	$52,060	7.3%
187	Newark City School District	12.6%	$60,785	2.3%
188	New York City Department Of Education	14.1%	$80,483	5.1%
189	New London School District	18.6%	$59,098	4.0%
190	New Haven School District	17.9%	$56,851	5.3%
191	New Brunswick City School District	25.9%	$65,810	5.3%
192	New Britain School District	14.4%	$58,613	5.2%
193	New Bedford School District	17.2%	$56,981	5.2%
194	Nettleton School District	17.8%	$55,482	3.4%
195	National Elementary School District	13.4%	$65,840	4.1%
196	Natchitoches Parish School District	17.5%	$46,292	3.0%
197	Natchez-Adams School District	20.3%	$43,644	3.0%
198	Nacogdoches Independent School District	18.5%	$49,824	4.9%
199	Muskogee Public Schools	17.6%	$48,865	3.6%
200	Muskegon City School District	23.2%	$45,181	5.5%
201	Muscogee County School District	15.0%	$57,439	3.5%
202	Muscatine Community School District	14.4%	$62,638	2.3%
203	Muncie Community Schools	17.3%	$44,165	4.5%
204	Muhlenberg County School District	15.1%	$51,927	2.9%
205	Mountain View Elementary School District (Los Angeles County)	16.2%	$67,830	3.6%
206	Mount Pleasant City School District	16.1%	$48,955	4.4%
207	Moscow School District 281	13.2%	$59,914	4.9%
208	Montgomery County School District	17.0%	$57,984	3.5%
209	Monroe City School District	29.8%	$40,505	5.6%
210	Modesto City Elementary School District	15.2%	$67,738	5.9%
211	Mobile County School District	12.1%	$58,547	3.1%
212	Mission Consolidated Independent School District	20.7%	$51,194	4.4%
213	Milwaukee School District	18.2%	$54,234	4.0%
214	Midwest City-Del City Schools	13.9%	$60,729	4.5%
215	Middletown City School District	13.2%	$55,014	3.7%
216	Meridian Public School District	27.8%	$34,885	4.3%
217	Mercer County School District	13.4%	$53,210	1.3%
218	Merced City Elementary School District	17.8%	$63,439	6.8%
219	McKeesport Area School District	19.9%	$44,004	5.1%
220	McAllen Independent School District	18.0%	$58,719	3.4%
221	Marysville Joint Unified School District	13.1%	$71,258	4.3%
222	Marshall Independent School District	16.1%	$57,965	4.2%
223	Marshall County School District	13.5%	$59,169	2.3%
224	Marion School District 10	22.0%	$36,301	3.5%
225	Marion County School District	13.0%	$62,606	3.6%
226	Marion Community Schools	21.6%	$46,477	4.7%
227	Marion City School District	16.7%	$47,173	5.7%
228	Mansfield City School District	21.0%	$44,236	4.9%
229	Madison School District 321	13.7%	$56,189	6.0%
230	Madison County School District	12.3%	$61,963	2.3%
231	Madera Unified School District	19.8%	$66,478	6.8%
232	Lynwood Unified School District	14.0%	$74,692	6.3%
233	Lynchburg City Public Schools	12.3%	$57,947	3.1%
234	Lufkin Independent School District	12.1%	$58,102	4.4%
235	Lubbock Independent School District	15.2%	$53,614	3.7%
236	Lowell School District	12.8%	$78,658	3.8%
237	Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District	17.7%	$69,593	2.8%
238	Los Banos Unified School District	16.4%	$67,191	5.3%
239	Los Angeles Unified School District	12.1%	$81,696	5.4%
240	Lorain City School District	23.4%	$45,191	4.3%
241	Longview Independent School District	13.2%	$61,669	2.1%
242	Logan School District	12.6%	$60,329	2.0%
243	Logan County School District	15.3%	$49,723	3.9%
244	Livingston Independent School District	16.0%	$63,607	2.2%
245	Little Rock School District	15.1%	$59,117	2.7%
246	Lincoln Park Public Schools	16.7%	$58,616	5.0%
247	Lincoln Parish School District	20.7%	$39,172	1.9%
248	Lima City School District	20.6%	$45,103	4.4%
249	Liberty County School District	12.1%	$61,369	4.3%
250	Lewiston	13.6%	$55,393	2.9%
251	Levy County School District	13.9%	$56,750	2.1%
252	Lenoir County Schools	17.0%	$45,143	5.1%
253	Lee County Schools	13.0%	$65,387	2.3%
254	Lebanon School District	17.3%	$48,937	6.1%
255	Lawton Public Schools	16.5%	$54,445	4.2%
256	Lawrence School District	14.5%	$60,433	5.8%
257	Lawrence County School District	14.9%	$54,706	2.9%
258	Laurens School District 55	14.2%	$56,383	2.5%
259	Laurens County School District	15.4%	$62,288	2.5%
260	Laurel County School District	16.7%	$58,231	1.9%
261	Las Cruces Public Schools	17.1%	$58,218	3.9%
262	Laredo Independent School District	30.1%	$39,329	3.4%
263	Lansing Public School District	14.4%	$55,239	5.6%
264	Lancaster School District	13.9%	$68,076	5.0%
265	Lancaster Elementary School District	12.9%	$77,719	4.5%
266	Lakewood Township School District	20.1%	$65,101	3.3%
267	Lafourche Parish School District	12.2%	$63,135	2.4%
268	Lafayette School Corporation	12.2%	$54,618	2.5%
269	Lafayette Parish School District	12.6%	$67,451	3.3%
270	La Joya Independent School District	27.9%	$46,719	4.3%
271	Kokomo School Corporation	13.9%	$51,025	4.2%
272	Kiryas Joel Village Union Free School District	35.0%	$50,032	1.2%
273	Kingsport City School District	15.4%	$52,557	2.7%
274	Kings Canyon Joint Unified School District	20.5%	$61,676	7.7%
275	Kingman Unified School District	12.8%	$52,395	2.7%
276	Killeen Independent School District	13.2%	$64,887	4.7%
277	Kent City School District	12.7%	$45,829	6.4%
278	Kansas City Unified School District 500	14.1%	$57,883	3.9%
279	Kansas City 33 School District	15.7%	$56,898	3.4%
280	Kankakee School District 111	14.6%	$55,164	2.8%
281	Kalamazoo Public School District	14.2%	$53,495	4.0%
282	Jonesboro Public Schools	24.3%	$45,548	5.2%
283	Joliet Public School District 86	15.6%	$64,588	4.5%
284	Johnson City School District	12.2%	$55,476	3.7%
285	Jefferson Parish School District	12.9%	$65,252	3.9%
286	Jefferson Davis Parish School District	12.7%	$57,341	2.6%
287	Jasper County School District	12.5%	$65,613	2.3%
288	Jamestown City School District	18.6%	$44,719	5.2%
289	Jacksonville North Pulaski School District	13.4%	$52,684	4.3%
290	Jackson-Madison County School System	14.5%	$60,042	4.3%
291	Jackson Public Schools	12.5%	$51,661	4.8%
292	Jackson Public School District	22.4%	$41,314	5.7%
293	Jackson County School District	14.3%	$49,149	2.0%
294	Jackson County School District	12.2%	$58,845	2.5%
295	Isaac Elementary District	22.7%	$53,968	3.9%
296	Irvington Township School District	14.7%	$61,609	6.6%
297	Indianapolis Public Schools	17.7%	$56,784	4.4%
298	Independence 30 School District	13.0%	$57,972	3.5%
299	Iberville Parish School District	16.3%	$54,000	3.1%
300	Iberia Parish School District	16.1%	$56,961	4.1%
301	Houston Independent School District	16.0%	$67,518	4.7%
302	Hot Springs School District	16.7%	$41,708	2.9%
303	Hopkins County School District	12.7%	$58,091	3.3%
304	Holyoke School District	22.8%	$53,605	4.2%
305	Hoke County Schools	13.6%	$64,912	3.5%
306	Hobbs Municipal Schools	14.0%	$66,894	4.0%
307	Hickman Mills C-1 School District	13.3%	$52,801	4.3%
308	Hesperia Unified School District	14.4%	$74,222	5.5%
309	Hendry County School District	18.7%	$56,393	2.6%
310	Henderson County School District	12.5%	$58,851	1.4%
311	Hempstead Union Free School District	15.6%	$72,368	6.7%
312	Hazleton Area School District	14.9%	$57,795	3.4%
313	Hawthorne Elementary School District	13.7%	$69,902	5.7%
314	Hattiesburg Public School District	23.8%	$40,901	6.0%
315	Hartford School District	22.7%	$46,411	6.7%
316	Harrisonburg City Public Schools	12.4%	$62,254	4.2%
317	Harrisburg City School District	27.0%	$48,099	7.4%
318	Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District	18.2%	$58,146	3.0%
319	Harlandale Independent School District	20.6%	$51,927	3.5%
320	Hanford Elementary School District	15.0%	$67,922	5.9%
321	Hamtramck Public Schools	35.7%	$39,293	5.9%
322	Hammond School City	15.7%	$55,530	4.0%
323	Hamilton City School District	14.8%	$57,231	3.6%
324	Hamblen County School District	13.8%	$55,454	3.1%
325	Gulfport School District	21.1%	$43,695	5.8%
326	Groveport Madison Local School District	12.2%	$65,023	3.5%
327	Greenfield Union School District	14.0%	$70,864	4.6%
328	Greenbrier County School District	16.1%	$48,218	2.1%
329	Grandview C-4 School District	13.2%	$60,428	3.5%
330	Grand Prairie Independent School District	12.4%	$75,791	4.1%
331	Grand Island Public Schools	13.1%	$65,581	3.0%
332	Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District	14.5%	$66,497	6.5%
333	Glendale Elementary District	15.7%	$60,520	4.4%
334	Geary County Schools Unified School District 475	14.4%	$58,817	3.5%
335	Gary Community School Corporation	28.6%	$38,559	5.6%
336	Garvey Elementary School District	12.5%	$71,390	3.6%
337	Garfield Heights City School District	20.1%	$55,766	5.6%
338	Galveston Independent School District	15.5%	$56,708	3.2%
339	Gallup-McKinley County Schools	27.6%	$47,827	4.5%
340	Galena Park Independent School District	17.4%	$57,350	5.3%
341	Gainesville City School District	17.7%	$67,009	2.0%
342	Gadsden Independent Schools	22.6%	$52,266	3.5%
343	Gadsden Elementary District	22.4%	$52,484	4.6%
344	Gadsden County School District	21.7%	$48,801	2.4%
345	Gadsden City School District	22.7%	$40,345	3.7%
346	Fresno Unified School District	19.4%	$58,779	6.2%
347	Fremont City School District	13.3%	$59,578	2.8%
348	Fowler Elementary District	12.9%	$74,799	3.3%
349	Fort Worth Independent School District	13.0%	$65,742	3.6%
350	Fort Wayne Community Schools	12.9%	$59,249	3.8%
351	Fort Smith Public Schools	13.6%	$53,714	4.0%
352	Floyd County School District	22.3%	$41,279	3.3%
353	Flowing Wells Unified District	17.8%	$42,597	5.0%
354	Florence City School District	13.3%	$52,174	3.7%
355	Flint City School District	27.1%	$37,629	8.0%
356	Fitchburg School District	12.4%	$73,040	4.5%
357	Ferguson-Florissant R-II School District	15.2%	$57,006	3.6%
358	Fayette County School District	13.6%	$53,194	2.7%
359	Farmington Municipal Schools	14.5%	$65,821	2.6%
360	Fall River School District	16.2%	$56,673	4.0%
361	Everman Independent School District	12.8%	$75,317	2.7%
362	Everett School District	14.3%	$85,218	4.0%
363	Evangeline Parish School District	18.9%	$41,915	5.1%
364	Euclid City School District	14.7%	$50,285	3.9%
365	Española Municipal Schools	12.9%	$63,666	2.7%
366	Escambia County School District	15.4%	$47,586	5.3%
367	Erie City School District	17.5%	$46,113	4.1%
368	Enid Public Schools	12.1%	$60,187	3.6%
369	Empire Union Elementary School District	12.5%	$79,457	3.4%
370	Elyria City School District	12.5%	$54,839	3.6%
371	Elmira City School District	16.7%	$55,578	4.5%
372	El Paso Independent School District	17.6%	$54,425	3.7%
373	El Centro Elementary School District	18.2%	$52,191	5.6%
374	Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District	24.1%	$58,501	4.4%
375	Edgewood Independent School District (Bexar County)	25.7%	$42,055	5.7%
376	Edgefield County School District	15.4%	$73,029	2.5%
377	Edgecombe County Schools	13.6%	$56,525	4.7%
378	Ector County Independent School District	14.0%	$71,536	3.9%
379	Eastpointe Community Schools	16.8%	$57,757	7.6%
380	East Ramapo Central School District (Spring Valley)	22.6%	$79,627	3.2%
381	East Orange City School District	12.9%	$60,830	6.0%
382	East Baton Rouge Parish School District	15.4%	$59,677	4.9%
383	Eagle Pass Independent School District	20.1%	$49,568	4.4%
384	Duplin County Schools	15.0%	$55,148	3.1%
385	Duncanville Independent School District	12.3%	$72,230	4.5%
386	Dougherty School District	19.2%	$49,044	5.6%
387	Dothan City School District	14.7%	$55,792	2.4%
388	Donna Independent School District	31.2%	$43,627	5.6%
389	Dolton School District 149	15.6%	$55,233	6.2%
390	Dodge City Unified School District 443	12.7%	$71,357	3.7%
391	Dinuba Unified School District	25.9%	$61,112	7.4%
392	Detroit Public Schools Community District	27.8%	$39,938	7.6%
393	DeSoto County School District	19.4%	$54,417	4.7%
394	Delano Union Elementary School District	15.4%	$66,216	7.4%
395	Del Valle Independent School District	12.2%	$79,700	4.2%
396	DeKalb County School District	14.4%	$51,913	2.2%
397	DeKalb Community Unit School District 428	15.7%	$50,518	6.2%
398	Decatur Township Metropolitan School District	14.7%	$70,206	4.8%
399	Decatur School District 61	14.6%	$50,687	5.2%
400	Decatur County School District	19.6%	$53,317	3.3%
401	Dearborn City School District	20.1%	$64,444	3.7%
402	Dayton City School District	20.8%	$44,543	5.7%
403	David Douglas School District 40	13.9%	$68,267	4.5%
404	Darlington County School District	17.8%	$48,581	3.7%
405	Danville Community Consolidated School District 118	17.5%	$49,415	3.8%
406	Danville City Public Schools	19.0%	$44,423	3.0%
407	Dalton City School District	14.8%	$63,577	2.8%
408	Dallas Independent School District	13.4%	$70,951	3.3%
409	Cumberland County Schools	13.4%	$61,564	4.2%
410	Crestwood School District	15.9%	$63,730	3.7%
411	Creighton Elementary District	13.2%	$70,673	3.0%
412	Crane Elementary District	13.0%	$74,704	4.2%
413	Covington Independent School District	15.5%	$54,835	3.7%
414	Corsicana Independent School District	13.5%	$58,698	3.6%
415	Corpus Christi Independent School District	14.3%	$63,920	3.1%
416	Compton Unified School District	14.4%	$76,945	5.5%
417	Columbus Municipal School District	20.3%	$45,087	4.1%
418	Columbus County Schools	15.2%	$51,137	2.2%
419	Columbus City School District	16.4%	$60,297	3.9%
420	Colquitt County School District	19.0%	$49,341	2.5%
421	Colleton County School District	17.1%	$51,114	5.5%
422	Coffee County School District	20.5%	$50,683	2.3%
423	Coffee County School District	12.2%	$65,712	2.4%
424	Cocke County School District	16.5%	$50,174	2.7%
425	Clovis Municipal Schools	17.8%	$56,430	4.5%
426	Clint Independent School District	21.4%	$55,527	5.0%
427	Cleveland Municipal School District	25.2%	$41,020	6.4%
428	Cleveland Independent School District	23.4%	$57,146	2.9%
429	Cleveland County Schools	12.2%	$58,534	3.0%
430	Cleveland City School District	12.9%	$58,559	3.6%
431	Clayton County School District	14.7%	$59,806	4.8%
432	Clarke County School District	12.7%	$53,625	3.3%
433	Cincinnati City School District	19.0%	$54,325	4.3%
434	Christian County School District	12.2%	$54,912	3.2%
435	Chicopee School District	14.6%	$62,615	3.8%
436	Chicago Public School District 299	12.9%	$77,902	5.4%
437	Chesterfield County School District	16.4%	$49,235	4.3%
438	Chester-Upland School District	22.6%	$45,926	9.3%
439	Chester County School District	15.8%	$52,458	3.2%
440	Cherokee County School District	12.1%	$50,163	3.6%
441	Chelsea School District	15.4%	$72,179	6.3%
442	Channelview Independent School District	15.2%	$64,681	4.7%
443	Central Consolidated Schools	28.1%	$44,961	7.1%
444	Cartwright Elementary District	15.9%	$64,722	3.9%
445	Carrollton City School District	22.9%	$54,453	3.3%
446	Carman-Ainsworth Community School District	12.2%	$59,898	5.6%
447	Canton City School District	23.0%	$41,428	4.9%
448	Campbell County School District	14.7%	$51,557	2.6%
449	Camden City School District	27.3%	$40,546	8.5%
450	Calexico Unified School District	16.3%	$49,783	10.4%
451	Calcasieu Parish School District	12.6%	$67,564	3.3%
452	Cajon Valley Union Elementary School District	12.7%	$79,960	5.3%
453	Caddo Parish School District	17.6%	$50,705	4.9%
454	Cabell County School District	13.2%	$55,832	2.9%
455	Bulloch County School District	12.3%	$58,810	4.9%
456	Bullhead City School District	13.6%	$50,249	5.2%
457	Buffalo City School District	20.6%	$50,041	4.4%
458	Bryan Independent School District	13.0%	$61,113	2.9%
459	Brownsville Independent School District	23.4%	$48,874	3.8%
460	Bridgeport School District	16.0%	$58,685	6.0%
461	Brawley Elementary School District	21.4%	$59,488	8.8%
462	Bradford County School District	12.1%	$63,050	2.3%
463	Bowling Green Independent School District	28.5%	$41,238	3.6%
464	Bladen County Schools	18.7%	$42,422	2.7%
465	Birmingham City School District	19.4%	$46,051	3.5%
466	Binghamton City School District	21.7%	$46,467	5.7%
467	Biloxi Public School District	14.6%	$54,941	4.2%
468	Bibb County School District	19.5%	$51,234	4.6%
469	Benton Harbor Area Schools	27.2%	$39,262	9.0%
470	Belen Consolidated Schools	18.3%	$51,088	3.2%
471	Beauregard Parish School District	12.3%	$65,944	3.7%
472	Beaumont Independent School District	17.0%	$57,493	3.3%
473	Beaufort County Schools	13.1%	$58,357	2.2%
474	Battle Creek Public Schools	16.9%	$47,409	5.1%
475	Bartlesville Public Schools	13.2%	$60,508	2.5%
476	Barstow Unified School District	14.4%	$61,591	5.7%
477	Banning Unified School District	15.5%	$62,622	4.3%
478	Baltimore City Public Schools	15.0%	$62,177	4.1%
479	Balsz Elementary District	12.1%	$68,592	3.0%
480	Baldwin County School District	14.7%	$54,403	2.9%
481	Bakersfield City School District	23.2%	$51,481	5.4%
482	Avoyelles Parish School District	22.8%	$39,325	3.4%
483	Atwater Elementary School District	16.2%	$65,268	7.5%
484	Atlantic City School District	28.3%	$41,028	8.9%
485	Atlanta City School District	12.2%	$85,658	4.0%
486	Asheboro City Schools	12.7%	$51,588	1.9%
487	Anderson School District 5	12.8%	$60,368	3.7%
488	Anderson Community School Corporation	13.0%	$53,377	3.9%
489	Amarillo Independent School District	13.0%	$60,371	2.5%
490	Allentown City School District	17.1%	$54,335	5.5%
491	Alisal Union Elementary School District	14.2%	$93,641	3.5%
492	Alief Independent School District	20.2%	$51,986	5.6%
493	Alhambra Elementary District	19.1%	$59,842	4.6%
494	Aldine Independent School District	22.8%	$52,455	4.8%
495	Albany City School District	13.8%	$61,986	4.9%
496	Alamogordo Public Schools	12.3%	$57,014	4.0%
497	Akron City School District	18.6%	$47,170	5.1%
498	Adelanto Elementary School District	14.0%	$79,956	5.6%
499	Acadia Parish School District	19.5%	$45,562	4.3%
500	Abilene Independent School District	12.7%	$58,822	2.0%

Methodology

Rankings are based on American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year estimates from the US Census Bureau. All 50 states and the District of Columbia are included. The ACS surveys approximately 3.5 million households annually and provides detailed demographic, social, economic, and housing data. 5-Year estimates offer the most reliable data for state-level comparisons by averaging responses over a 60-month period. Percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding.

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Hamtramck Public Schools has the highest poverty rate at 35.7%, according to latest Census ACS data. Kiryas Joel Village Union Free School District and Donna Independent School District round out the top three.

Bradford County School District has the lowest poverty rate at 12.1%. Balsz Elementary District is second-lowest at 12.1%.

The median across all 500 states is 15.3%. Note that the national median and the state-level median are calculated differently, the state median represents the midpoint when all states are ranked.

This data comes from the American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year estimates published by the US Census Bureau. The ACS surveys approximately 3.5 million households annually and provides the most comprehensive demographic data available between decennial censuses.

Rankings are based on the latest available Census ACS 5-Year estimates. The Census Bureau releases new ACS data annually. Our data was last updated on April 12, 2026.

Sources: US Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS, 2026.