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·Population Review Data Team

Raw data·Download school-districts.csv· no email required ·all datasets

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

1Liberty Elementary School District leads with a poverty rate of 100.0%, followed by Ferdinand School District (88.0%) and Suntex School District 10 (70.6%).
2The gap between #1 Liberty Elementary School District and #500 Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District (21.9%) is 78.1 percentage points.
3The national median across all states is 26.0% (Wilson Independent School District at the midpoint).
4The top 10 states are: Liberty Elementary School District, Ferdinand School District, Suntex School District 10, Kingsbury Plantation, Miami Elementary School District, Tyrone Public Schools, Mesa Vista Consolidated Schools, Brockton Elementary School District, Oglala Lakota County School District 65-1, Arbon Elementary School District 383.

Full Ranking: US School Districts With Highest Poverty Rates

Source: Census ACS 5-Year Estimates

#	District	Poverty Rate	Median Income	Unemployment
1	Zuni Public Schools	34.4%	$45,959	3.1%
2	Zapata County Independent School District	35.7%	$39,239	3.9%
3	Yupiit School District	39.3%	$47,188	13.9%
4	Youngstown City School District	29.9%	$35,892	5.8%
5	Yazoo City Municipal School District	36.3%	$28,157	6.2%
6	Woodbine Borough School District	23.6%	$46,078	4.1%
7	Wonderview School District	23.5%	$70,524	2.5%
8	Wolfe County School District	30.6%	$30,417	4.8%
9	Wolf Point Elementary School District	31.8%	$55,158	8.1%
10	Winslow Unified District	28.5%	$58,343	4.5%
11	Window Rock Unified District	22.8%	$49,341	5.4%
12	Wilson Independent School District	26.0%	$55,000	3.2%
13	Wilson Elementary District	36.8%	$31,738	4.1%
14	Wilkinson County School District	24.9%	$35,311	5.2%
15	Wilcox County School District	23.5%	$40,640	5.7%
16	Whitley County School District	25.0%	$39,663	2.6%
17	Whiteriver Unified District	38.0%	$41,120	3.8%
18	White River School District 47-1	31.7%	$50,536	8.4%
19	Wheeler County School District	22.3%	$40,539	2.0%
20	Westwood Community Schools	26.6%	$44,202	7.4%
21	Westmorland Union Elementary School District	43.3%	$38,027	6.7%
22	Westhoff Independent School District	24.7%	$87,813	0.0%
23	Western Heights Public Schools	23.6%	$44,205	4.5%
24	West Tallahatchie School	23.6%	$33,646	6.3%
25	West Memphis School District	23.7%	$44,009	8.1%
26	West Bolivar Consolidated School District	32.0%	$31,404	4.6%
27	Wesley	26.6%	$63,125	7.8%
28	Wellsville Local School District	30.1%	$43,625	2.1%
29	Wellington Independent School District	22.1%	$60,595	0.7%
30	Weleetka Public Schools	26.7%	$50,625	0.8%
31	Weldon City Schools	27.0%	$39,931	4.4%
32	Waurika Public Schools	23.0%	$48,177	2.9%
33	Waterbury School District	22.3%	$51,886	5.5%
34	Washington Unorganized Territory	22.6%	$50,586	1.3%
35	Washington Unified School District (Fresno County)	35.5%	$45,056	7.9%
36	Washington County Schools	23.3%	$41,813	5.8%
37	Warwick Public School District 29	27.4%	$68,977	1.5%
38	Warren City School District	27.5%	$37,880	4.8%
39	Vineland Elementary School District	33.6%	$29,533	9.4%
40	Valentine Elementary District	22.4%	$33,565	3.5%
41	Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District	21.9%	$52,995	1.9%
42	Utica City School District	23.1%	$52,484	4.7%
43	Union Public School District	26.5%	$52,341	7.1%
44	Union Parish School District	22.7%	$42,885	2.5%
45	Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schools	23.6%	$46,250	17.7%
46	Tyrone Public Schools	62.0%	-	1.6%
47	Twin Buttes Public School District 37	34.6%	$54,375	4.0%
48	Tunica County School District	23.2%	$39,364	8.1%
49	Tulia Independent School District	22.4%	$35,357	2.0%
50	Tuba City Unified District	26.6%	$44,547	5.6%
51	Tornillo Independent School District	32.5%	$42,234	3.4%
52	Todd County School District 66-1	41.6%	$42,075	9.3%
53	Tishomingo Public Schools	23.2%	$45,635	2.1%
54	Tipton Elementary School District	29.4%	$46,458	5.8%
55	Thayer R-II School District	26.0%	$40,341	3.0%
56	Terrell County School District	25.6%	$46,171	2.1%
57	Tensas Parish School District	25.7%	$36,615	4.1%
58	Temple Public Schools	24.0%	$34,643	1.7%
59	Tarrant City School District	25.0%	$42,070	4.2%
60	Talladega City School District	25.6%	$44,198	5.7%
61	Taholah School District	31.6%	$52,500	2.8%
62	Syracuse City School District	23.2%	$47,819	4.4%
63	Suntex School District 10	70.6%	$21,875	0.0%
64	Sunnyside Union Elementary School District	22.4%	$70,938	7.6%
65	Sumter County School District	22.5%	$33,310	5.5%
66	Strong School District	22.9%	$39,453	3.3%
67	Strathmore Union Elementary School District	23.9%	$47,262	3.4%
68	Stratford School District	23.8%	$49,583	5.1%
69	Stone Corral Elementary School District	24.1%	$50,921	4.1%
70	Sto-Rox School District	23.5%	$47,500	7.2%
71	Stilwell Public Schools	23.0%	$43,973	3.9%
72	Stidham Public School	23.7%	$43,571	4.3%
73	Steubenville City School District	26.2%	$41,228	3.3%
74	Sterling Public School District 35	29.8%	$47,188	0.9%
75	Stehekin School District	25.0%	$47,750	0.0%
76	St. Marys City School District	25.7%	$53,750	17.6%
77	St. Landry Parish School District	22.1%	$44,462	3.3%
78	St. Helena Parish School District	24.2%	$41,934	9.1%
79	Springfield School District Re-4	22.4%	$45,147	0.4%
80	Spring Hill School District	24.7%	$63,864	2.6%
81	Southwest Region School District	28.3%	$58,375	8.3%
82	Southland C-9 School District	25.0%	$34,792	1.0%
83	Southgate Independent School District	28.7%	$49,363	2.8%
84	Southern Local School District (Meigs County)	23.2%	$41,496	1.6%
85	Southern Humboldt Joint Unified School District	37.6%	$38,197	3.6%
86	South Pike School District	22.0%	$39,539	3.1%
87	South Pemiscot County R-V School District	23.0%	$48,546	7.2%
88	South Fork Union School District	24.2%	$34,744	2.8%
89	South Delta School District	22.9%	$38,487	4.2%
90	Somerset Independent School District	24.3%	$33,760	2.7%
91	Solen Public School District 3	29.4%	$41,719	3.1%
92	Socorro Consolidated Schools	24.6%	$42,517	0.7%
93	Smee School District 15-3	45.0%	$29,583	20.8%
94	Slater School District	23.0%	$42,083	0.8%
95	Skull Valley Elementary District	27.5%	$54,205	1.5%
96	Silverton School District 1	23.1%	$77,824	7.2%
97	Sierra Grande School District R-30	24.7%	$38,894	0.9%
98	Semitropic Elementary School District	25.0%	$51,875	11.0%
99	Seminole Public Schools	25.4%	$41,568	3.7%
100	Selma City School District	29.3%	$33,197	7.8%
101	Seaside Heights Borough School District	40.2%	$47,589	3.9%
102	School Administration District 10	25.4%	$32,500	4.3%
103	Santee Community Schools	32.4%	$59,167	11.7%
104	Santa Rosa Independent School District	24.0%	$48,306	5.5%
105	Santa Maria Independent School District	35.2%	$34,773	2.8%
106	Sanders Unified District	33.6%	$30,009	3.3%
107	San Pasqual Valley Unified School District	28.8%	$37,500	13.2%
108	San Isidro Independent School District	25.3%	$36,964	4.8%
109	San Elizario Independent School District	26.7%	$47,537	1.8%
110	San Carlos Unified District	40.1%	$45,950	11.6%
111	San Benito Consolidated Independent School District	24.7%	$45,640	3.1%
112	San Augustine Independent School District	24.0%	$41,638	2.3%
113	San Ardo Union Elementary School District	35.5%	-	13.9%
114	Saluda County School District	22.4%	$48,215	1.2%
115	Salmon River Central School District	22.6%	$51,107	3.4%
116	Saginaw City School District	25.8%	$39,782	5.2%
117	Sacaton Elementary District	34.8%	$34,464	5.2%
118	Sabinal Independent School District	29.3%	$35,208	4.7%
119	Runge Independent School District	49.0%	-	1.4%
120	Round Valley Unified School District	22.3%	$37,794	9.8%
121	Roma Independent School District	36.7%	$27,843	6.5%
122	Rocky Boy Elementary School District	37.1%	$46,979	5.2%
123	Rocksprings Independent School District	28.8%	$38,487	0.0%
124	Rock Falls Elementary School District 13	23.9%	$48,059	4.2%
125	Rochester City School District	23.3%	$47,213	4.9%
126	Robstown Independent School District	25.0%	$41,182	4.8%
127	Roberts Ferry Union Elementary School District	25.5%	$74,375	3.7%
128	Riverview School District	23.6%	$34,966	3.6%
129	Riverview Gardens School District	27.3%	$41,194	5.7%
130	River Rouge School District	29.3%	$40,279	6.0%
131	Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington Local School District	22.1%	$56,250	4.3%
132	Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District	28.3%	$42,795	5.7%
133	Richland Union School District	22.0%	$58,039	3.6%
134	Richgrove Elementary School District	32.0%	$45,179	6.8%
135	Reserve Independent Schools	30.7%	$31,187	2.6%
136	Red Mesa Unified District	31.0%	$32,688	9.3%
137	Red Lake Public School District	30.9%	$49,125	4.8%
138	Reading School District	24.9%	$44,091	8.6%
139	Randolph Eastern School Corporation	22.5%	$47,233	3.4%
140	Randolph County School District	23.2%	$28,380	6.1%
141	Quitman County School District	25.4%	$32,412	6.6%
142	Quartzsite Elementary District	25.9%	$38,441	7.7%
143	Pryor Elementary School District	27.5%	$50,750	10.0%
144	Prospect Park Borough School District	30.0%	$53,125	7.6%
145	Progreso Independent School District	34.1%	$39,806	2.2%
146	Presidio Independent School District	32.7%	$42,818	8.0%
147	Prairie Elementary School District 191	28.0%	$44,167	1.4%
148	Portsmouth City School District	27.7%	$35,244	3.8%
149	Port Arthur Independent School District	30.1%	$42,827	4.5%
150	Poplar Elementary School District	34.8%	$46,136	8.7%
151	Pond Union Elementary School District	23.0%	$61,250	10.4%
152	Pleasantville City School District	24.7%	$53,661	6.7%
153	Pleasant View Elementary School District	25.6%	$51,181	3.0%
154	Pleasant Point	26.4%	$34,000	6.4%
155	Planada Elementary School District	22.6%	$42,500	3.5%
156	Pinon Unified District	43.8%	$27,656	10.8%
157	Pineville Independent School District	30.0%	$24,306	5.8%
158	Pine Point Public School District	27.8%	$40,833	9.8%
159	Pine Grove Elementary School District	28.6%	-	0.0%
160	Philadelphia Public School District	25.4%	$53,295	2.8%
161	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District	23.3%	$53,932	4.3%
162	Perry County Schools	22.4%	$45,612	0.8%
163	Perry County School District	23.2%	$37,654	6.5%
164	Perry County School District	22.6%	$44,118	2.5%
165	Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District	22.1%	$71,049	5.1%
166	Penelope Independent School District	25.1%	$57,604	2.1%
167	Pelham City School District	23.5%	$39,023	4.8%
168	Peavine Public School	30.9%	$33,542	1.4%
169	Peach Springs Unified District	27.4%	$61,848	9.4%
170	Parlier Unified School District	22.7%	$51,968	6.1%
171	Paris Independent School District	24.8%	$46,246	2.9%
172	Paloma School District	29.0%	$44,722	0.0%
173	Paintsville Independent School District	38.6%	$29,183	1.8%
174	Painesville City Local School District	25.1%	$46,219	4.4%
175	Owsley County School District	39.5%	$22,188	4.9%
176	Osceola School District	29.3%	$46,250	6.1%
177	Orick Elementary School District	31.8%	$40,417	8.0%
178	Optima Public School	31.8%	$29,081	0.0%
179	Oneida Special School District	25.6%	$44,077	2.4%
180	Okolona Separate School District	25.3%	$34,709	4.8%
181	Okemah Public Schools	28.5%	$37,888	1.0%
182	Oglala Lakota County School District 65-1	54.1%	$41,417	5.4%
183	Oak Run Elementary School District	37.4%	$31,382	7.8%
184	Nyssa School District 26	22.4%	$58,203	5.4%
185	Noxubee County School District	29.3%	$33,833	4.1%
186	North Panola School District	28.9%	$32,008	4.9%
187	North Harlem Colony Elementary School District	25.0%	$127,000	4.7%
188	North Chicago School District 187	22.2%	$55,875	4.2%
189	North Bolivar Consolidated School District	37.5%	$27,426	3.4%
190	Normandy Schools Collaborative	22.8%	$42,836	7.2%
191	Newton Municipal School	28.7%	$40,466	2.4%
192	Newport School District	24.2%	$41,250	3.8%
193	Newport City School District	23.0%	$31,250	0.3%
194	Newcomerstown Exempted Village School District	25.9%	$53,299	7.0%
195	New Miami Local School District	23.0%	$50,687	5.9%
196	New Brunswick City School District	25.9%	$65,810	5.3%
197	New Boston Local School District	24.5%	$22,932	3.9%
198	Nespelem School District	30.3%	$50,568	5.1%
199	Needles Unified School District	23.2%	$39,609	5.9%
200	Myrtle Point School District 41	23.6%	$48,795	3.7%
201	Muskegon Heights School District	31.7%	$35,239	8.7%
202	Muskegon City School District	23.2%	$45,181	5.5%
203	Murphy Elementary District	25.3%	$43,432	2.4%
204	Moyers Public Schools	22.6%	$49,231	0.8%
205	Morton Independent School District	22.3%	$40,417	2.8%
206	Morehouse Parish School District	22.2%	$39,454	4.9%
207	Monte Alto Independent School District	44.4%	$40,318	2.3%
208	Monroe City School District	29.8%	$40,505	5.6%
209	Moffat School District 2	31.4%	$37,794	2.9%
210	Mingo County School District	27.3%	$38,119	4.1%
211	Middlesboro Independent School District	29.1%	$29,740	3.6%
212	Middle Grove C-1 School District	33.3%	$47,083	0.3%
213	Miami Elementary School District	64.3%	$2,499	0.0%
214	Mesa Vista Consolidated Schools	56.4%	$29,262	3.9%
215	Meridian Public School District	27.8%	$34,885	4.3%
216	Meridian Community Unit School District 101	23.9%	$37,014	1.9%
217	Mercedes Independent School District	25.5%	$37,280	6.6%
218	Menifee County School District	22.7%	$45,096	3.5%
219	Mendota Unified School District	26.1%	$50,753	7.0%
220	Melrose Public Schools	24.0%	$55,962	2.8%
221	McNary Elementary District	31.9%	$56,250	10.8%
222	McLaughlin School District 15-2	36.7%	$38,750	14.8%
223	McIntosh School District 15-1	24.7%	$59,583	9.0%
224	McDowell County School District	29.9%	$31,559	2.2%
225	McCreary County School District	32.8%	$33,750	1.5%
226	McComb School District	26.3%	$41,595	2.5%
227	McClave School District Re-2	25.5%	$57,917	1.4%
228	Mayfield Independent School District	23.0%	$41,401	1.8%
229	Mattole Unified School District	34.3%	$50,500	2.9%
230	Marvell School District	29.3%	$38,844	9.5%
231	Martin County School District	26.2%	$37,042	1.8%
232	Marion School District 10	22.0%	$36,301	3.5%
233	Manzanita Elementary School District	22.8%	$64,375	4.2%
234	Mandaree Public School District 36	22.2%	$67,109	3.4%
235	Manchester Local School District (Adams County)	25.4%	$37,121	5.2%
236	Malone Independent School District	24.0%	$56,250	0.0%
237	Magoffin County School District	35.5%	$33,080	3.3%
238	Magdalena Municipal Schools	37.7%	$30,596	0.0%
239	Madison Parish School District	22.1%	$35,456	2.4%
240	Madison Community Unit School District 12	38.9%	$43,333	13.2%
241	Macwahoc Plantation	35.0%	$31,087	0.0%
242	Mabton School District	28.5%	$73,565	6.2%
243	Lowndes County School District	23.0%	$37,052	3.2%
244	Lower Yukon School District	32.6%	$51,914	10.7%
245	Loving Municipal Schools	24.2%	$61,838	5.8%
246	Lordsburg Municipal Schools	22.0%	$46,178	2.1%
247	Lorain City School District	23.4%	$45,191	4.3%
248	Long Creek School District 17	23.7%	$44,432	2.3%
249	Lone Pine Unified School District	23.5%	$44,681	1.4%
250	Logan Municipal Schools	26.1%	$34,129	0.3%
251	Lindsay Unified School District	25.3%	$60,464	10.9%
252	Liberty Independent School District	23.7%	$49,397	4.0%
253	Liberty Elementary School District	100.0%	-	0.0%
254	Lexington City Schools	22.5%	$43,830	3.2%
255	Lewiston Elementary School District	25.6%	$38,494	2.1%
256	Leslie County School District	22.9%	$35,934	1.6%
257	Lee County School District	31.9%	$34,375	7.1%
258	Lee County Public Schools	22.5%	$41,827	3.9%
259	Laytonville Unified School District	30.6%	$43,019	8.2%
260	Lasara Independent School District	23.0%	-	2.9%
261	Las Animas School District Re-1	28.3%	$48,556	2.4%
262	Laredo Independent School District	30.1%	$39,329	3.4%
263	Lamont School District	46.3%	$58,958	0.0%
264	Lamont Elementary School District	34.6%	$37,391	6.0%
265	Lame Deer Elementary School District	44.7%	$25,125	17.7%
266	Lake Worth Independent School District	22.2%	$51,120	4.9%
267	Lake County School District	31.1%	$28,814	1.5%
268	La Pryor Independent School District	29.0%	$39,659	5.8%
269	La Joya Independent School District	27.9%	$46,719	4.3%
270	Kress Independent School District	31.3%	$33,438	3.0%
271	Knox County School District	31.7%	$34,050	3.4%
272	Knippa Independent School District	25.2%	$57,692	4.1%
273	Kiryas Joel Village Union Free School District	35.0%	$50,032	1.2%
274	Kingsbury Plantation	66.7%	$38,036	0.0%
275	Kings River Union Elementary School District	22.5%	$81,414	5.9%
276	Keota Public Schools	25.9%	$51,094	3.9%
277	Kayenta Unified District	32.1%	$35,696	7.2%
278	Kashunamiut School District	38.4%	$35,875	9.5%
279	Kadoka School District 35-2	36.3%	$41,731	2.7%
280	Jonesboro Public Schools	24.3%	$45,548	5.2%
281	Joaquin Independent School District	22.0%	$55,267	0.7%
282	Jim Hogg County Independent School District	34.0%	$42,211	3.7%
283	Jennings School District	25.2%	$37,186	6.4%
284	Jennings Public School	23.7%	$44,688	4.2%
285	Jenkins Independent School District	28.8%	$26,600	1.8%
286	Jefferson County School District	33.3%	$38,305	0.8%
287	Jay Public Schools	22.3%	$48,988	4.9%
288	Jal Public Schools	32.2%	-	11.3%
289	Jackson Public School District	22.4%	$41,314	5.7%
290	Isaac Elementary District	22.7%	$53,968	3.9%
291	Indian Township	31.2%	$28,603	11.3%
292	Indian Oasis-Baboquivari Unified District	45.2%	$35,772	5.2%
293	Idabel Public Schools	22.5%	$44,879	3.0%
294	Hyder Elementary District	27.8%	$38,981	4.6%
295	Hydaburg City School District	24.0%	$46,875	9.4%
296	Hulbert Public Schools	24.7%	$46,840	2.7%
297	House Municipal Schools	35.4%	-	2.9%
298	Hot Springs Elementary School District	22.7%	$57,708	8.9%
299	Holyoke School District	22.8%	$53,605	4.2%
300	Holmes County Consolidated School District	33.3%	$32,538	4.3%
301	Hollandale School District	38.5%	$29,659	4.7%
302	Holbrook Unified District	26.1%	$44,722	2.6%
303	Hobart Public Schools	24.4%	$39,167	3.5%
304	Highland Plantation	36.8%	$42,745	10.1%
305	Highland Park City Schools	35.0%	$29,309	9.6%
306	Hidalgo Independent School District	31.9%	$41,094	5.7%
307	Helena-West Helena School District	27.9%	$36,829	7.6%
308	Heavener Public Schools	25.3%	$43,656	2.3%
309	Heart Butte K-12 Schools	40.9%	$35,000	8.5%
310	Healdton Public Schools	22.8%	$48,106	3.7%
311	Hazel Crest School District 152-5	34.0%	$52,923	12.3%
312	Hazard Independent School District	36.6%	$38,622	4.2%
313	Hayti R-II School District	38.3%	$24,952	8.3%
314	Hays-Lodge Pole K-12 Schools	23.1%	$52,250	12.8%
315	Hattiesburg Public School District	23.8%	$40,901	6.0%
316	Hatch Valley Municipal Schools	34.6%	$38,125	7.5%
317	Hartford School District	22.7%	$46,411	6.7%
318	Hart Independent School District	23.7%	$51,932	3.3%
319	Harrisburg City School District	27.0%	$48,099	7.4%
320	Harper Woods City Schools	22.2%	$56,607	5.3%
321	Harlan Independent School District	27.7%	$33,155	5.7%
322	Hancock County School District	26.8%	$34,960	2.9%
323	Hamtramck Public Schools	35.7%	$39,293	5.9%
324	Guadalupe Union Elementary School District	22.3%	$67,231	9.3%
325	Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District	27.7%	$35,277	6.3%
326	Greenville Public School District	23.5%	$35,457	3.9%
327	Greene County School District	31.2%	$29,200	1.6%
328	Grants-Cibola County Schools	26.0%	$50,023	4.6%
329	Grandview-Hopkins Independent School District	27.6%	$58,750	1.4%
330	Gorman Independent School District	23.5%	$50,542	2.4%
331	Golden Plains Unified School District	31.2%	$55,115	7.3%
332	Gilliam C-4 School District	29.2%	$42,109	2.6%
333	General Shafter Elementary School District	26.0%	$74,000	5.8%
334	General George Patton School District 133	30.9%	$35,361	7.8%
335	Gary Community School Corporation	28.6%	$38,559	5.6%
336	Ganado Unified District	35.7%	$31,411	2.5%
337	Gallup-McKinley County Schools	27.6%	$47,827	4.5%
338	Galax City Public Schools	24.9%	$38,675	2.9%
339	Gadsden Independent Schools	22.6%	$52,266	3.5%
340	Gadsden Elementary District	22.4%	$52,484	4.6%
341	Gadsden City School District	22.7%	$40,345	3.7%
342	Fulton Independent School District	29.6%	$36,040	0.9%
343	Fremont County School District 21	32.0%	$34,500	11.7%
344	Frederick Public Schools	22.4%	$49,549	3.7%
345	Frazer Elementary School District	30.3%	$38,250	12.0%
346	Franklin County School District	26.0%	$52,939	1.9%
347	Frankfort Independent School District	39.0%	$47,190	8.7%
348	Fort Yates Public School District 4	41.0%	$34,972	12.3%
349	Fort Totten Public School District 30	48.0%	$24,960	1.8%
350	Fort Thomas Unified District	32.5%	$50,804	10.0%
351	Fort Payne City School District	23.8%	$47,479	2.9%
352	Forrest City School District	26.0%	$41,802	4.4%
353	Forest Municipal School District	22.1%	$52,158	3.1%
354	Floyd County School District	22.3%	$41,279	3.3%
355	Florence School District 5	34.1%	$40,435	5.2%
356	Flint City School District	27.1%	$37,629	8.0%
357	Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified School District	29.3%	$46,937	10.1%
358	Ferdinand School District	88.0%	$13,849	0.0%
359	Farrell Area School District	23.8%	$42,500	4.4%
360	Fairfield City School District	25.8%	$48,456	3.7%
361	Fabens Independent School District	25.3%	$43,367	2.0%
362	Excelsior Independent School District	27.3%	$57,850	7.9%
363	Eminence R-I School District	29.8%	$47,431	1.4%
364	Eloy Elementary District	26.7%	$41,250	3.8%
365	Elk Hills Elementary School District	25.0%	$55,000	4.7%
366	Elfrida Elementary District	25.6%	$40,179	2.5%
367	Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District	24.1%	$58,501	4.4%
368	Edgewood Independent School District (Bexar County)	25.7%	$42,055	5.7%
369	Edcouch-Elsa Independent School District	28.2%	$38,770	6.0%
370	Eastern Local School District (Jackson, Pike, and Scioto Counties)	24.8%	$44,350	2.3%
371	East St. Louis School District 189	28.8%	$40,254	8.2%
372	East Ramapo Central School District (Spring Valley)	22.6%	$79,627	3.2%
373	East Newark Borough School District	36.4%	$48,646	5.6%
374	East Liverpool City School District	24.4%	$44,991	3.0%
375	East Cleveland City School District	29.8%	$25,022	8.3%
376	East Chambers Independent School District	25.9%	$77,331	8.1%
377	East Carroll Parish School District	28.1%	$33,341	5.5%
378	Earlimart Elementary School District	22.4%	$49,455	12.7%
379	Eagle Butte School District 20-1	37.6%	$43,158	12.4%
380	Duquesne City School District	28.2%	$44,180	5.4%
381	Dupree School District 64-2	28.1%	$59,674	11.9%
382	Dunseith Public School District 1	28.9%	$51,026	2.5%
383	Dublin City School District	27.8%	$43,216	3.9%
384	Douglas Unified District	24.4%	$44,500	6.4%
385	Dora R-III School District	23.0%	$49,223	2.9%
386	Dora Consolidated Schools	28.8%	$65,893	4.9%
387	Donna Independent School District	31.2%	$43,627	5.6%
388	Doniphan R-I School District	22.8%	$41,297	2.0%
389	Dolton School District 148	27.7%	$51,546	9.0%
390	Dinuba Unified School District	25.9%	$61,112	7.4%
391	Dillon School District 4	23.5%	$46,846	4.8%
392	Dierks School District	24.4%	$35,438	4.2%
393	Dexter Consolidated Schools	36.9%	$38,110	1.8%
394	Detroit Public Schools Community District	27.8%	$39,938	7.6%
395	Deming Public Schools	23.9%	$36,419	2.4%
396	Dawson Springs Independent School District	31.4%	$32,838	4.1%
397	Dallas County School District	23.3%	$37,494	4.0%
398	Cypress School District 64	36.0%	$46,250	1.3%
399	Cuba Independent Schools	40.6%	$30,658	6.6%
400	Crystal City Independent School District	30.1%	$37,417	1.8%
401	Crooked Oak Public Schools	22.7%	$47,949	1.4%
402	Crawford	31.8%	$31,875	5.9%
403	Covert Public Schools	30.8%	$39,704	1.7%
404	Concordia Parish School District	24.8%	$39,943	5.4%
405	Commerce Public Schools	23.6%	$40,000	1.4%
406	Colorado City Unified District	25.6%	$79,306	2.1%
407	Cohoes City School District	24.0%	$61,145	3.5%
408	Coahoma County School District	23.3%	$42,319	4.3%
409	Cleveland School District	22.3%	$46,059	3.1%
410	Cleveland Municipal School District	25.2%	$41,020	6.4%
411	Cleveland Independent School District	23.4%	$57,146	2.9%
412	Clearwater R-I School District	23.5%	$47,548	2.9%
413	Clayton Public Schools	22.0%	$31,205	3.9%
414	Clay Local School District	24.7%	$35,530	1.5%
415	Clay Joint Elementary School District	23.8%	$59,792	0.9%
416	Clay County School District	26.8%	$40,900	4.0%
417	Clarkton C-4 School District	23.8%	$43,750	0.7%
418	Clarksdale Municipal School District	33.7%	$36,382	5.8%
419	Clairton City School District	30.8%	$36,538	4.3%
420	Claiborne County School District	30.1%	$31,897	2.7%
421	City of East Chicago School District	23.6%	$42,125	4.4%
422	Chinle Unified District	32.8%	$31,574	5.7%
423	Chickasaw City School District	24.0%	$46,559	2.6%
424	Chicago Heights School District 170	26.7%	$51,747	6.5%
425	Chester-Upland School District	22.6%	$45,926	9.3%
426	Charlotte Independent School District	26.1%	$39,464	1.6%
427	Central Consolidated Schools	28.1%	$44,961	7.1%
428	Centerville R-I School District	23.9%	$41,944	0.0%
429	Centerpoint School District	22.0%	$45,026	1.4%
430	Cement Public Schools	22.2%	$39,844	4.3%
431	Cedar Unified District	31.4%	$36,095	4.8%
432	Caverna Independent School District	25.1%	$38,250	3.0%
433	Cave Springs Public Schools	22.4%	$41,944	3.1%
434	Caruthersville 18 School District	32.4%	$33,902	4.8%
435	Carrollton School District	39.7%	$50,399	5.2%
436	Carrollton City School District	22.9%	$54,453	3.3%
437	Carroll Plantation	22.5%	$24,643	1.6%
438	Carrizo Springs Consolidated Independent School District	31.7%	$38,808	3.9%
439	Carbon Cliff-Barstow School District 36	33.2%	$46,563	8.4%
440	Canton City School District	23.0%	$41,428	4.9%
441	Cannelton City Schools	34.2%	$29,219	6.2%
442	Campbell City School District	26.9%	$42,909	6.9%
443	Camden City School District	27.3%	$40,546	8.5%
444	Caldwell Parish School District	22.2%	$47,028	5.0%
445	Cahokia Community Unit School District 187	32.2%	$33,063	4.9%
446	Burnham School District 154-5	25.6%	$51,058	7.3%
447	Buncombe Consolidated School District 43	22.5%	$61,250	4.7%
448	Buna Independent School District	22.9%	$55,048	10.1%
449	Bullock County School District	25.2%	$31,310	3.0%
450	Buckholts Independent School District	24.1%	$55,208	2.4%
451	Bruceville-Eddy Independent School District	31.9%	$63,103	1.0%
452	Brownsville Independent School District	23.4%	$48,874	3.8%
453	Browning Elementary School District	28.9%	$38,081	7.3%
454	Brooklyn Community Unit School District 188	50.0%	$30,673	8.6%
455	Brookesmith Independent School District	32.7%	$53,487	3.2%
456	Brockton Elementary School District	54.2%	$27,813	2.5%
457	Bridgeville Elementary School District	23.1%	$32,015	4.5%
458	Bridgeton City School District	23.7%	$55,781	3.2%
459	Bridgeport School District	22.5%	$48,735	1.0%
460	Breckenridge R-I School District	28.3%	$32,246	2.6%
461	Breathitt County School District	28.6%	$35,250	4.1%
462	Brazos Independent School District	24.9%	$44,768	6.1%
463	Box Elder Elementary School District	24.3%	$75,136	6.3%
464	Bowling Green Independent School District	28.5%	$41,238	3.6%
465	Boswell Public Schools	23.1%	$38,214	3.4%
466	Boles Independent School District	33.3%	$56,250	2.8%
467	Bogalusa City School District	28.2%	$36,616	6.6%
468	Bloomfield Municipal Schools	22.8%	$47,486	3.2%
469	Blevins School District	23.0%	$47,422	4.8%
470	Bienville Parish School District	22.4%	$35,011	2.9%
471	Bering Strait School District	26.7%	$58,393	13.3%
472	Berea Independent School District	25.2%	$48,477	2.6%
473	Benton Harbor Area Schools	27.2%	$39,262	9.0%
474	Bennett County School District 03-1	28.2%	$53,750	5.0%
475	Belleview R-III School District	28.1%	$48,512	0.7%
476	Bell City R-II School District	34.5%	$47,500	10.2%
477	Belfonte Public School	41.8%	$37,385	5.0%
478	Belcourt Public School District 7	22.6%	$68,125	1.8%
479	Beecher Community School District	24.6%	$36,875	9.4%
480	Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station School District	50.0%	$24,750	0.0%
481	Barnwell County Consolidated School District	24.2%	$42,190	3.5%
482	Barbourville Independent School District	44.2%	$21,927	3.7%
483	Balmorhea Independent School District	35.6%	-	0.0%
484	Bakersfield City School District	23.2%	$51,481	5.4%
485	Avoyelles Parish School District	22.8%	$39,325	3.4%
486	Augusta School District	33.9%	$40,125	3.7%
487	Atlantic City School District	28.3%	$41,028	8.9%
488	Atkinson County School District	23.2%	$42,347	2.8%
489	Arvin Union School District	29.8%	$49,405	8.7%
490	Arbon Elementary School District 383	51.1%	-	0.0%
491	Apache Elementary District	23.3%	$65,250	0.0%
492	Amite County School District	22.7%	$37,222	2.4%
493	Amherst Independent School District	22.2%	$64,583	0.8%
494	Alta Vista Elementary School District	31.5%	$42,500	5.5%
495	Alpena School District	24.9%	$48,132	1.2%
496	Alpaugh Unified School District	37.9%	$47,063	10.5%
497	Allensworth Elementary School District	27.7%	$56,339	12.4%
498	Allendale County School District	22.0%	$32,328	3.7%
499	Alice Independent School District	25.5%	$49,032	2.7%
500	Aldine Independent School District	22.8%	$52,455	4.8%

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.

More School Districts Rankings

Explore Other Rankings

Densest Population per Square Mile Least Densely Populated States Largest US Land Area Populated States Oldest Median Age Youngest Median Age Racially Diverse States Largest Hispanic Population

View all 175 rankings →

Frequently Asked Questions

Liberty Elementary School District has the highest poverty rate at 100.0%, according to latest Census ACS data. Ferdinand School District and Suntex School District 10 round out the top three.

Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District has the lowest poverty rate at 21.9%. Clayton Public Schools is second-lowest at 22.0%.

The median across all 500 states is 26.0%. 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.