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"Making the grade?: In these school districts, students are less likely to succeed" by Samuel Stebbins and Michael B. Sauter of USA Today is a very interesting article that gives some insight into schools of poverty. The article talked about the impacts of poverty in schools all over the United States. They also showed other factors that might impact students of poverty in schools, such as the students to teacher ratio, graduation rates, and per-student spending. The article showed many interesting facts about poverty in the community, and how it can impacts students. There are also some schools in communities with poverty that have student to teacher ratios such as 26 to 1. The article also talked about test scores and the impacts of having such a large student to teacher ratio.

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School district quality is one of the most important factors homebuyers consider when looking for a place to live - particularly for new or expecting parents. A good school district can greatly increase a child's chances of future success.

Of course, the influences that can shape a child's future are not strictly limited to the classroom. Conditions in the home and the broader community also have an effect.

Using data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center for Education Statistics, 24/7 Wall St. developed an index of measures, including the child poverty rate, the teacher-to-student ratio, per-pupil spending, the share of adults with a college education, and the high school graduation rate to determine the school district where students are least likely to succeed in every state.
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In our analysis, we also reviewed a number of measures of district outcomes, including college entrance exam performance and subject proficiency tests from education and community data clearing house, Niche. While unfavorable rankings in these measures will not alone dash children's chances for success through their school years and into adulthood, they can present considerable disadvantages.

One of the most important predictors of a child's academic success is their poverty status. Children living below the poverty line are more likely to report poor physical health and have reduced ability to concentrate and retain information.
1. Alabama: Chickasaw City Schools
Childhood poverty increases the likelihood of low test scores and reduces a student's chances of completing high school. For this reason, the child poverty rate was selected as a component in the index. Here is a state-by-state look at the child poverty rate.

It is important to note that education policy is decided largely at the state level, and partially as a result, the difference in school district quality across a state can be lower than it is between states. A district that ranks as the worst in a given state will not necessarily compare unfavorably among districts in other states. Here is a list of the states with the best and worst schools.

* Location: Mobile County

* Annual per student spending: $9,372

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 14.4%
2. Alaska: Lower Kuskokwim School District
Smaller class sizes have been shown to in some cases have a positive effect on academic performance. In Alabama's Chickasaw City Schools, a district that covers three schools enrolling about 1,000 students, there are 20.8 students for every teacher, compared to a state average student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8 to 1 state and a national ratio of 16.1 to 1.

Many area students likely face additional disadvantages outside of the classroom. Children growing up below the poverty line deal with unique hardships and stressors that can have a negative impact on academic performance. In the Chickasaw district, a staggering 41.3% of children age 5 to 17 live below the poverty line, well above the child poverty rate of 22.4% across Alabama.

* Location: Bethel Census Area

* Annual per student spending: $32,652

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 13.2%
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Like in much of the state, spending in Alaska's Lower Lower Kuskokwim School District is very high, but that has not translated to good outcomes for students. Less than 10% of students test as proficient in math or reading, and less than half of high school students in the district graduate on time.

Children living in poverty often face challenges and stresses that can hinder academic success, and a staggering 37.5% of 5 to 17 year olds in the district live in poverty, about three times the state's child poverty rate.

* Location: Apache County

* Annual per student spending: $14,746
4. Arkansas: Osceola School District
* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 11.3%

Children growing up in poverty face a host of unique challenges that, among other things, can undermine academic performance. In Arizona's Window Rock Unified School District 8, located on the Navajo Nation reservation in the northeastern section of the state, a staggering 44.4% of children live in poverty, a far greater child poverty rate than the state rate of 18.8%.

Disadvantages for local students do not end there. Children raised by college-educated parents are more likely to succeed academically than those who were raised by parents without a postsecondary education. In Window Rock, however, just 11.3% of adults have a bachelor's degree or higher, well below the 28.9% share of adults across the state.

* Location: Mississippi County

* Annual per student spending: $12,094
5. California: Mendota Unified School District
* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 9.1%

The conditions associated with poverty can detract considerably from overall academic performance. In Arkansas' Osceola School District 1, 40.1% of children age 5 to 17 live below the poverty line, nearly double the state's child poverty rate of 21.5%.

Additionally, children raised by parents with a college education have a greater than average chance at academic success. In the district, just 9.1% of adults have a bachelor's degree or higher, less than half the 22.6% statewide bachelor's degree attainment rate.

* Location: Fresno County

* Annual per student spending: $11,111
6. Colorado: Las Animas School District
* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 2.1%

While there is debate about the level of benefit of smaller class sizes on students, many studies have shown at least some academic benefits. The student to full-time teacher radio in the district is close to 26 to 1, one of the worst in the country; the nationwide average student-to-teacher ratio is 16.1 to 1. The average SAT score of students in the district is 950, and the average ACT score is 18, both well below the national average test scores.

Children whose parents have lower educational attainment are more likely to struggle in school, and in Mendota, just 2.1% of adults have a bachelor's degree, the lowest share in the district and one of the five lowest out of any district in the United States.

* Location: Bent County

* Annual per student spending: $7,046
7. Connecticut: Hartford Public Schools
* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 10.3%

Greater financial resources for a school district can provide students with advantages like a broader range of options related to elective course work and smaller class sizes. In Colorado's Las Animas School District, located in the southeast section of the state, per pupil spending is just $7,046, well below the average expenditures of $9,809 statewide and $12,201 nationwide.

Perhaps due to the lower spending, class sizes are large in Las Animas. There are 40.3 students for every teacher in the district, well above the average student-to-teacher ratios of 17.4 to 1 statewide and 16.1 to 1 nationwide.

* Location: Hartford County

* Annual per student spending: $19,705
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* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 16.8%

Connecticut's Hartford public school system reports per student spending of close to $20,000 per year, well above the national annual per pupil spending figure of $12,201 and slightly higher than the state figure of $19,322.

Despite the relatively high spending in the district, student achievement is relatively poor. Just 24% of students test as proficient in reading, and just 16% test as proficient in math. Less than 10% of high school students are enrolled in AP courses, one of the smallest shares of any district in the state.

* Location: Sussex County
9. Florida: Hamilton County School District
* Annual per student spending: $14,137

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 13.1%

Delaware's Woodbridge School District covers four schools that enroll about 2,500 students in central Delaware. High school students in the district are less likely to take college level courses than most high schoolers in Delaware, and those who do are less likely to master the material. An estimated 13.7% of high schoolers in the district are enrolled in an AP class, and only 24.1% of them pass their exams - each well below the corresponding 18.8% and 49.9% statewide rates.

Outcomes such as these are likely attributable in part to certain conditions outside of the classroom. For example, children whose parents have lower educational attainment are more likely to struggle in school, and in Woodbridge, just 13.1% of adults have a bachelor's degree - well below the 31.4% share across Delaware.

* Location: Hamilton County
10. Georgia: Stewart County School District
* Annual per student spending: $10,976

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 9.3%

Florida's Hamilton County School District, located in the northern part of the state near the border with Georgia, ranks in our index as the school district where students have the lowest chances for success. A major reason for this ranking is the district's very high child poverty rate of 34.3%, which is much higher than both the state and national rates of 18.4% and 17%, respectively.

Students who live in poor households are much less likely to succeed in school, as are those whose parents have a college education. In the district, just 9.3% of residents 25 or older have a bachelor's degree, less than one-third of the national or state shares.

* Location: Stewart County
11. Hawaii: Hawaii Public Schools
* Annual per student spending: $14,967

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 11.2%

Georgia's Stewart County School District ranks as the district where students are most likely to struggle to find academic success. The relatively small district of about 500 students and three operational schools reports spending $14,967 per pupil per year, higher than both the national and state per pupil spending figures.

However, student achievement is relatively poor, despite higher spending in the district. Just 29% of students scored as proficient in math, and only 14% score as proficient in reading in the state. Less than 2% of high school students have enrolled in an AP course, one of the lower shares of any district in the state.
12. Idaho: Mountain View School District 244
* Location: Honolulu County

* Annual per student spending: $14,322

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 32.5%

Hawaii is the only state to have a single school district manage every public school. Therefore, the district's ranking on this list is by default only. In fact, by several measures, public school students in Hawaii have some advantages over students nationwide. For example, annual per student spending in the state is $14,322 compared to the national average of $12,201. Higher-spending districts often have smaller class sizes, and in Hawaii, the average student-teacher ratio of 15 to 1 is slightly lower than the 16.1 to 1 national average.

* Location: Idaho County
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* Annual per student spending: $10,075

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 19.6%

Idaho's Mountain View School District 244 ranks as the district in the state where students are least likely to succeed academically due in large part to conditions outside of the classroom.

Students who live in poor households are much less likely than those who grow up in more affluent households to succeed in school, as are those whose parents have a college education. In the district, 15.8% of school-aged children live below the poverty line, compared to 12.5% of children statewide. Additionally, just 19.6% of adults in the district have a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 26.9% of adults across the state.
14. Indiana: Gary Community School Corporation
* Location: St. Clair County

* Annual per student spending: $17,132

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 7.3%

Illinois' Cahokia Community Unit School District 187, located across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri, has very poor student outcomes, despite relatively high per pupil spending. The district's high school graduation rate is less than 70%, and according to Niche just 6% of students score as proficient in math and just 5% in reading.

Students whose parents have graduated college are less likely to struggle academically, and the district's 7.3% bachelor's degree attainment rate among adults is the lowest in the state and one of the lowest in the country.
15. Iowa: Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Community School District
* Location: Lake County

* Annual per student spending: $11,195

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 13.7%

Gary, Indiana, is one of the poorest communities in the United States, which means that children in the Gary Community School Corporation district are among the most likely in the country to have their chances for academic success limited by poverty. The district's 49% child poverty rate - compared to the state's 15.7% rate and national 17% rate - is the highest in the state and one of the highest in the country.

Gary's student-to-teacher ratio of 24.5 to 1 is well above the national average ratio of 16.1 to 1 and is one of the highest of any U.S. school district.
16. Kansas: Riverside Unified School District 114
* Location: Monona County

* Annual per student spending: $11,044

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 16.5%

The Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Community School District, located in western Iowa, ranks as the worst school district in Iowa. Students in the district are far less likely than those in other parts of the state to enroll in college level courses while in high school. Just 1% of high schoolers in Maple Valley are in an Advanced Placement classes compared to 15.4% of high school students across Iowa.
17. Kentucky: Harlan County Public Schools
Children of college-educated parents are more likely than most others to succeed academically, and in the Maple Valley district, just 16.5% of adults have a bachelor's degree, well below the 28.2% share of adults statewide.

* Location: Doniphan County

* Annual per student spending: $10,748

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 16.8%

Like most of the districts on this list, students in the Riverside Unified School District 114 are more likely to live in poor households with parents who have not received a college education than those in most districts statewide. An estimated 16.8% of adults in the district have a bachelor's degree, which is about half the state and nationwide bachelor's attainment rates.
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* Location: Harlan County

* Annual per student spending: $9,647

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 10.5%

The Harlan County School District, located in southeastern Kentucky, ranks as the worst district in the state. The conditions associated with poverty can detract considerably from overall academic performance. In the Harlan County School District, a staggering 42.5% of children age 5 to 17 live below the poverty line, double the state's 20.5% child poverty rate.
19. Maine: Regional School Unit 10
Students in the district may also be at a disadvantage from lower than average school spending. Per pupil spending in the district is just $9,647 a year, below both the state annual spending per students of $10,121 and the national average spending of $12,201.

* Location: East Carroll Parish

* Annual per student spending: $11,888

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 8.5%

Louisiana's East Carroll Parish School District, in the northeast corner of the state, ranks as the worst in the state in our index of student opportunity for success. The district, which is one of the state's smallest with roughly 1,000 students, has one of the highest student-to-teacher ratios in the state, at 19.3 to 1, and has a high school graduation rate of less than 70%.
20. Maryland: Somerset County Public Schools
The district has one of the highest child poverty rates in the country - almost two-third of district children 5 to 17 live in a household in poverty, the highest child poverty rate in the state and the fifth highest of any district in the United States.

* Location: Oxford County

* Annual per student spending: $15,388

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 16.9%

Maine's Regional School Unit 10 district ranks as the worst school district in Maine due in large part to conditions outside the classroom. Children living below the poverty line face a number of challenges that can have a negative impact on their academic performance. In Western Foothills, 29.8% of school-aged children live below the poverty line, the highest child poverty rate of any school district in the state.
21. Massachusetts: Springfield Public Schools
Children in the district are also less likely than most in the state to be raised by college-educated parents. Just 16.9% of adults in Western Foothills have a bachelor's degree or higher, well below the 30.9% bachelor's degree attainment rate across the state.

* Location: Somerset County

* Annual per student spending: $15,775

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 15.7%

In Maryland's Somerset County Public Schools district, in the Southeast part of the state, less than a third of students tested as proficient in either math or reading.
22. Michigan: River Rouge School District
The district also has one of the lowest high school graduation rates in the state. It is also the only district in the state with an adult bachelor's degree attainment rate less than half the national rate of 31.5%. It has a child poverty rate of 30% - the highest in the state.

* Location: Hampden County

* Annual per student spending: $15,838

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 18.6%

Public schools in Massachusetts are generally high performing compared to the average district nationwide, but the Springfield City district ranks as the worst in the state in terms of opportunity for success among students in the district. Part of the reason the district ranks so poorly is due to conditions outside the classroom. The stress associated with poverty has a significant negative impact on academic performance, and Springfield's child poverty rate of 37.7% is the highest of any district in the state.
23. Minnesota: Red Lake Public Schools
High school students in the district are less likely to take college level courses than most high schoolers in Massachusetts, and those who do are less likely to master the material. Some 13% of high schoolers in the district are enrolled in an AP class, and only 27.7% of them pass their exams - each well below the corresponding statewide rates of 20.1% and 69.6%.

* Location: Wayne County

* Annual per student spending: $11,862

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 8.3%

The River Rouge City School District is located in the southern part of the Detroit metropolitan area. High schoolers in the district are far less likely than students statewide to take Advanced Placement classes. Just 3% of high school students in the district are enrolled in an AP class, well below the 19.7% state average.
24. Mississippi: Holmes County School District
Students in the district are also far more likely than most to face hardships outside of the classroom that can negatively impact academic performance. For example, a staggering 47.4% of school-aged children in the area live below the poverty line, well above the 17.5% child poverty rate across Michigan.

* Location: Beltrami County

* Annual per student spending: $19,750

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 5.9%
25. Missouri: Caruthersville School District 18
K-12 spending in Minnesota's Red Lake School District is relatively high, at nearly $20,000 per student, but students face a number of obstacles to academic success, despite the relatively high funding.

Just 5.9% of adults in the district have a bachelor's degree, which is one of the lowest shares of any district in the state or the country. In Minnesota, 35.4% of adults have a bachelor's degree.

* Location: Holmes County

* Annual per student spending: $8,439

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 10.3%
26. Montana: Libby Public Schools
The Holmes County School District ranks as the worst in the state of Mississippi. Smaller class sizes have been shown to improve education outcomes in some cases, and in Holmes County, there are 17.3 students per teacher, higher than the 15.1 to 1 student-teacher ratio across Mississippi. Per pupil spending in the district is also slightly below average. According to Niche, only 15% of district students are proficient in reading, and just 9% are proficient in math.

* Location: Pemiscot County

* Annual per student spending: $8,379

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 13.7%
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In Missouri's Caruthersville School District, annual per pupil spending is just $8,379, one of the lowest per pupil spending figures in both the state and the country. For context, per pupil spending nationwide is $12,201.

Growing up with parents who have a college education can improve chances for academic success. However, in the district, just 13.7% of adults have a bachelor's degree, less than half the nationwide bachelor's degree attainment rate.

* Location: Lincoln County

* Annual per student spending: $10,752
28. Nevada: Nye County School District
* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 22.2%

Students in Montana's Libby Public Schools district do not benefit from the same level of financial resources as many other students in the state. Per student spending in the district is just $10,752 annually, below both the comparable average spending across state school districts of $11,443 and the average nationwide of $12,201. Greater investment could reduce class sizes. Currently, there are 16.3 students per teacher, well above the state average student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2 to 1.

* Location: Thurston County

* Annual per student spending: $22,636

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 14.3%
29. New Hampshire: Berlin Public Schools
Nebraska's Winnebago district is relatively small, comprising only two schools that enroll about 600 students. The district's ranking on this list is due in large part to conditions outside the classroom.

Students who live in poor households are much less likely than those who grow up in more affluent households to succeed in school, as are those whose parents have a college education. In the district 29.5% of school-aged children live below the poverty line, compared to 11.2% of children statewide. Additionally, just 14.3% of adults in the district have a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 31.3% of adults across the state.

* Location: Nye County

* Annual per student spending: $12,077
30. New Jersey: Camden City School District
* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 11.5%

Students in Nevada's Nye County School District are less likely than those across the state as a whole to enroll in advanced, college level courses before graduating from high school. Just 9.6% of the district's high schoolers are in an AP course, a far smaller share than the 18.7% of students across Nevada as a whole.

While students in the district benefit from higher than average school spending, other important factors outside of the classroom put many children in the area at a disadvantage academically. For example, children of college-educated adults have been shown to perform better academically, and in the Nye County district, just 11.5% of adults have a bachelor's degree, less than half the 24.2% share of adults across Nevada.

* Location: Coos County

* Annual per student spending: $17,578
31. New Mexico: Dulce Independent Schools
* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 12.3%

Poverty can put enormous stress on school-age children, and that can have a negative effect on academic performance. In New Hampshire's Berlin Public School district, 26.5% of school age children live below the poverty line, the largest share of any district in the state and well above the 8.8% child poverty rate across New Hampshire as a whole.

* Location: Camden County

* Annual per student spending: $23,996

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 9.1%
32. New York: Rochester City School District
Smaller class sizes have been shown in some cases to have a positive effect on academic achievement. In New Jersey's Camden City School District, there are 13.6 students per teacher, higher than the 12.2 to 1 statewide student-to-teacher ratio.

Students in the district are less likely than those across the state to enroll in advanced, college level courses before graduating from high school. Just 3.8% of the district's high schoolers are in an AP course, a far smaller share than the 19.5% of high schoolers who are across New Jersey as a whole.

* Location: Rio Arriba County

* Annual per student spending: $14,429

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 10.1%
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New Mexico's Dulce Independent School district has smaller than average class sizes and greater than average per student spending. However, some of the factors that can affect student performance the most are outside of the classroom - and these measures largely explain the district's ranking on this list.

Students who live in poor households are much less likely than those who grow up in more affluent households to succeed in school, as are those whose parents have a college education. In the district 28.1% of school aged children live below the poverty line, compared to 23.3% of children statewide. Additionally, just 10.1% of adults in the district have a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 27.1% of adults across the state.

* Location: Monroe County
34. North Dakota: Belcourt School District 7
* Annual per student spending: $23,428

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 24.7%

Public schools in New York are generally high performing compared to schools nationwide, but the Rochester City School District ranks as the worst in the state. Students in the district are less likely than those across the state as a whole to enroll in advanced, college level courses before graduating from high school. Just 8.2% of the district's high schoolers are in an AP course, a far smaller share than the 21% who are enrolled in AP classes across New York as a whole.

Poverty and the many challenges that come with it can have a negative impact on academic performance. In the Rochester district, 39.1% of school age children live below the poverty line, compared to 17.5% of children across the state as a whole.

* Location: Davidson County
35. Ohio: Cleveland Municipal School District
* Annual per student spending: $10,412

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 10.7%

Students In North Carolina's Thomasville City Schools are more likely than those in most other districts in the state to face obstacles to their academic development based on their home environment. Just 10.7% of adults have a bachelor's degree, one-third the national bachelor's degree attainment rate. The child poverty rate in the district of 36.8% is well above the state child poverty rate of 18.6% and one of the highest of any school district in the country.

* Location: Rolette County

* Annual per student spending: $14,371
36. Oklahoma: Crooked Oak Public Schools
* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 21.7%

North Dakota's Belcourt School District 7 has one of the lower freshman graduation rates in the state, at about 70%.

The district is relatively low income - the typical household has an annual income of just $32,375, one of the lowest incomes both in the state and the country. An estimated 23.8% of children in the district live in poverty, well above the state's 9.5% child poverty rate. Children growing up in poverty are more likely than their peers to struggle academically.

* Location: Cuyahoga County

* Annual per student spending: $17,059
37. Oregon: Oakridge School District
* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 16.5%

A large share of students in Ohio's Cleveland Municipal School District face academic disadvantages tied to their socioeconomic background. Over 20% of adults in the district lack a high school diploma, one of the larger shares of any district in the country. Also, an estimated 44.3% of 5 to 17 year olds in the district live in poverty.

Student outcomes in the district are relatively poor. In both math and reading exams, less than 30% of students scored as proficient, according to Niche. The district also has a relatively low high school graduation rate.

* Location: Oklahoma County
38. Pennsylvania: Farrell Area School District
* Annual per student spending: $8,367

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 2.8%

Socioeconomic conditions in Oklahoma's Crooked Oak Public Schools district are likely to have a negative impact on student achievement. Just 2.8% of adults have a bachelor's degree, which is not only the lowest share in the state but one of the 10 lowest shares out of more than 10,000 U.S. school districts. And only an estimated 68.5% of adults in the district have a high school diploma. Over 35% of children in the district live in poverty.

Academic outcomes are relatively poor in the district. According to Niche, just 21% of students in the district score as proficient in reading, and just 16% score as proficient in math.

* Location: Lane County
39. Rhode Island: Central Falls School District
* Annual per student spending: $13,128

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 15.5%

Spending in Oregon's Oakridge School District comes to $13,128 per student per year, which is higher than both the national and state per pupil spending figures. However, based on socioeconomic indicators of success and school outcomes, students in the district face substantial obstacles to academic achievement. Notably, the district has a child poverty rate of 56.2%, which is by far the highest in the state - the state's child poverty rate is 13.9% - and is 10th highest in the country. The district also has a far lower than average high school graduation rate.

* Location: Mercer County
40. South Carolina: Dillon School District Four
* Annual per student spending: $26,975

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 13%

Pennsylvania's Farrell Area School District is a small district of only two schools and about 700 students located in the northwestern section of the state. According to Niche, only about 16% of district students are proficient in math, and 31% are proficient in reading.

Though the district has higher than average per student spending and smaller than average class sizes, circumstances outside the classroom likely have a negative impact on academic performance. For example, poverty can put enormous stress on school-age children, and that can have a negative effect on academic performance. In the school district, 43.9% of school-age children live below the poverty line, more than double the 15.5% state child poverty rate.

* Location: Providence County
41. South Dakota: Oglala Lakota County School District
* Annual per student spending: $17,157

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 8%

The Central Falls School District, located just north of Providence, ranks as the worst school district in Rhode Island. Only 11% of district students are proficient in reading, and 9% are proficient in math. Poor academic performance is likely due in part to conditions outside of the classroom, as 34.2% of school age children in the district live below the poverty line, the largest share of any Rhode Island school district and more than double the state child poverty rate of 16.2%. Poverty can detract considerably from young student's ability to perform academically.

* Location: Dillon County

* Annual per student spending: $9,387
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* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 10.6%

Dillon School District Four is located in northern South Carolina. Schools in the district lack the same financial resources as the average district statewide as per pupil spending in Dillon is $9,387 per year - below the $10,590 average across South Carolina. Additionally, smaller class sizes have been shown in some cases to improve academic outcomes, but in Dillon, the student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3 to 1 is well above the 14.8 to 1 average ratio statewide.

Older students in the Dillion district are less likely than those across the state as a whole to enroll in advanced, college level courses. Just 2.5% of district high schoolers are in an AP course, compared to 14.7% of high schoolers in South Carolina.

* Location: Oglala Lakota County
43. Texas: Monte Alto Independent School District
* Annual per student spending: $16,412

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 11.8%

Serious financial hardship can undermine a student's ability to perform well academically, and the Oglala Lakota County School District is one of the poorest places in the United States. Over half of all children in the district live below the poverty line, compared to 14.3% of school-age children across South Dakota.

Disadvantages for local students do not end there. Children raised by college-educated parents are more likely to succeed academically than their peers. But in Oglala Lakota, just 11.8% of adults have a bachelor's degree or higher, well below the 28.5% share of adults across the state.
44. Utah: Ogden City School District
* Location: Lincoln County

* Annual per student spending: $8,104

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 18.3%

In Tennessee's Fayetteville City Schools district, located in the southern part of the state near the border with Alabama, annual spending comes to just $8,104 per student, about $1,000 less than the state's already low per-pupil spending and approximately $4,000 less than the national per pupil spending figure.

Students in the district are more likely to face obstacles to their academic achievement based on their home environment. The adult bachelor's degree attainment rate of 18.3% is well below both the state and national figures, and over one in four children in the district live in poverty.
45. Vermont: Springfield School District
* Location: Hidalgo County

* Annual per student spending: $11,037

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 9.5%

Children raised by college-educated parents are more likely to succeed academically than their peers. But in Texas's Monte Alto Independent School District, just 9.5% of adults have a bachelor's degree or higher, well below the 29.3% share of adults across the state. Further adding to disadvantages outside of the classroom, over a third of all children in the district live below the poverty line, well above the state child poverty rate of 19.9%.

* Location: Weber County
46. Virginia: Sussex County Public Schools
* Annual per student spending: $8,419

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 20.1%

Utah's Ogden City School District has a high school graduation rate of less than 70%, one of the few districts in the state where that is the case.

The district compares favorably to some others in the state in some measures of school quality and achievement, but students in the districts are more likely than students across the state to face academic difficulties based on their home environment. About 20% of adults in the district have a bachelor's degree, well below the 31.5% share of adults statewide and 33.3% share of adults nationwide. The district's 17.4% child poverty rate is nearly double the state's 8.8% child poverty rate.

* Location: Windsor County
47. Washington: Union Gap School District
* Annual per student spending: $19,602

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 15.9%

In Vermont's Springfield School District, according to Niche, about a third of students test as proficient in reading, and just 18% test as proficient in math. AP enrollment, an indicator of student achievement, is extremely low in the district. An estimated 1 in 20 high school students have enrolled in at least one AP course, one of the lowest shares of any district in the state with available data and well below the 21.5% national share.

Another important indicator of student opportunity for success is the education level of their parents. In the district, 15.9% of adults have a bachelor's degree, well below the state's 37.3% share.

* Location: Sussex County
48. West Virginia: McDowell County Schools
* Annual per student spending: $16,071

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 12.6%

The Sussex County Public School District is a relatively low-income district located in the southeastern section of Virginia. The conditions associated with poverty can have a negative impact on education outcomes, and in the Sussex County district, 28.3% of school-aged children live below the poverty line, compared to 12.5% of children across Virginia as a whole.

Students in the district are also less likely to take Advanced Placement classes. An estimated 4.4% of district high schoolers are enrolled, well below the estimated 23.6% enrollment across Virginia as a whole.

* Location: Yakima County
49. Wisconsin: Chequamegon School District
* Annual per student spending: $11,111

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 6.8%

Union Gap School District in Washington state, located south of Yakima, has just one school, Union Gap School, which serves students from preschool through eighth grade.

While the district cannot be compared to others based on college entrance test scores and high school graduation rates, it compares poorly to other districts in the state based on socioeconomic measures used to predict student opportunity for success. Just 6.8% of adults in the state have a bachelor's degree, well below the statewide share of 35.3%. The district's child poverty rate of 26.5% is much higher than the state rate of 11.5%.

* Location: McDowell County
50. Wyoming: Fremont County School District No. 21
* Annual per student spending: $13,129

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 5.4%

In West Virginia's McDowell County Schools, per pupil spending comes to over $13,000 a year, higher than the national spending of $12,201 and state spending of $11,544. Niche gives the district a D grade for the level of college preparation of its students.

McDowell is one of the poorest districts in the country - nearly 40% of 5 to 17 year olds in the district live in poverty, compared to West Virginia's relatively high 21.1% child poverty rate. In addition, just 5.4% of adults in the district have a bachelor's degree, and over one-third have not graduated from high school, both among the worst figures of any district in the country.

* Location: Price County

* Annual per student spending: $14,203

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 17.9%

The Chequamegon School District, located in northern Wisconsin, ranks as the worst in the state largely due to conditions outside of the classroom. Children living in poverty face unique challenges that typically hamper academic performance, and the child poverty rate across the district of 17.7% is greater than the 12.6% statewide child poverty rate.

According to Niche, just 40% of students in the district are proficient in reading, and 35% are proficient in math.

* Location: Fremont County

* Annual per student spending: $28,058

* Adults with a bachelor's degree: 10.3%

Wyoming's Fremont County School District 21 is relatively small, with just three operational school buildings and only about 500 students total. In the district, which is located on the Wind River Indian Reservation, per pupil spending comes to over $28,000 per student - well above the state's relatively high per pupil spending figure of $16,537.

The district has a child poverty rate of over 30%, the highest such figure in the state. Just 10% of adults in the district have a college education, the lowest share of any district in Wyoming.

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School district quality is one of the most important factors homebuyers consider when looking for a place to live - particularly for new or expecting parents. A good school district can greatly increase a child's chances of future success. Of course, the influences that can shape a child's future are not strictly limited to the classroom.

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Answer: About 16% of children in the U.S. live in poverty.
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An Urgent and Preventable Crisis

1 in 6

CHILDREN IN AMERICA LIVE IN POVERTY-
MAKING THEM THE POOREST AGE GROUP
IN THE COUNTRY

It's nearly 6:30 a.m. and the sky is just waking up in Queens, N.Y. So too is fourth-grader Darnell, who sees the light from the rising sun and knows something is wrong. ¹ He's already late. The school bus has left, and now his family must make a 90-minute trek from the shelter where they are staying to Public School 76. Darnell's days are long and they take a lot of patience-to get to school, to get to the next meal, to get to his favorite part of the day, football practice, to turn around and get back to the shelter. Despite 10 years of economic recovery and continued declines in child poverty for all racial and ethnic groups, too many children like Darnell are being told to be patient, to wait to feel the effects of an improving economy.

Children remain the poorest age group in America. Nearly 1 in 6 lived in poverty in 2018-nearly 11.9 million children (see Table 2). The child poverty rate (16 percent) is nearly one-and-a-half times higher than that for adults ages 18-64 (11 percent) and two times higher than that for adults 65 and older (10 percent). Children are considered poor if they live in a family with an annual income below the Federal Poverty Line of $25,701 for a family of four, which amounts to less than $2,142 a month, $494 a week or $70 a day (see Table 3).

Child poverty is related to both age and race/ethnicity. The youngest children are the poorest and nearly 73 percent of poor children in America are children of color.

More than 1 in 6 children under 6 were poor and almost half of them lived in extreme poverty (see Table 4).

Nearly 1 in 3 Black (30.1 percent) and American Indian/Alaska Native children (29.1 percent) and nearly 1 in 4 Hispanic children (23.7 percent) were poor compared with 1 in 11 white children (8.9 percent) (see Tables 5-6).

Children's chances of being poor are also partly a result of the lottery of geography.

More than 25 percent of Black children were poor in 35 states and the District of Columbia in 2018; Hispanic children, in 29 states; and American Indian/Native Alaska children, in 20 states.

Only two states had white child poverty rates that were 20 percent or higher (see Table 6).

Why, in the world's largest economy, are children like Darnell still languishing in poverty? Every year children spend in poverty is dangerous and expensive. The toxic stress of early poverty stunts children's development, creating opportunity gaps that can last a lifetime and harm the nation's economy.

Poor children are more likely to have poor academic achievement, drop out of high school and later become unemployed, experience economic hardship and be involved in the criminal justice system. Children who experience poverty are also more likely to be poor at age 30 than children who never experience poverty.²

Lost productivity, worsened health and increased crime stemming from child poverty cost the nation about $700 billion dollars a year, or about 3.5 percent of GDP.³

Child poverty is not a crisis without a solution. A long trail of evidence shows government assistance programs help curb the negative effects poverty has on children, families and the economy.

In 2018, 4.7 million children were lifted out of poverty with the help of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and other refundable tax credits; 1.4 million with the help of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); nearly 1 million with housing subsidies; 800,000 with the National School Lunch Program; 497,000 with the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program; 216,000 with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and general assistance; and 169,000 with the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).⁴

Children with access to SNAP and the EITC also fare better in adulthood. Children receiving SNAP are more likely to finish high school and less likely to experience obesity, stunted growth or heart disease as adults. Moreover, children in families benefiting from the EITC have higher scores on reading and math tests and are more likely to go on to college and have higher earnings as adults.

To end child poverty now, children's basic needs must be met, and parents who are able to work must be able to find jobs that can support a family. Darnell's mom Sherine is a home health care aide who volunteers at school on her days off. Despite all these contributions professionally and in her children's lives, her voice breaks when she talks to a New York Times reporter. "I feel like a failed parent," she says, adding, "I should have been able to provide everything that they need." But Sherine hasn't failed-America has. The majority of poor children live with at least one working family member and nearly one-third live with a family member who works full-time, year round. ⁵ We can and must do better.

Immigrant Children are America's Children: Poverty

Maria is a proud mom of two teens, a son and a daughter. She's a hard worker who sometimes goes straight from cleaning houses to laying concrete in parking lots. She's a taxpayer. "I think it's important, and all my relatives pay their taxes too," she tells a Vox reporter. ⁶

Maria is an immigrant. All wage earners-regardless of their immigration status-are required to pay federal taxes. And Maria does, every year, just as immigrant workers from all across this nation do, contributing billions of dollars to the U.S. economy. ⁷ However, many restrictions prevent millions of immigrants like Maria from receiving benefits, like life-saving safety net programs or poverty-busting tax credits.

Safety net programs and tax credits lift millions of children out of poverty each year. We can help millions more children by improving those programs now. But to finish the job, this nation must reverse policies that deny credits and other benefits to children and parents in immigrant families.

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An Urgent and Preventable Crisis 1 in 6 CHILDREN IN AMERICA LIVE IN POVERTY- MAKING THEM THE POOREST AGE GROUP IN THE COUNTRY It's nearly 6:30 a.m. and the sky is just waking up in Queens, N.Y. So too is fourth-grader Darnell, who sees the light from the rising sun and knows something is wrong.1 He's already late.

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Fact: In 2019, the official poverty rate in the U.S. was 10.5%, a decrease of 1.3 percentage points from the prior year.
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SEPT. 15, 2020 - The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that median household income in 2019 increased 6.8% from 2018, and the official poverty rate decreased 1.3 percentage points. Meanwhile the percentage of people with health insurance coverage for all or part of 2019 was 92.0% and 8.0% of people, or 26.1 million, did not have health insurance at any point during 2019, according to the 2020 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC).

Median household income was $68,703 in 2019, an increase of 6.8% from the 2018 median. Between 2018 and 2019, the real median earnings of all workers increased by 1.4%, while the real median earnings of full-time, year-round workers increased 0.8%. The 2019 real median earnings of men and women who worked full-time, year-round increased by 2.1% and 3.0%, respectively, between 2018 and 2019. The difference between the 2018-2019 percent changes in median earnings for men and women working full-time, year-round was not statistically significant. The number of full-time, year-round workers increased by approximately 1.2 million between 2018 and 2019. Between 2018 and 2019, the total number of people with earnings increased by about 2.2 million.

The official poverty rate in 2019 was 10.5%, a decrease of 1.3 percentage points from 11.8% in 2018. This is the fifth consecutive annual decline in the national poverty rate. Since 2014, the poverty rate has fallen 4.3 percentage points, from 14.8% to 10.5%. The 2019 poverty rate of 10.5% is the lowest rate observed since estimates were initially published for 1959. The number of people in poverty in 2019 was 34.0 million, 4.2 million fewer people than 2018.

Private health insurance coverage was more prevalent than public coverage, covering 68.0% and 34.1% of the population at some point during the year, respectively. Employment-based insurance was the most common subtype. Some people may have more than one coverage type during the calendar year.

These findings are contained in two reports: Income and Poverty in the United States: 2019and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2019.

Another Census Bureau report, The Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2019, was also released today. The Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) rate in 2019 was 11.7%. This was 1.0 percentage point lower than the 2018 SPM rate of 12.8%. The SPM provides an alternative way of measuring poverty in the United States and serves as an additional indicator of economic well-being. The Census Bureau has published poverty estimates using the SPM annually since 2011 with the collaboration of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

The Current Population Survey (CPS), sponsored jointly by the Census Bureau and BLS, is conducted every month and is the primary source of labor force statistics for the U.S. population; it is used to calculate monthly unemployment rate estimates. Supplements are added in most months; the CPS ASEC is designed to give annual, national estimates of income, poverty and health insurance numbers and rates. The CPS ASEC is conducted in February, March and April. It collects information about income and health insurance coverage during the prior calendar year. As data were collected in February, March and April 2020 about income and health insurance coverage in 2019, this report does not reflect economic impacts related to COVID-19, but instead serves as a pre-pandemic benchmark for future research.

This year, data collection faced extraordinary circumstances. As the United States began to grapple with the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for the nation, interviewing for the March CPS began on March 15. In order to protect the health and safety of Census Bureau staff and respondents, the survey suspended in-person interviewing and closed both Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) contact centers on March 20. For the rest of March and through April, the Census Bureau continued to attempt all interviews by phone. For those whose first month in the survey was March or April, the Census Bureau used vendor-provided telephone numbers associated with the sample address.

While the Census Bureau went to great lengths to complete interviews by telephone, the response rate for the CPS basic household survey was 73% in March 2020, about 10 percentage points lower than in preceding months and the same period in 2019, which were regularly above 80%. The change from conducting first interviews in person to making first contacts by telephone contributed to the lower response rates and it is likely that the characteristics of people for whom a telephone number was found may be systematically different from the people for whom the Census Bureau was unable to obtain a telephone number. While the Census Bureau creates weights designed to adjust for nonresponse and to control weighted counts to independent population estimates by age, sex, race and Hispanic origin, the magnitude of the increase in (and differential nature of) nonresponse related to the pandemic likely reduced their efficacy.Using administrative data, Census Bureau researchers have documented that the nonrespondents in 2020 are less similar to respondents than in earlier years. Of particular interest for the estimates in this report released today are the differences in median income and educational attainment, indicating that respondents in 2020 had relatively higher income and were more educated than nonrespondents.

The 2019 income and poverty report is based on the CPS ASEC and includes comparisons with the previous year and historical tables in the report, which contain statistics back to 1959. The health insurance report is based on both the CPS ASEC and the American Community Survey (ACS). State and local income, poverty and health insurance estimates from the ACS will be released Thursday, Sept. 17.

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“Percentage of Poor Students in Public Schools” by Motoko Rich of New York Times addresses the excess funds of which schools of low-income families require. The article begins by addressing poverty within public schools. It states that of all students attending public school in 2015, over half were receiving free or reduced lunch. The data shows that public schools are educating an increased amount of low-income students. With that, comes students with varying needs such as medical problems, behavioral issues, and additional academic support. With an increase of students of need, our country is failing to provide schools and educators what they need in order to support their education. It’s pivotal that these schools that encompass low-income students are provided with the resources to prepare every student. The lack of funding and resources is alarming because as more districts serve low-income students, there’s concern regarding sufficient funds. (Word Count: 147)

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Just over half of all students attending public schools in the United States are now eligible for free or reduced-price lunches, according to a new analysis of federal data.

In a report released Friday by the Southern Education Foundation, researchers found that 51 percent of children in public schools qualified for the lunches in 2013, which means that most of them come from low-income families. By comparison, 38 percent of public school students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunches in 2000.

According to the report, which analyzed data from the National Center for Education Statistics, a majority of students in 21 states are poor. Close to two-thirds of those states are in the South, which has long had a high concentration of poor students. In Mississippi, for example, close to three-fourths of all public school students come from low-income families.

But the West also has a large and growing proportion of low-income students. Arizona, California, Hawaii and Nevada have high rates of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunches.

Children who are eligible for such lunches do not necessarily live in poverty. Subsidized lunches are available to children from families that earn up to $43,568, for a family of four, which is about 185 percent of the federal poverty level.

The number of children eligible for subsidized lunches has probably increased in part because the federal Agriculture Department now allows schools with a majority of low-income students to offer free lunches to all students, regardless of whether they qualify on an individual basis or not.

Still, it is clear that public schools are educating higher numbers of low-income children, and the trend has been going on for much longer than the period that started with the most recent recession.

Steve Suitts, vice president of the Southern Education Foundation, which is based in Atlanta, noted that an increasing number of low-income immigrant families were moving to regions where they had not gone before.

Students from such families tend to arrive at school with different needs from those from middle-class and affluent families. They may have more medical problems or behavioral issues and need extra academic help. Unlike their wealthier peers, they do not have the benefit of music lessons, private sports leagues, tutoring or trips to cultural events, and their schools are left to fill in the gaps.

"We in no way are providing schools and teachers in schools with what it takes to educate low-income students today, as they continue to become a huge part of the school population," Mr. Suitts said.

The Obama administration has indicated that it plans to request an additional $1 billion in 2016 for the program that funnels money to schools with high percentages of poor students.

"Now more than ever, it is critical that we as a country ensure schools have the resources and support necessary to prepare every student - no matter his or her ZIP code - for college, careers and life," said Dorie Nolt, a spokeswoman for the federal Education Department. Critics of federal education policy say that there is too narrow a focus on academic standards and testing as the way of measuring whether poorer students are getting equal opportunities. Lily Eskelsen García, president of the National Education Association, suggested that policymakers look at schools in the wealthiest communities as models of what all schools should offer.

"Just tell me what you provided for those kids, that those parents said was absolutely crucial for my kids to succeed in life," Ms. Eskelsen García said. "That includes good athletics and arts departments, too, I'll bet you. So make that school the benchmark."

Recognizing the increase in low-income students in California, Gov. Jerry Brown instituted a new funding formula two years ago for state dollars directed to public schools. Now, schools get a much higher proportion of per-pupil funding for students who are from low-income families, in foster care or learning English.

School administrators in districts that already have a high proportion of poor students say they have to think of many services that educators in wealthier districts do not.

An increasing number of school districts now also serve dinner to students. In Cleveland, where the vast majority of the school district's 39,000 students are poor, Eric Gordon, chief executive of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, said that most schools there have regular programs to send food home with students and that the district has staff members who help homeless families find places to stay.

When he was a principal in a much wealthier district, Mr. Gordon said, he never had to worry about any of these issues. Now, he said, as more districts have to serve poor students, he worries there will not be enough taxpayer money to help everybody.

"The first-ring suburban communities around us are facing the impacts of poverty," Mr. Gordon said. Now federal funding "has to be spread over more communities with more poverty."

A version of this article appears in print on , on Page A13 of the New York edition with the headline: Percentage of Poor Students in Public Schools Rises. Order Reprints | Today's Paper | Subscribe

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Just over half of all students attending public schools in the United States are now eligible for free or reduced-price lunches, according to a new analysis of federal data. In a report released Friday by the Southern Education Foundation, researchers found that 51 percent of children in public schools qualified for the lunches in 2013, which means that most of them come from low-income families.

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Save the Children is an international humanitarian nonprofit organization that leads the world in child health, education, and protection. The organization advocates for children's rights and fights child poverty in the U.S. by specifically focusing on early childhood education outreach, healthy eating and exercise, disaster relief efforts, and child sponsorship opportunities. They do this through education, health, and protection programs. For example, Journey of Hope is a child-informed protection program created to support children affected by Hurricane Katrina. Save the Children is able to fight poverty by running fundraisers, accepting donations, hosting events, and getting sponsors for children. This organization has strategic partnerships that are vital to growing their programs through donations and sponsorships. These partnerships include companies that want to help children and can produce. Partnerships include companies such as Facebook, Google, and Amazon. The organization is successful because it uses donations efficiently and effectively to save children's lives.
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World Vision is a global Christian humanitarian organization that works to fight the causes of poverty and injustice. This organization helps transform communities out of poverty and provides emergency/disaster relief and educational efforts. They do a variety of different things to help communities, from empowering people out of poverty to working alongside local leaders to find solutions. They help families in the US get access to clothing, personal hygiene items, school supplies, food, clean water, and so much more. World Vision is able to do this by people fundraising and donating, hosting various events (from concerts to local races), and by volunteers and child ambassadors. This organization partners with many other organizations, two of them being The Global Fund and the World Food Programme. The Global Fund is an organization that fights AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. The World Food Programme works with leaders to end world hunger.
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