Census estimates of impoverished school-age children in Nevada

AP

Sunday, Dec. 7, 2003 | 12:19 p.m.

Nevada's school districts ranked in order of the highest percentage of impoverished children in 2000, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates:

1. Mineral County School District, 20.8 percent

2. Lincoln County School District, 18.7 percent

3. Pershing County School District, 17.3 percent

4. Nye County School District, 16.7 percent

5. (tie) Lyon County School District, 14.3 percent

5. (tie) White Pine County School District, 14.3 percent

7. Esmeralda County School District, 13 percent

8. Clark County School District, 12.9 percent

9. Churchill County School District, 12.5 percent

10. Eureka County School District, 12.4 percent

11. Lander County School District, 11.9 percent.

12. (tie) Humboldt County School District, 11.5 percent

12. (tie) Carson City School District, 11.5 percent

14. Washoe County School District, 10.3 percent

15. Elko County School District, 9.6 percent

16. Douglas County School District, 9.3 percent

17. Storey County School District, 6.6 percent

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