{"id":140398,"date":"2026-02-20T20:39:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T20:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/140398\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T20:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T20:39:13","slug":"new-york-school-districts-with-the-lowest-poverty-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/140398\/","title":{"rendered":"New York School Districts With the Lowest Poverty Rates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New data is showing putting a spotlight on poverty inside New York classrooms, and the differences are eye-opening.<\/p>\n<p>School poverty rates are often used to determine funding levels, support programs, and eligibility for federal and state aid.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.datawrapper.de\/_\/NJA61\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New data is showing a big<\/a> difference between schools with little or no poverty and schools with a large percentage of students living in poverty.<\/p>\n<p>New York School Districts With the Lowest Poverty Rates<\/p>\n<p>15 New York School Districts With the Lowest Poverty Rates<\/p>\n<p>Below are the remaining school districts with a poverty rate below 2 percent.<\/p>\n<p>For all the news that the Hudson Valley is sharing, make sure to follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HudsonValleyPost\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hudson Valley Post on Facebook,<\/a>\u00a0and download the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hudsonvalleypost.com\/app\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hudson Valley Post Mobile App <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Remsenburg-Speonk Union Free School District<br \/>Suffolk County<br \/>Population: 2,534<br \/>Poverty Rate: 1.81%<\/p>\n<p>Edgemont Union Free School District<br \/>Westchester County<br \/>Population: 7,838<br \/>Poverty Rate: 1.82%<\/p>\n<p>Wantagh Union Free School District<br \/>Nassau County<br \/>Population: 17,625<br \/>Poverty Rate: 1.96%<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/hudson-valley-post\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764005171_799_attachment-No3_nextdoorpromo_newsletter.jpg\" alt=\"Follow Us on Nextdoor\" width=\"450\" height=\"113\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>15 New York School Districts With the Highest Poverty Rates<\/p>\n<p>On the other end, here are the <a href=\"https:\/\/hudsonvalleypost.com\/?p=214656\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">15 school districts in New York with the highest poverty rates<\/a>, according to new data.<\/p>\n<p>15 New York School Districts With the Highest Poverty Rates<\/p>\n<p>The data focuses on children ages 5 to 17. It shows the growing economic pressures felt across New York, including rising housing costs, inflation, and regional income gaps.<\/p>\n<p>These 14 New York School Districts Have 100% Graduation Rates<\/p>\n<p>The New York School Districts With The Worst Graduation Rates<\/p>\n<p>10 New York School Districts Where Teachers Make The Most<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New data is showing putting a spotlight on poverty inside New York classrooms, and the differences are eye-opening.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,49,51,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-140398","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-headlines","10":"tag-new-york-news","11":"tag-new-york-state","12":"tag-new-york-state-headlines","13":"tag-new-york-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}