Poorer school districts

The 17 rural Black Belt county school systems all have higher percentages of economically disadvantaged students than state averages.

A bar graph showing the percentages of economically disadvantaged students in rural Black Belt communities.
Numbers for the 2022-23 school year. The student population in Montgomery Public Schools, a urban and suburban county traditionally considered part of the Black Belt, was 78.5%. Pike Road Schools, within the county, had a disadvantaged population of 27.6%.
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