12.5% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Ar-We-Va Community School District, IA (294 out of 2.35k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 6 - 11, followed by Females 12 - 14 and then Males < 5.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Ar-We-Va Community School District, IA is White, followed by Other and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.