17.2% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Ferguson-Florissant R-II School District, MO (10.9k out of 63.3k 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 Males 6 - 11, followed by Females 35 - 44 and then Males < 5.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Ferguson-Florissant R-II School District, MO is Black, followed by White and Two Or More.

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.