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Free and Reduced Lunch Program

• Definition of Free/Reduced Meals Program according to Kidsdata.org: “This indicator reflects the percentage of K-12 public school children enrolled in the Free or Reduced Price Meal Program at school. A child’s family income must fall below 185% of the Federal Poverty Level (or $37,000 for a family of four in 2006) to qualify for reduced-cost meals, or below 130% of the Federal Poverty Level ($26,000 for a family of four in 2006) to qualify for free meals. Not all eligible children are enrolled in the program, so these numbers do not reflect all low-income school-age children.”
• National School Lunch Program Homepage
• Resources for more information, reports, on Free/Reduced Cost School Meals and poverty rates

The state of California collects data about the number of students eligible for and receiving a free or reduced lunch. Data are available by school and by school district.

• Free and Reduced-Price Data for California Schools. This is the gateway to the last four years of data.
• These data files include public school enrollment, number of CalWORKS children residing in the attendance area, number of students eligible for free or reduced price meal programs, percent CalWORKS children, and percent free and reduced price meal eligibility in the program. http://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/sh/cw/filesafdc.asp