Percent of Students enrolled in Free and Reduced Lunch - North Carolina

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Percent of Students enrolled in Free and Reduced Lunch (Percent) – 1998-1999 to 2011-2012

Data Provided by: Action for Children North Carolina

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Definitions: The percent of students who receive school lunch free or at a reduced price. Calculated as the total number of children on free or reduced price lunch divided by average daily membership (ADM).

To be eligible for free lunch under the National School Lunch Act students must live in households earning at or below 130 percent of the Federal poverty guidelines. To be eligible for reduced price lunch, students must live in households earning at or below 185 percent of the Federal poverty guidelines.
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Data Source: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, Division of Financial and Business Services. "Free & Reduced Meal Application Data." Available online at: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/fbs/resources/data/.

Footnotes: Excludes charter schools.

Last updated February 2012.

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Action for Children North Carolina 3109 Poplarwood Court, Suite 300
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Laila A. Bell, Director of Research and Data

The mission of Action for Children North Carolina is to advocate for child well-being by educating and engaging all people across the state to ensure that our children are health, safe, well-educated and have every opportunity for success.

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