Students eligible for free or reduced-price meals in Tennessee

Definitions: Number of students who are eligible for the free or reduced-price meals program during a school year. Rate is the percentage of net enrollment. Beginning 2015-16, only students who are directly certified  (Direct Certification, Homeless, Migrant and Runaway) will be considered part of the Economically Disadvantaged subgroup students. These students are eligible to receive free meals without an application. Rate in this case, is the percentage of Average Daily Membership.

Data Source: Tennessee Department of Education. KIDS COUNT division of the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth converted district-level data to county level data and calculated rates.

Footnotes: State data include state special schools.

Definitions: Number of students who are eligible for the free or reduced-price meals program during a school year. Rate is the percentage of net enrollment. Beginning 2015-16, only students who are directly certified  (Direct Certification, Homeless, Migrant and Runaway) will be considered part of the Economically Disadvantaged subgroup students. These students are eligible to receive free meals without an application. Rate in this case, is the percentage of Average Daily Membership.

Data Source: Tennessee Department of Education. KIDS COUNT division of the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth converted district-level data to county level data and calculated rates.

Footnotes: State data include state special schools.