Keywords: Updated: May 11, 2010 Next update: May 2011

U.S. K-12 Free- and Reduced-Lunch Eligible Student Statistics

U.S. K-12 Free- and Reduced-Lunch Eligible Student Statistics provides the number of students eligible for free- and reduced-price lunches in U.S. schools. Years reported reflect the first year of a traditional academic year, e.g., 2007 reflects eligible students in the 2007-2008 academic year. Users should exercise caution in calculating the number of students eligible for free- or reduced-price lunches as a share of total students since NCES may report lunch and enrollment data that were collected at different times during the school year. In addition, some schools may report free- or reduced-lunch statistics for more than one school. For additional information, see the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), which is the source for these data.