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Percent Low Income Students: 2010-11 1

The percentage of students who are eligible for the Free and Reduced-Price Lunch Program under the National School Lunch Act. [More about...]

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Puerto Rico  92%
PR 92%
District of Columbia  73%
DC 73%
Mississippi  70%
MS 70%
New Mexico  67%
NM 67%
Louisiana  66%
LA 66%
Arkansas  60%
AR 60%
Oklahoma  60%
OK 60%
Georgia  57%
GA 57%
Kentucky  57%
KY 57%
Florida  56%
FL 56%
Tennessee  55%
TN 55%
South Carolina  54%
SC 54%
Alabama  53%
AL 53%
California  53%
CA 53%
West Virginia  51%
WV 51%
Nevada  50%
NV 50%
North Carolina  50%
NC 50%
Texas  50%
TX 50%
Oregon  49%
OR 49%
Delaware  48%
DE 48%
National  48%
US 48%
New York  48%
NY 48%
Hawaii  47%
HI 47%
Kansas  47%
KS 47%
Indiana  46%
IN 46%
Arizona  45%
AZ 45%
Idaho  45%
ID 45%
Michigan  45%
MI 45%
Illinois  44%
IL 44%
Missouri  44%
MO 44%
Nebraska  43%
NE 43%
Rhode Island  43%
RI 43%
Maine  42%
ME 42%
Ohio  42%
OH 42%
Montana  41%
MT 41%
Colorado  40%
CO 40%
Maryland  40%
MD 40%
Washington  40%
WA 40%
Wisconsin  39%
WI 39%
Alaska  38%
AK 38%
Iowa  38%
IA 38%
Pennsylvania  38%
PA 38%
Utah  38%
UT 38%
Minnesota  37%
MN 37%
South Dakota  37%
SD 37%
Virginia  37%
VA 37%
Wyoming  37%
WY 37%
Connecticut  34%
CT 34%
Massachusetts  34%
MA 34%
New Jersey  32%
NJ 32%
Vermont  32%
VT 32%
North Dakota  31%
ND 31%
New Hampshire  25%
NH 25%

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# this symbol means data value rounds to zero.
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<3% this symbol means data value was less than 3%.
>97% this symbol means data value was greater than 97%.
 
   
   
 
 
   
1 Description: The percentage of students who are eligible for the Free and Reduced-Price Lunch Program under the National School Lunch Act. ; Academic Year: 2010-11; Grade: N/A; Note: The percentage of students who are eligible for the Free and Reduced-Price Lunch Program under the National School Lunch Act, which provides cash subsidies for free and reduced-price lunches to students based on family size and income. Many states use this statistic as an estimate of the portion of the student population that is economically disadvantaged. The percentage is based on the school level file in the CCD Build a Table tool. A dash (-) indicates that the data are not available. A # symbol indicates that data rounds to zero. ; Source: Common Core of Data, Tabulated from Build a Table tool, 9/11/2012: http://www.nces.ed.gov/ccd/; Data Uploaded On: 10/04/2012