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

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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