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Figure 7.5a. |
Percentage of public school 4th-graders eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, by school locale and race/ethnicity: 2009 |

NOTE: To be eligible for the National School Lunch Program, a student must be from
a household with an income at or below 185 percent of the poverty level for reduced-price
lunch or at or below 130 percent of the poverty level for free lunch. Race categories
exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. For definitions of locales, see Appendix
A: Guide to Sources.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics,
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Mathematics Assessment,
NAEP Data Explorer.