Table 7. Number and percent of students in city, suburban, town, and rural regular public elementary and secondary schools with membership who are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, by state or jurisdiction: School year 2010

Numbers and Types of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2010–11

NCES 2012-325 rev
October 2012

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Table 7.

Number and percent of students in city, suburban, town, and rural regular public elementary and secondary schools with membership who are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, by state or jurisdiction: School year 2010–11¹

	Total		City		Suburban		Town		Rural
	Number of students	Percent of students	Number of students	Percent of students	Number of students	Percent of students	Number of students	Percent of students	Number of students	Percent of students

State or jurisdiction
Reporting states²	23,069,376	48.0	8,320,125	59.9	6,556,158	39.7	2,978,112	51.8	5,211,751	43.9

Alabama	400,613	55.1	90,895	61.5	60,281	47.1	58,055	55.1	191,382	55.4
Alaska	47,840	42.2	17,855	44.1	1,047	23.7	8,649	31.4	20,289	49.5
Arizona	477,970	45.3	249,182	48.8	58,992	33.3	58,917	55.2	110,879	42.7
Arkansas	290,291	60.4	76,398	61.9	24,881	53.0	65,285	62.2	123,727	60.4
California	3,229,954	54.1	1,493,465	57.4	1,200,475	50.9	236,660	63.7	299,354	46.9

Colorado	330,077	39.9	146,722	53.1	90,922	33.5	35,314	41.5	57,119	29.3
Connecticut	183,213	34.1	92,085	61.7	74,537	25.8	6,816	32.4	9,775	12.6
Delaware	57,938	48.9	9,616	64.3	26,609	48.0	9,180	48.0	12,533	43.2
District of Columbia	49,664	73.1	49,664	73.1	0	†	0	†	0	†
Florida	1,444,914	56.0	370,288	59.1	733,695	55.7	87,684	64.4	253,247	50.5

Georgia	954,685	57.4	163,630	71.7	351,886	53.7	115,197	65.1	323,972	53.7
Hawaii	84,007	46.8	16,739	47.2	32,699	42.0	24,275	51.6	10,294	53.9
Idaho	120,992	44.7	32,064	42.4	15,943	38.5	27,707	48.6	45,278	46.8
Illinois	915,516	46.6	415,267	69.9	317,878	36.7	92,767	44.0	89,604	30.5
Indiana	484,670	46.7	184,107	63.2	97,324	39.4	80,154	48.3	123,085	37.0

Iowa	186,503	38.7	64,393	50.7	10,073	23.0	53,420	42.0	58,617	31.9
Kansas	228,338	47.6	74,410	63.0	20,523	30.9	70,139	54.1	63,266	38.3
Kentucky	375,866	56.5	79,877	59.9	43,281	45.7	85,380	58.0	167,328	57.8
Louisiana	431,009	65.5	119,481	70.1	93,933	59.1	87,921	72.2	129,674	62.6
Maine	78,895	43.0	11,639	50.5	5,120	22.7	14,875	44.7	47,261	45.2

Maryland	331,279	39.8	84,678	61.9	196,469	38.9	13,527	32.6	36,605	24.7
Massachusetts	305,334	33.5	116,239	62.1	164,403	27.2	6,503	35.5	18,189	18.1
Michigan	685,808	46.0	226,011	63.6	230,955	38.4	77,232	43.7	151,610	42.4
Minnesota	291,816	36.2	83,426	49.9	73,768	31.2	53,952	33.9	80,670	33.1
Mississippi	345,734	70.6	41,794	82.8	24,571	57.2	110,711	78.1	168,658	66.3

Missouri	401,734	45.0	94,005	61.4	93,978	35.0	84,897	47.4	128,854	44.1
Montana	57,809	41.2	12,075	38.1	1,882	43.0	19,488	38.6	24,364	45.3
Nebraska	126,784	42.6	49,944	49.8	11,897	33.4	32,874	46.1	32,069	35.5
Nevada	218,128	50.5	92,118	54.3	78,154	56.2	13,071	41.7	34,785	37.6
New Hampshire	48,904	25.2	11,862	42.5	10,716	17.4	10,362	32.5	15,964	22.0

New Jersey	432,881	32.7	71,927	78.3	325,824	30.3	11,319	42.6	23,802	18.6
New Mexico	223,991	67.7	64,649	60.5	27,737	71.8	61,081	70.6	70,524	71.4
New York	1,267,194	47.7	849,933	74	227,468	23.9	78,356	38.4	111,437	32.5
North Carolina	741,708	50.2	203,065	53.7	93,783	43.1	105,288	56.9	336,351	48.8
North Dakota	29,822	31.8	7,232	28.7	2,654	31.7	6,289	32.3	13,647	33.5

Ohio	741,822	42.6	228,977	67.8	242,504	34.8	109,535	45.2	160,806	34.6
Oklahoma	398,285	60.5	101,132	72.0	58,355	44.9	97,052	63.0	141,746	60.7
Oregon	277,756	50.7	87,928	50.7	59,166	44.7	82,368	57.4	48,294	49.2
Pennsylvania	674,485	39.1	252,295	74.8	218,182	27.6	80,530	38.1	123,478	32.1
Rhode Island	58,847	42.3	26,290	60.4	27,899	37.4	703	30.0	3,955	21.0

South Carolina	394,590	54.8	65,994	53.4	86,595	48.9	66,487	65.6	175,514	55.0
South Dakota	45,820	37.1	11,969	38.3	416	44.3	11,492	32.2	21,943	39.4
Tennessee	541,918	55.1	189,531	65.8	64,343	40.0	83,424	58.6	204,620	52.1
Texas	2,422,681	50.1	1,096,330	55.8	513,776	43.7	290,121	56.6	522,454	44.0
Utah	220,023	38.3	51,845	54.9	100,311	33.2	31,191	42.5	36,676	34.9

Vermont	31,339	36.8	2,255	37.5	2,048	27.0	9,103	41.7	17,933	36.1
Virginia	458,161	36.7	137,459	48.0	147,257	30.1	40,522	46.1	132,923	34.6
Washington	404,609	40.9	136,068	47.7	133,326	32.5	65,688	53.3	69,527	40.4
West Virginia	144,788	51.4	18,747	50.2	20,983	45.6	33,670	51.3	71,388	53.7
Wisconsin	340,037	39.2	139,229	58.9	55,793	26.7	60,442	34.2	84,573	34.5
Wyoming	32,334	36.9	7,341	35.7	846	74.7	12,439	35.0	11,708	38.5
Department of Defense schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions
Department of Defense (DoDEA)	—	—	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Bureau of Indian Education	41,337	99	1,476	99	1,363	99	3,182	99	35,316	99
American Samoa	—	—	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Guam	—	—	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	10,965	98.7	0	†	9,886	99	231	99	848	98
Puerto Rico	417,509	92.0	66,561	92.0	260,484	92.0	16,092	92.0	74,372	92.0
U.S. Virgin Islands	15,402	99.4	0	†	0	†	14,294	99.4	1,108	99.2
— Not available.
† Not applicable.
¹ This table only includes schools where both the enrollment counts and the free or reduced–price lunch counts are reported. The number of students eligible for free or reduced–price lunch was unavailable for .59 percent of U.S. schools reporting membership, which included .31 percent of all students.
² "Reporting states" totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia. A "reporting states" total, and not a "United States" total, is shown if data for any item in the table were not available for some, but not more than 15 percent, of all schools in the United States.
NOTE: Membership is the count of students enrolled on October 1 of the reported school year. City includes the subcategories of Large City, Mid-size City, and Small City. Suburban includes the subcategories of Large Suburb, Mid-size Suburb, and Small Suburb. Town includes the subcategories of Town, Fringe; Town, Distant; and Town, Remote. Rural includes the subcategories of Rural, Fringe; Rural, Distant; and Rural, Remote. See Appendix B: Common Core of Data Glossary.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2010–11, provisional version 2a.

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