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Table 216.90b. | Percentage distribution of traditional public and public charter school enrollment and schools, by school's level of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility and state: Fall 2019 |
State | Percentage distribution of enrollment, by percent of students in school eligible for free or reduced-price lunch |
Percentage distribution of schools, by percent of students in school eligible for free or reduced-price lunch |
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Traditional school enrollment | Charter school enrollment | Traditional schools | Charter schools | |||||||||||||||||
Missing/ school does not participate |
0 to 25.0 percent eligible | 25.1 to 50.0 percent eligible | 50.1 to 75.0 percent eligible | More than 75.0 percent eligible | Missing/ school does not participate |
0 to 25.0 percent eligible | 25.1 to 50.0 percent eligible | 50.1 to 75.0 percent eligible | More than 75.0 percent eligible | Missing/ school does not participate |
0 to 25.0 percent eligible | 25.1 to 50.0 percent eligible | 50.1 to 75.0 percent eligible | More than 75.0 percent eligible | Missing/ school does not participate |
0 to 25.0 percent eligible | 25.1 to 50.0 percent eligible | 50.1 to 75.0 percent eligible | More than 75.0 percent eligible | |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
United States | 0.5 | 20.8 | 29.3 | 25.9 | 23.6 | 8.6 | 16.6 | 19.8 | 20.8 | 34.1 | 4.5 | 17.6 | 27.5 | 26.0 | 24.4 | 8.3 | 15.7 | 17.7 | 21.1 | 37.2 |
Alabama | 0 | 11.9 | 27.2 | 40.5 | 20.4 | 0 | 0 | 35.2 | 54.5 | 10.3 | 12.7 | 6.9 | 20.9 | 36.6 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 25.0 |
Alaska | # | 27.4 | 36.9 | 16.3 | 19.4 | 0 | 72.5 | 13.1 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 2.7 | 22.4 | 24.7 | 15.7 | 34.4 | 0 | 65.5 | 17.2 | 10.3 | 6.9 |
Arizona | 0.7 | 23.9 | 22.5 | 30.6 | 22.3 | 42.2 | 14.4 | 14.5 | 12.7 | 16.1 | 19.9 | 16.9 | 16.1 | 26.3 | 20.9 | 38.4 | 13.6 | 11.5 | 15.3 | 21.2 |
Arkansas | 0 | 4.0 | 24.3 | 37.4 | 34.3 | 0 | 11.1 | 25.4 | 34.4 | 29.1 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 17.1 | 38.0 | 40.0 | 0 | 13.3 | 18.1 | 27.7 | 41.0 |
California | # | 16.4 | 20.1 | 24.3 | 39.1 | # | 13.0 | 28.4 | 25.1 | 33.5 | 4.9 | 13.3 | 17.1 | 23.8 | 40.8 | 1.7 | 12.2 | 23.7 | 24.5 | 37.9 |
Colorado |
# | 34.0 | 29.4 | 21.5 | 15.1 | # | 52.3 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 19.5 | 0.2 | 28.0 | 30.3 | 25.6 | 16.0 | 0.4 | 42.5 | 18.4 | 14.9 | 23.8 |
Connecticut | 0 | 33.8 | 25.3 | 29.5 | 11.4 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 50.4 | 37.5 | 0 | 32.6 | 28.5 | 27.0 | 11.9 | 0 | 0 | 18.2 | 50.0 | 31.8 |
Delaware | # | 40.4 | 55.9 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 0 | 66.1 | 18.3 | 15.7 | 0 | 1.5 | 33.5 | 57.0 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 45.5 | 31.8 | 22.7 | 0 |
District of Columbia |
0.5 | 32.6 | 30.1 | 23.4 | 13.4 | 0.5 | 23.8 | 29.7 | 39.7 | 6.3 | 0.9 | 25.0 | 29.3 | 27.6 | 17.2 | 0.9 | 20.2 | 29.8 | 42.1 | 7.0 |
Florida | # | 8.8 | 32.9 | 36.1 | 22.1 | # | 27.1 | 36.3 | 20.8 | 15.9 | 7.4 | 9.7 | 25.0 | 31.9 | 26.1 | 0.6 | 29.2 | 28.7 | 22.2 | 19.3 |
Georgia |
# | 14.3 | 23.1 | 25.9 | 36.6 | 0 | 21.2 | 37.4 | 16.3 | 25.1 | 0.6 | 10.7 | 18.1 | 25.6 | 45.0 | 0 | 21.3 | 16.9 | 27.0 | 34.8 |
Hawaii | 0 | 17.0 | 41.4 | 33.8 | 7.8 | 0 | 39.8 | 6.0 | 35.6 | 18.6 | 0 | 14.8 | 35.5 | 37.5 | 12.1 | 0 | 29.7 | 10.8 | 45.9 | 13.5 |
Idaho | # | 24.4 | 51.4 | 19.4 | 4.8 | # | 65.0 | 28.2 | 6.4 | 0.4 | 3.7 | 17.1 | 49.5 | 23.6 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 64.7 | 20.6 | 7.4 | 1.5 |
Illinois | 0.2 | 28.1 | 27.7 | 23.7 | 20.3 | 0 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 88.0 | 2.2 | 22.4 | 28.9 | 24.8 | 21.7 | 0 | 2.8 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 85.1 |
Indiana | # | 17.4 | 36.6 | 36.3 | 9.6 | 0 | 4.9 | 20.7 | 19.3 | 55.1 | 2.3 | 12.5 | 37.1 | 36.2 | 11.9 | 0 | 5.9 | 12.9 | 26.7 | 54.5 |
Iowa |
0.1 | 21.1 | 45.9 | 25.3 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 65.2 | 34.8 | 0 | 0.2 | 17.7 | 51.8 | 24.5 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 0 |
Kansas | # | 21.7 | 34.4 | 27.6 | 16.4 | 0.1 | 83.7 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 3.5 | 0.1 | 15.2 | 39.3 | 31.0 | 14.4 | 11.1 | 44.4 | 11.1 | 22.2 | 11.1 |
Kentucky | # | 4.9 | 28.5 | 55.9 | 10.7 | † | † | † | † | † | 1.3 | 13.0 | 20.8 | 51.5 | 13.4 | † | † | † | † | † |
Louisiana | # | 4.2 | 35.8 | 44.6 | 15.4 | 0 | 2.6 | 19.9 | 34.2 | 43.3 | 0.7 | 4.8 | 28.1 | 43.6 | 22.7 | 0 | 1.4 | 19.2 | 34.9 | 44.5 |
Maine | # | 19.2 | 47.0 | 31.2 | 2.5 | 0 | 25.5 | 30.6 | 43.9 | 0 | 5.5 | 14.6 | 42.3 | 34.0 | 3.6 | 0 | 16.7 | 25.0 | 58.3 | 0 |
Maryland |
# | 29.8 | 31.7 | 28.3 | 10.3 | 0 | 17.2 | 41.4 | 36.5 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 25.0 | 29.7 | 31.4 | 11.9 | 0 | 19.6 | 39.1 | 37.0 | 4.3 |
Massachusetts | # | 47.1 | 28.9 | 19.2 | 4.8 | 0 | 22.2 | 36.9 | 38.5 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 45.3 | 28.7 | 18.7 | 6.9 | 0 | 21.0 | 30.9 | 43.2 | 4.9 |
Michigan | # | 21.9 | 32.8 | 29.0 | 16.3 | 0 | 5.9 | 8.1 | 22.0 | 64.1 | 4.7 | 13.4 | 27.7 | 34.1 | 20.2 | 1.1 | 5.1 | 9.5 | 20.3 | 64.0 |
Minnesota | 0.1 | 37.9 | 41.8 | 15.0 | 5.2 | # | 28.6 | 18.8 | 14.5 | 38.0 | 15.4 | 23.2 | 37.0 | 18.0 | 6.5 | 2.9 | 25.7 | 16.3 | 16.3 | 38.8 |
Mississippi | # | 2.3 | 14.6 | 33.1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 15.7 | 1.2 | 8.2 | 22.5 | 52.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
Missouri |
# | 23.1 | 30.9 | 29.4 | 16.6 | 0 | 6.7 | 9.4 | 17.1 | 66.9 | 7.7 | 13.3 | 29.4 | 31.1 | 18.5 | 0 | 7.0 | 9.9 | 14.1 | 69.0 |
Montana | 0.2 | 24.4 | 50.7 | 14.4 | 10.2 | † | † | † | † | † | 7.5 | 22.2 | 41.0 | 16.2 | 13.1 | † | † | † | † | † |
Nebraska | # | 23.6 | 35.6 | 25.9 | 14.9 | † | † | † | † | † | 2.8 | 23.4 | 39.5 | 23.7 | 10.7 | † | † | † | † | † |
Nevada | 0.2 | 9.8 | 26.9 | 16.4 | 46.7 | 3.5 | 35.6 | 34.6 | 16.0 | 10.3 | 3.8 | 9.5 | 24.0 | 15.2 | 47.5 | 6.4 | 32.1 | 29.5 | 15.4 | 16.7 |
New Hampshire | 0.1 | 56.8 | 33.4 | 8.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 73.6 | 22.8 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 50.4 | 39.0 | 9.6 | 0.7 | 5.0 | 50.0 | 35.0 | 7.5 | 2.5 |
New Jersey |
0.2 | 43.8 | 23.4 | 17.3 | 15.4 | 0 | 9.8 | 7.4 | 22.8 | 60.0 | 2.2 | 45.0 | 23.1 | 16.4 | 13.3 | 0 | 15.9 | 10.2 | 23.9 | 50.0 |
New Mexico | 0.1 | 6.2 | 24.5 | 15.2 | 54.1 | 0.6 | 15.5 | 24.3 | 28.8 | 30.8 | 2.4 | 5.6 | 15.5 | 13.3 | 63.2 | 7.2 | 11.3 | 21.6 | 22.7 | 37.1 |
New York | 4.6 | 17.3 | 24.8 | 25.0 | 28.2 | 6.6 | 0 | 3.0 | 19.9 | 70.4 | 5.7 | 15.9 | 26.0 | 22.7 | 29.7 | 8.9 | 0 | 3.8 | 21.2 | 66.1 |
North Carolina | # | 16.1 | 31.0 | 21.0 | 31.8 | 67.6 | 8.4 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 14.3 | 0.4 | 10.7 | 26.5 | 22.6 | 39.7 | 68.4 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 16.8 |
North Dakota | # | 45.6 | 45.4 | 5.9 | 3.1 | † | † | † | † | † | 1.3 | 37.7 | 46.5 | 8.0 | 6.5 | † | † | † | † | † |
Ohio |
# | 33.7 | 30.3 | 13.5 | 22.6 | # | 31.0 | 5.9 | 12.7 | 50.4 | 2.8 | 30.4 | 27.7 | 13.5 | 25.5 | 0.3 | 14.4 | 7.3 | 13.1 | 64.9 |
Oklahoma | # | 7.3 | 29.0 | 39.2 | 24.5 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 71.1 | 24.7 | 0.2 | 3.8 | 22.7 | 45.3 | 28.0 | 3.1 | 0 | 15.6 | 34.4 | 46.9 |
Oregon | 0.9 | 15.5 | 37.1 | 33.6 | 13.0 | 52.6 | 17.2 | 14.3 | 10.9 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 11.2 | 33.0 | 36.4 | 14.7 | 43.6 | 14.3 | 18.0 | 17.3 | 6.8 |
Pennsylvania | 4.8 | 23.5 | 36.4 | 10.8 | 24.5 | 63.1 | 0.8 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 20.0 | 7.0 | 19.3 | 37.2 | 12.2 | 24.3 | 54.7 | 1.1 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 30.2 |
Rhode Island | 0 | 29.2 | 30.0 | 15.0 | 25.9 | 0 | 4.3 | 13.7 | 38.6 | 43.4 | 2.5 | 31.9 | 29.0 | 14.3 | 22.2 | 0 | 5.4 | 16.2 | 29.7 | 48.6 |
South Carolina |
# | 12.5 | 28.2 | 18.7 | 40.6 | 0 | 34.6 | 31.7 | 18.5 | 15.2 | 0.1 | 12.3 | 19.5 | 16.5 | 51.6 | 0 | 33.8 | 30.0 | 10.0 | 26.3 |
South Dakota | 0.1 | 36.8 | 44.6 | 8.0 | 10.5 | † | † | † | † | † | 4.0 | 34.1 | 41.3 | 8.0 | 12.6 | † | † | † | † | † |
Tennessee | # | 17.0 | 47.7 | 30.7 | 4.6 | 0 | 1.9 | 33.2 | 51.3 | 13.5 | 0.5 | 15.7 | 43.1 | 34.5 | 6.2 | 0 | 2.5 | 29.7 | 52.5 | 15.3 |
Texas | # | 14.9 | 21.0 | 28.3 | 35.8 | # | 9.4 | 10.5 | 20.5 | 59.6 | 4.0 | 10.4 | 18.8 | 29.3 | 37.4 | 1.2 | 7.8 | 9.7 | 21.7 | 59.5 |
Utah | # | 46.4 | 33.0 | 14.6 | 6.0 | 0.1 | 45.2 | 38.7 | 12.7 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 34.3 | 34.1 | 18.1 | 8.7 | 0.8 | 45.5 | 34.1 | 15.2 | 4.5 |
Vermont |
# | 32.4 | 50.4 | 16.1 | 1.1 | † | † | † | † | † | 0.3 | 30.2 | 48.4 | 19.5 | 1.6 | † | † | † | † | † |
Virginia | 0.5 | 26.5 | 34.9 | 19.8 | 18.2 | 58.0 | 11.6 | 30.5 | 0 | 0 | 13.2 | 17.5 | 27.5 | 19.3 | 22.5 | 62.5 | 25.0 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 |
Washington | # | 23.9 | 35.5 | 29.8 | 10.9 | 0 | 2.8 | 25.7 | 61.3 | 10.2 | 4.5 | 21.2 | 31.8 | 29.9 | 12.6 | 0 | 10.0 | 20.0 | 60.0 | 10.0 |
West Virginia | # | 1.8 | 48.3 | 45.8 | 4.1 | † | † | † | † | † | 3.9 | 7.6 | 34.2 | 48.0 | 6.3 | † | † | † | † | † |
Wisconsin | 0.1 | 32.8 | 39.5 | 18.0 | 9.7 | 0.2 | 24.9 | 26.3 | 16.4 | 32.3 | 2.3 | 26.3 | 39.8 | 21.7 | 10.0 | 7.2 | 25.4 | 33.1 | 19.1 | 15.3 |
Wyoming | 0.1 | 24.1 | 61.2 | 13.9 | 0.6 | 0 | 37.2 | 62.8 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 20.3 | 55.5 | 14.6 | 1.1 | 0 | 20.0 | 80.0 | 0 | 0 |
†Not applicable. No charter schools in state. | ||||||||||||||||||||
#Rounds to zero. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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NOTE: Students with household incomes under 185 percent of the poverty threshold are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch under the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). Data include students whose NSLP eligibility has been determined through direct certification. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | ||||||||||||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2019-20. (This table was prepared March 2022.) |