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 2021

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
	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	3.3	24.8	29.4	21.9	20.7	8.3	17.3	20.5	22.6	31.3	8.6	20.6	27.7	21.7	21.4	9.2	16.1	18.6	21.9	34.2
Alabama	#	18.6	34.2	30.4	16.9	0	5.9	21.3	49.6	23.3	9.9	12.4	29.0	28.7	20.1	0	9.1	18.2	54.5	18.2
Alaska	100.0	---	---	---	---	100.0	---	---	---	---	100.0	---	---	---	---	100.0	---	---	---	---
Arizona	3.1	51.5	23.8	8.8	12.7	50.6	24.7	14.4	2.9	7.3	25.7	31.6	20.7	9.2	12.8	47.6	18.3	16.7	5.5	11.9
Arkansas	#	4.9	27.8	31.2	36.1	0	9.1	28.2	37.4	25.3	3.1	3.2	20.1	32.5	41.1	0	9.7	19.4	28.0	43.0
California	#	16.3	21.0	27.8	34.9	#	11.4	32.3	28.6	27.8	5.0	13.5	18.6	26.9	36.0	0.2	11.4	26.9	28.7	32.8
Colorado	4.5	37.0	28.6	19.0	10.8	21.9	36.4	14.3	15.2	12.2	8.1	27.8	30.0	21.1	13.1	20.8	29.8	14.7	16.6	18.1
Connecticut	0.4	36.7	26.3	28.5	8.1	0	6.2	10.1	68.8	14.9	0.7	36.4	28.9	25.8	8.2	0	4.8	14.3	61.9	19.0
Delaware	#	53.1	43.9	3.0	0	0	68.8	19.0	12.2	0	1.9	44.2	48.1	5.8	0	0	47.8	34.8	17.4	0
District of    Columbia	0	29.4	28.4	24.3	18.0	0	21.9	15.0	51.3	11.8	0	22.2	26.5	27.4	23.9	0	18.7	15.4	52.8	13.0
Florida	#	9.4	32.0	38.0	20.5	#	22.2	34.6	24.5	18.7	6.8	9.2	23.9	34.4	25.7	0.8	23.5	27.6	24.6	23.5
Georgia	#	51.7	37.9	9.8	0.7	0	76.8	16.7	6.5	0	0.5	42.4	41.4	14.2	1.4	0	63.8	26.6	9.6	0
Hawaii	0	18.7	33.1	37.3	10.9	0	31.9	16.6	31.7	19.7	0	16.7	28.4	38.5	16.3	0	21.6	21.6	40.5	16.2
Idaho	5.2	57.5	29.5	3.9	4.0	53.2	22.7	17.5	6.1	0.4	10.5	43.8	34.4	6.4	5.0	59.7	19.5	13.0	6.5	1.3
Illinois	0.5	29.1	31.4	21.5	17.6	0	2.8	3.7	11.8	81.6	13.2	20.5	28.9	20.6	16.8	0	3.7	4.4	9.6	82.4
Indiana	#	21.5	41.4	31.9	5.3	0	5.3	24.2	25.1	45.4	3.1	16.3	41.6	32.2	6.8	0	7.6	14.3	29.4	48.7
Iowa	#	24.6	47.4	20.0	8.0	0	0	42.3	57.7	0	0.2	21.9	52.5	19.1	6.3	0	0	50.0	50.0	0
Kansas	0.4	25.0	36.7	24.4	13.6	0.1	86.1	9.1	1.7	3.0	1.3	20.4	40.7	26.8	10.8	11.1	44.4	22.2	11.1	11.1
Kentucky	#	4.7	29.3	51.3	14.7	†	†	†	†	†	11.3	4.3	17.7	47.4	19.3	†	†	†	†	†
Louisiana	0.3	11.1	50.0	31.3	7.3	0	11.5	25.1	36.3	27.0	3.3	7.9	40.4	36.2	12.2	0	6.8	21.9	41.8	29.5
Maine	#	25.3	47.8	25.2	1.7	0	40.4	23.9	35.7	0	6.0	20.9	44.4	26.8	1.9	0	38.5	23.1	38.5	0
Maryland	#	27.9	34.7	30.6	6.7	0	9.9	36.4	25.4	28.3	2.6	24.0	33.3	31.0	9.1	0	12.5	29.2	35.4	22.9
Massachusetts	#	33.2	28.9	21.1	16.7	0	9.1	17.0	44.0	29.9	0.5	31.0	30.4	19.4	18.8	0	10.3	15.4	34.6	39.7
Michigan	#	21.4	33.5	28.2	17.0	0	4.2	9.3	19.3	67.2	4.8	13.2	28.6	32.0	21.2	0.8	4.6	10.5	18.0	66.1
Minnesota	0.5	48.3	35.2	13.4	2.6	#	31.3	17.0	14.9	36.8	18.9	31.7	32.1	14.0	3.3	1.4	28.4	17.6	14.4	38.1
Mississippi	#	0	0	#	100.0	0	0	0	0	100.0	15.8	0	0	0.1	84.1	0	0	0	0	100.0
Missouri	#	30.6	36.9	17.6	14.8	#	3.5	11.2	21.3	64.0	7.2	20.2	34.8	20.0	17.9	1.3	5.1	10.3	19.2	64.1
Montana	0.2	42.1	44.6	10.6	2.4	†	†	†	†	†	7.0	43.3	36.4	9.8	3.5	†	†	†	†	†
Nebraska	0.1	28.3	37.7	23.6	10.3	†	†	†	†	†	8.7	22.4	42.8	17.5	8.6	†	†	†	†	†
Nevada	1.3	16.4	13.5	0.5	68.3	0	29.1	43.4	11.2	16.3	6.3	12.9	16.5	1.7	62.7	0	26.9	39.8	9.7	23.7
New Hampshire	#	63.8	30.7	5.2	0.3	0	83.1	11.3	5.6	0	0.4	58.5	34.9	5.9	0.2	2.8	66.7	22.2	8.3	0
New Jersey	0.2	49.7	22.8	16.0	11.3	1.2	9.6	5.8	28.8	54.6	2.0	51.2	21.8	15.5	9.6	2.3	17.2	10.3	31.0	39.1
New Mexico	#	6.9	24.2	6.5	62.4	0	18.1	17.4	27.0	37.5	2.5	5.2	15.7	7.3	69.3	0	12.1	19.2	20.2	48.5
New York	4.3	18.9	27.1	23.0	26.8	6.4	0.5	0.9	20.3	71.9	4.7	17.1	28.4	20.2	29.6	8.8	0.6	1.8	20.0	68.8
North Carolina	#	26.2	35.4	10.6	27.9	64.2	8.2	8.7	9.2	9.8	0.9	18.3	33.2	13.0	34.6	63.7	5.9	8.3	8.3	13.7
North Dakota	1.8	72.8	19.1	3.4	2.9	†	†	†	†	†	10.5	54.9	25.1	4.0	5.5	†	†	†	†	†
Ohio	70.6	9.5	6.4	8.5	4.9	21.3	33.9	11.7	24.8	8.3	62.9	15.4	6.1	8.9	6.7	23.8	14.2	15.4	30.6	16.0
Oklahoma	0	11.7	32.1	35.5	20.8	0	0	5.6	76.1	18.3	0.2	6.3	27.2	41.0	25.3	2.9	0	14.3	41.4	41.4
Oregon	1.4	60.2	34.3	3.9	0.3	0.2	71.6	26.9	1.2	0	4.1	53.3	37.3	4.9	0.5	1.5	67.2	28.2	3.1	0
Pennsylvania	0.6	24.9	38.2	8.8	27.6	8.4	2.2	21.8	23.3	44.3	2.4	19.6	38.6	11.0	28.4	6.1	3.9	12.8	14.5	62.6
Rhode Island	0	40.8	25.3	12.4	21.6	0	24.5	15.4	36.4	23.7	2.5	43.3	24.7	10.9	18.5	0	25.0	17.5	32.5	25.0
South Carolina	0.9	15.0	26.1	17.2	40.9	0	27.5	39.1	11.6	21.8	5.5	10.7	18.3	14.2	51.3	0	30.7	26.1	17.0	26.1
South Dakota	0.1	63.8	21.0	5.1	9.9	†	†	†	†	†	6.1	63.2	17.1	3.9	9.7	†	†	†	†	†
Tennessee	#	44.8	44.6	8.6	1.9	0	10.4	37.1	44.6	7.9	3.7	35.0	47.6	10.9	2.8	0	7.8	36.2	45.7	10.3
Texas	#	13.8	22.3	28.0	35.9	#	8.4	10.1	21.8	59.7	4.3	9.7	19.1	28.3	38.7	2.1	7.2	8.4	21.6	60.7
Utah	0.2	56.6	32.2	8.1	2.8	0.1	61.3	27.0	9.8	1.8	6.1	43.6	34.5	11.0	4.9	0.7	59.9	27.0	9.5	2.9
Vermont	0	32.8	51.0	15.5	0.6	†	†	†	†	†	4.9	27.2	50.2	17.0	0.7	†	†	†	†	†
Virginia	0.9	25.8	33.9	20.3	19.2	53.5	15.2	31.3	0	0	13.9	16.6	25.4	20.2	24.0	71.4	14.3	14.3	0	0
Washington	#	25.4	36.1	28.6	9.9	0	1.7	35.0	55.1	8.2	6.3	21.3	31.7	28.7	11.9	5.9	5.9	29.4	47.1	11.8
West Virginia	#	2.3	49.4	45.3	2.9	†	†	†	†	†	4.5	3.0	37.5	50.4	4.6	†	†	†	†	†
Wisconsin	0.4	30.4	43.2	17.4	8.6	4.1	17.1	32.7	21.8	24.4	3.0	25.6	41.4	20.4	9.6	6.4	24.6	35.6	22.9	10.6
Wyoming	0.1	47.0	44.8	6.8	1.4	0	55.9	39.3	4.8	0	8.2	41.5	39.3	8.8	2.3	0	40.0	40.0	20.0	0

---Not available.

†Not applicable. No charter schools in state.

#Rounds to zero.

NOTE: Students in households with 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. The free or reduced-price lunch (FRPL) counts show large shifts in the last several years in some states. These changes were due to (1) the Seamless Summer Option, which allowed schools to provide meals to all students, regardless of demonstrated need, beginning October 1, 2020, and (2) the shift away from in-person instruction (particularly for school year 2020-21 due to the coronavirus pandemic), which may have caused a decrease in the number of students applying for FRPL because they were not present to apply for it. 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," 2021-22. (This table was prepared November 2022.)