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 2009

Numbers and Types of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2009-10

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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 2009–10

	Total		City¹		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	21,982,464	46.9	7,601,462	58.9	6,397,058	38.9	2,938,602	50.8	5,045,342	43.0

Alabama	409,327	55.0	100,429	64.2	57,969	45.5	59,334	55.5	191,595	54.1
Alaska	46,538	39.6	16,866	39.9	842	21.0	8,269	29.0	20,561	48.1
Arizona	499,339	47.7	244,031	51.9	82,866	38.3	58,926	55.1	113,516	45.0
Arkansas	285,191	59.6	74,073	61.2	23,894	52.1	68,299	62.1	118,925	59.0
California	3,277,880	55.6	1,571,095	60.4	1,200,578	51.5	232,613	63.4	273,594	45.6

Colorado	313,026	38.4	140,272	52.0	84,550	31.8	34,666	38.9	53,538	28.2
Connecticut	172,048	31.9	85,301	57.7	71,381	24.5	7,012	30.1	8,354	10.8
Delaware	54,825	47.8	9,259	65.3	24,496	46.3	9,199	47.1	11,871	42.3
District of Columbia	46,131	71.8	46,131	71.8	0	†	0	†	0	†
Florida	1,375,431	53.5	345,804	56.9	701,790	52.9	85,635	63.0	242,202	48.4

Georgia	928,894	56.1	162,897	71.4	339,872	52.5	114,907	63.2	311,218	52.0
Hawaii	77,844	43.3	17,085	41.1	29,373	40.9	20,158	45.7	11,228	50.0
Idaho	116,298	42.9	30,438	39.8	15,407	37.8	26,512	46.3	43,941	45.4
Illinois	896,521	46.0	415,643	70.1	307,219	35.8	89,621	42.5	84,038	29.4
Indiana	472,138	45.3	178,028	61.0	94,073	38.3	80,283	46.7	119,754	35.9

Iowa	177,773	37.2	63,634	48.7	8,835	21.2	51,815	40.6	53,489	30.0
Kansas	214,205	45.7	70,002	60.7	18,745	28.2	66,165	52.1	59,293	37.0
Kentucky	365,700	54.7	74,701	57.6	42,943	44.2	84,568	56.2	163,488	56.2
Louisiana	424,798	65.1	118,598	70.0	90,402	58.5	88,605	71.8	127,193	62.0
Maine	76,692	41.6	11,441	49.6	4,901	22.1	14,624	42.1	45,726	43.9

Maryland	315,345	38.1	83,047	61.0	184,404	36.9	12,424	29.2	35,470	23.8
Massachusetts	293,911	32.2	112,847	61.1	157,531	26.0	6,328	34.0	17,205	16.4
Michigan	701,730	45.3	241,286	63.1	229,499	37.3	77,183	42.8	153,762	41.6
Minnesota	282,559	35.1	81,371	49.0	70,567	29.3	52,553	33.0	78,068	32.6
Mississippi	344,701	70.5	41,452	81.2	24,030	56.5	114,015	77.5	165,204	66.6

Missouri	397,162	44.2	93,845	60.7	91,076	33.8	82,935	47.0	129,306	43.4
Montana	56,178	40.0	11,739	36.5	1,580	40.1	19,422	37.7	23,437	44.4
Nebraska	121,494	41.2	47,439	47.8	10,718	30.8	31,673	45.0	31,664	35.1
Nevada	180,195	42.9	77,446	47.7	64,616	45.4	12,135	38.2	25,998	30.9
New Hampshire	46,246	23.5	10,693	37.9	9,957	16.1	10,244	30.5	15,352	20.8

New Jersey	432,092	32.3	82,565	62.4	314,150	30.0	10,817	41.2	24,560	18.3
New Mexico	215,081	66.7	63,368	59.5	24,908	69.1	62,294	71.4	64,511	69.6
New York	567,260	32.4	‡	‡	218,528	22.9	76,011	38.0	116,909	32.1
North Carolina	720,392	49.9	199,713	53.3	89,147	42.0	103,744	56.8	327,788	48.5
North Dakota	30,677	33.0	7,715	29.9	2,551	31.9	6,484	33.7	13,927	34.8

Ohio	706,250	40.3	214,432	61.7	227,241	32.7	108,132	44.0	156,445	33.6
Oklahoma	383,769	58.7	97,712	68.9	53,508	42.9	95,847	61.5	136,702	59.2
Oregon	270,021	50.3	87,506	50.3	54,031	42.8	81,055	57.1	47,429	50.2
Pennsylvania	650,058	37.9	242,364	73.8	206,403	26.2	78,611	37.1	122,680	31.7
Rhode Island	57,585	41.2	25,860	59.4	27,601	36.9	1,029	30.4	3,095	17.2

South Carolina	392,629	54.5	63,371	54.6	83,744	47.3	68,908	65.8	176,606	54.8
South Dakota	45,499	37.5	11,552	38.4	385	42.7	11,153	32.9	22,409	39.6
Tennessee	514,426	54.4	182,725	66.6	57,995	37.6	79,545	57.5	194,161	51.3
Texas	2,399,598	50.3	1,101,779	56.6	518,633	44.1	286,430	55.9	492,756	43.5
Utah	236,631	41.6	54,190	57.7	111,052	36.4	33,615	45.3	37,774	39.4

Vermont	29,529	34.6	2,119	35.5	2,120	23.9	8,634	38.9	16,656	34.5
Virginia	443,770	36.4	136,020	47.7	135,916	29.3	39,865	44.4	131,969	34.9
Washington	419,551	43.0	134,230	50.5	150,821	36.0	64,342	52.9	70,158	41.5
West Virginia	146,153	51.9	18,676	50.1	21,987	46.9	33,304	50.9	72,186	54.7
Wisconsin	320,956	37.1	135,930	57.4	51,287	24.8	56,622	31.4	77,117	31.8
Wyoming	30,417	35.0	6,930	33.1	936	67.8	12,037	33.8	10,514	36.3
Department of Defense dependents schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas³	—	—	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
DDESS: DoDs Domestic³	—	—	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Bureau of Indian Education	—	—	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
American Samoa	—	—	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Guam	—	—	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	10,820	98.7	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Puerto Rico	432,381	91.4	66,385	91.4	269,450	91.4	16,549	91.4	79,997	91.4
U.S. Virgin Islands	15,312	99.4	0	†	0	†	14,298	99.4	1,014	99.1
— Not available.
† Not applicable.
‡ Reporting standards not met. Data reported for less than 80 percent of schools in the state or jurisdiction.
¹ Total includes suppressed data due to unmet reporting standards.
² A reporting 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.
³ DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense dependents schools (domestic), respectively.
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. The number of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch was unavailable for 3.7 percent of U.S. schools, which included 3.0 percent of all students.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2009–10, Version Provisional 2a.

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