About this Indicator
This indicator shows the percentage of public high school graduates who qualified for free- or reduced-price lunch during the senior year of high school. Family income at or below 130 percent of the federal poverty level qualifies students for free lunch, and family income between 130 and 185 percent of the federal poverty level qualifies students for reduced-price lunch. [1]
Data Source
U.S. Department of Education. ED data express: ACGR.
Note. The estimates for 2020 and 2021 are not reported due to data collection problems that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.
[1]USDA. (2019). National school lunch program. Retrieved from https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/child-nutrition-programs/national-school-lunch-program/