In the fiscal year of 2022, 96 percent of lunches supplied by public schools in the United States were either free or reduced in price. This is a decrease from the previous year, when 98.3 percent of all lunches were either free or reduced in price.
Share of total school lunches that were free or reduced under the national school lunch program in the United States from FY 1996 to FY 2022
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Food and Nutrition Service. (December 9, 2022). Share of total school lunches that were free or reduced under the national school lunch program in the United States from FY 1996 to FY 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/632353/us-national-school-lunch-program-free-or-reduced-share/
Food and Nutrition Service. "Share of total school lunches that were free or reduced under the national school lunch program in the United States from FY 1996 to FY 2022." Chart. December 9, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/632353/us-national-school-lunch-program-free-or-reduced-share/
Food and Nutrition Service. (2022). Share of total school lunches that were free or reduced under the national school lunch program in the United States from FY 1996 to FY 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/632353/us-national-school-lunch-program-free-or-reduced-share/
Food and Nutrition Service. "Share of Total School Lunches That Were Free or Reduced under The National School Lunch Program in The United States from Fy 1996 to Fy 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/632353/us-national-school-lunch-program-free-or-reduced-share/
Food and Nutrition Service, Share of total school lunches that were free or reduced under the national school lunch program in the United States from FY 1996 to FY 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/632353/us-national-school-lunch-program-free-or-reduced-share/ (last visited December 03, 2024)
Share of total school lunches that were free or reduced under the national school lunch program in the United States from FY 1996 to FY 2022 [Graph], Food and Nutrition Service, December 9, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/632353/us-national-school-lunch-program-free-or-reduced-share/
