Annual Statistical Report Percent of Students Eligible for Free and Reduced Price School Meals School Year 2017-2018
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VERMONT AGENCY OF EDUCATION Child Nutrition Programs Annual Statistical Report Percent of Students Eligible for Free and Reduced Price School Meals School Year 2017-2018 Nondiscrimination Statement: In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. 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Introduction Free and reduced price meal eligibility data is reported by each school food authority or Supervisory Union annually. A school food authority is a school or school district that is responsible for operating a School Lunch Program and/or a School Breakfast Program. Some schools are included in a school food authority even though they are separate school districts. The eligibility numbers and enrollment figures are from October of the current school year, as reported by the SFA for the 31st of October. For the purposes of the National School Lunch Program, “eligible” means that a student has submitted an application and been certified as qualifying for free or reduced price benefits based on the Family Size and Income Guidelines published by the United States Department of Agriculture. To be eligible for free meals a family’s income must be at or below 130% of the Federal poverty level, the family/household receives 3SquaresVT or Reach-Up, or children are Directly Certified as free eligible. Families whose income falls between 130% and 185% of the federal poverty line qualify for reduced price meals. Eligibility determinations are made at the local level by the food service director, principal, or other person designated by the school administration. The report for 2017-2018 uses the Child Nutrition Programs on-line reporting system Site Enrollment Report. The system has calculated the information for all schools in the system participating in the school lunch program. For schools participating in the Community Eligibility Provision, marked with an asterisk (*), their numbers of eligible students are determined by their CEP claiming percentages (percent of meals claimed at the free rate) as instructed by USDA. There are a few public schools in Vermont that do not participate in any Child Nutrition Program and therefore are not mentioned in this report at all. The data reported meets Agency of Education suppression requirements which eliminates some numbers from being included in this report. How the Report is organized: The report is organized alphabetically by Supervisory Union/SFA. The schools participating within the Supervisory Union are listed by School name, followed by the total for all of the schools in the Supervisory Union. Column Headings 1. Supervisory Union 2. School 3. Number of students approved for free and reduced price meals 4. Enrollment in the school lunch program as of October. Note: This may be different from school enrollment because students may be included in the lunch program even though they are not enrolled in the school. 5. Percent of students enrolled in the lunch program who are eligible for free and reduced price school meals Statewide Average: The statewide total enrollment of students in school lunch programs is 88,428. The total number of students eligible for free and reduced price meals is 36,269. Therefore, the statewide average eligibility is 41.02%. 2018 Free & Reduced Eligibility Report Page 1 of 26 Community Eligibility Provision Schools The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) allows schools to serve meals at no charge to students; schools receive the free and paid reimbursement for meals served. Schools eligible to participate in CEP must have at least 40% of their enrolled students directly certified. To account for the additional students who would be eligible for free or reduced price meals, the Identified Student Percentage (percent of enrolled students directly certified) is calculated using the USDA multiplier of 1.6. The result is the percentage of meals to be claimed at the free rate. In CEP USDA has instructed that to determine the number of students eligible, the “free” percentage is applied to the current enrollment. The percentages listed for the CEP schools may have been determined by a single school or a group of schools. The following is a list of schools that are participating in the Community Eligibility Provision. For more information, please contact Laurie Colgan, Director of Child Nutrition Programs at (802) 479-1187. Supervisory Union School Supervisory Union School Barre Barre City Elementary Schools Troy Elementary School Bennington Rutland Currier Memorial School Orange East Waits River Valley School Burlington Baird Orleans Central Albany Village School Centerpoint Barton Graded School CP Smith Elementary Brownington School Essential Early Education COFEC Head Start Hunt Middle School Irasburg Village School Integrated Arts Academy at HO Wheeler Orleans Central School JJ Flynn Elementary Orleans Southwest Lakeview Union School King Street Head Start Program Wolcott Elementary School ONTOP Rutland City Northeast Primary School Sustainability Academy at Barnes Northwest Primary School Caledonia Central Walden School Rutland Intermediate/Middle School Caledonia North Sutton Village School Southwest Vermont Bennington Elementary School Essex Caledonia Concord School EEE Gilman & Lunenburg Schools Molly Stark School Franklin Northeast Berkshire Elementary Monument Elementary Enosburg Elementary Richford Elementary Mt. Anthony Middle School Richford High School Mt. Antony Union HS Grand Isle Alburgh Community Education Center Plus Program at Congress Street Isle La Motte School Pownal Elementary Lamoille North Eden Central School Sacred Heart School Johnson Elementary Shaftsbury Elementary School Laraway School Laraway School Woodford Hollow Maple Run Project SOAR St. Johnsbury St. Johnsbury School District St. Albans City Elementary School VT Achievement Center VT Achievement Center North Country Brighton Elementary Washington Cty Mental Health Choice Academy Charleston Elementary Windham Southeast Academy School Coventry Village School Green Street School Holland Elementary School Oak Grove School Lowell School Windham Southwest Readsboro Central School Newport City Elementary School Winooski Winooski School & Family Center 2018 Free & Reduced Eligibility Report Page 2 of 26 Vermont Agency of Education Child Nutrition Programs Free and Reduced Eligibility for Fiscal Year 2018 Free and Reduced Supervisory Union School Students Enrollment % Low Income Addison Central School District Bingham Memorial School 17 81 20.99% Bridport Central School 48 75 64.00% Mary Hogan School 185 452 40.93% Middlebury Union High School 162 586 27.65% Middlebury Union Middle School 82 279 29.39% Ripton Elementary School 22 58 37.93% Salisbury Community School 52 107 48.60% Shoreham Elementary School 33 74 44.59% Weybridge Elementary School ++ 64 ++ Addison Northeast Supervisory Union Beeman Elementary School 32 90 35.56% Bristol Elementary School 104 249 41.77% Lincoln Community School 32 118 27.12% Monkton Central School 26 142 18.31% 2018 Free & Reduced Eligibility Report Page 3 of 26 Free and Reduced Supervisory Union School Students Enrollment % Low Income Mt. Abraham Union Middle/High School 192 661 29.05% Robinson Elementary School 61 141 43.26% Addison Northwest School District Addison Central School 23 62 37.10% Ferrisburgh Central School 40 149 26.85% Vergennes UHSD 127 453 28.04% Vergennes Union Elementary School 86 267 32.21% Addison Rutland SU Benson Village School 38 81 46.91% Castleton Elementary School 100 267 37.45% Castleton Village School 52 118 44.07% Fair Haven Graded School 230 349 65.90% Fair Haven UHS #16 151 390 38.72% Orwell 55 142 38.73% Barre SU Barre City Elementary & Middle School * ++ 903 ++ Barre Town Elementary and Middle School 216 736 29.35% Spaulding High School 253 844 29.98% 2018 Free & Reduced Eligibility Report Page 4 of 26 Free and Reduced Supervisory Union School Students Enrollment % Low Income Battenkill Valley SU Arlington Memorial High School 87 199 43.72% Fisher Elementary School 102 217 47.00% Bennington-Rutland SU Currier Memorial School *