VERMONT AGENCY OF EDUCATION Child Nutrition Programs Annual Statistical Report Percent of Students Eligible for Free and Reduced Price School Meals School Year 2018-2019 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 2018-2019 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 84,280. The total number of students eligible for free and reduced price meals is 33,827. Therefore, the statewide average eligibility is 40.14%. 2019 Free & Reduced Eligibility Report (Revised 11/15/2019) Page 1 of 25 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 Rosie Krueger, Assistant Director of Child Nutrition Programs at (802) 479-1246. 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 Orleans Central School Integrated Arts Academy at HO Wheeler Orleans Southwest Lakeview Union School JJ Flynn Elementary Rutland City Northeast Primary School King Street Head Start Program Northwest Primary School ONTOP Rutland Intermediate/Middle School Sustainability Academy at Barnes Southwest Vermont Bennington Elementary School Caledonia Central Walden School EEE Caledonia North Sutton Village School Molly Stark School Essex Caledonia Concord School Monument Elementary Gilman & Lunenburg Schools Mt. Anthony Middle School Franklin Northeast Richford Elementary Mt. Antony Union HS Richford High School 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 Charleston Elementary Washington Cty Mental Health Choice Academy Coventry Village School Windham Southeast Academy School Holland Elementary School Green Street School Lowell School Oak Grove School Newport City Elementary School Windham Southwest Readsboro Central School Winooski Winooski School & Family Center 2019 Free & Reduced Eligibility Report (Revised 11/15/2019) Page 2 of 25 Vermont Agency of Education Child Nutrition Programs Free and Reduced Eligibility for Fiscal Year 2019 Free and Supervisory Union School % Low Income Reduced Enrollment Addison Central School District Bingham Memorial School 15 76 19.74% Bridport Central School 46 83 55.42% Mary Hogan School 176 460 38.26% Middlebury Union High School 102 531 19.21% Middlebury Union Middle School 91 271 33.58% Ripton Elementary School 13 52 25.00% Salisbury Community School 42 97 43.30% Shoreham Elementary School 34 80 42.50% Addison Northwest School District Addison Central School 27 66 40.91% Ferrisburgh Central School 41 142 28.87% Vergennes UHSD 157 473 33.19% Vergennes Union Elementary School 73 225 32.44% 2019 Free & Reduced Eligibility Report (Revised 11/15/2019) Page 3 of 25 Free and Supervisory Union School Reduced Enrollment % Low Income Addison Rutland SU Benson Village School 27 68 39.71% Castleton Elementary School 95 258 36.82% Castleton Village School 39 99 39.39% Fair Haven Graded School 171 362 47.24% Fair Haven UHS #16 139 370 37.57% Orwell 50 153 32.68% Barre SU Barre City Elementary & Middle School 635 875 72.57% Barre Town Elementary and Middle School 242 807 29.99% Spaulding High School 321 848 37.85% Battenkill Valley SU Arlington Memorial High School 89 204 43.63% Fisher Elementary School 95 209 45.45% Bennington-Rutland SU Currier Memorial School 64 87 73.56% Flood Brook School 78 276 28.26% 2019 Free & Reduced Eligibility Report (Revised 11/15/2019) Page 4 of 25 Free and Supervisory Union School Reduced Enrollment % Low Income Manchester Elementary/Middle School 168 388 43.30% Mettawee Community UD #47 77 186 41.40% Sunderland Elementary School 26 81 32.10% The Dorset School 32 151 21.19% Bishop John A. Marshall School Bishop John A. Marshall School 26 129 20.16% Brookhaven Learning Center Brookhaven Learning Center ++ 14 ++ Burlington School