Supported participation in the district's need - based funding programs such as
Free and Reduced Lunch enrollment and Breakfast in the Classroom.
Free and reduced lunch enrollment is a bit more variable than the other demographic measures, though it still points to a more general trend wherein non-FRL students make up a greater portion of K12 schools than district schools.
Not exact matches
Any public school containing these grades with a minimum
enrollment of 125 students per school site, have a breakfast program,
and serve at least 40 % of its
lunches to
free and reduced price meals shall be eligible for a state financial supplement.
For the months during the study, the school district provided data for average daily participation rates, overall school
enrollment,
and percent of students receiving a
free or
reduced price
lunch.
The contractor then extracts information on each student's demographic characteristics,
enrollment, test scores,
and certification for
and participation in various programs such as
free and reduced - price
lunch, special education,
and English - language services.
Total
enrollment: 860 Grade levels: Pre-k to 8 Ethnic breakdown: — 80 percent African - American — 20 percent Hispanic Title 1 School: Yes
Free and reduced priced
lunch: 96 percent Special education: 14 percent
The results, largely based on standardized test performance with graduation rates
and advanced course
enrollment factored in, are praiseworthy given the district's challenges, high poverty (70 percent of its 345,000 students qualify for
free or
reduced - priced
lunch),
and large population of English language learners.The Education Village «includes all of the elements that make sense,» Miami - Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said in the Miami Herald.
Data in this chart for student
enrollment,
free -
and reduced - priced
lunch, 3rd - grade academic proficiency, high school readiness
and graduation rates are from the 2013 - 14 school year.
Accountability, Charter Schools, ARISE Charter School, Ascend Public Charter Schools, California, Dirk Tillotson, English language learners,
Free and Reduced - Price
Lunch, Gifted
and Talented, Hillcrest Elementary, KIPP Bridge, Learning Without Limits, neighborhood schools, Oakland, Oakland Charter High School, Oakland Unified School District, School Choice, selective
enrollment, Students of Color
Nine out of 10 Ross students receive
free or
reduced - price
lunch,
and the school has faced an all - too - familiar slate of challenges — a yawning achievement gap, low
enrollment, teacher attrition,
and minimal parental engagement.
For example, a 2010 New York state charter school law requiring charter schools to mimic the demographics of the surrounding neighborhood — implemented to address gaps in English language learner
and special education
enrollment at charter schools — might mean, if enforced, that a school in upper Manhattan's District 6 would need to enroll a student population in which 98 percent are eligible for
free or
reduced - price
lunch, a commonly used measure of low - income status.64
Grades: K - 4
Enrollment: 578 students Student Demographics: 100 % Black Special Populations (Students with Disability
and Limited English Proficiency): 25 % SWD; 8 % LEP
Free or
Reduced Lunch: 91 %
The district's
enrollment is 82 percent black,
and 88 percent of its students are eligible for
free or
reduced - price
lunch.
The maps illustrate under -
enrollment,
free or
reduced - price
lunch rates,
and school performance as captured by the Academic Performance Index.
Rocketship schools — which serve more than 1,300 students, nearly 90 percent of whom are eligible for
free or
reduced - price
lunch,
and 75 percent of whom are English language learners — are open
enrollment public charter schools.
It is also important to note that these stable
enrollment trends exist even for schools serving lower - income
and minority children; St. Richard, which is 88.6 % Latino, has 72 % of its students on
free or
reduced lunch and breakfast (St. Richard School, 2015).