In 2010, the percentage of students receiving
free and reduced lunch climbed above 50 percent in the Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township, while the percentage of students of color grew to 60 percent.
Not exact matches
The number of students eating
free and reduced - price school
lunches edged higher in many local districts last year,
and appear on pace to
climb even more this fall.
The number of children in Northwest Indiana from low - income families
and eligible for
free or
reduced - price
lunch has
climbed in the region
and across the state, as school districts face tighter budgets
and reduced state funding.
The proportion of such schools — where more than 75 percent of children receive
free or
reduced - price
lunch,
and more than 75 percent are black or Hispanic —
climbed from 9 percent to 16 percent during the same period.