Not exact matches
Eighty - eight percent of the student
population at WHEELS has a family income that falls below the federal cutoff for a
free lunch, and 99 percent of them are Latino or African - American.
Last school year, meal participation was dropping in Napa Valley schools, even though around half of the student
population qualifies for
free and reduced
lunches.
It's worth noting that these complaints tend to come from parents at schools in which the
free / reduced
lunch population is low — most of these children are eating breakfast at home anyway, and the inconveniences and lost instructional time seem to outweigh any benefits of the program.
Participation is limited to schools in which at least 50 percent of the student
population qualifies for
free or reduced - price
lunches through the National School
Lunch Program.
The program, which began in three schools last year, now operates in 11 elementary schools around the city and in Cicero, where the
population of students eligible for
free or reduced
lunches is 85 percent or higher.
The USDA, which manages the NSLP, could not provide specific information about districts participating leaving program, but most that have come out publicly about dropping the program have predominantly white
populations of students and have a very low percentage of students receiving
free or reduced - price
lunches.
And there are districts serving diverse
populations who largely receive
free and reduced
lunch who have good things to say about the changes to their lunchrooms.
The funding included in the budget will target $ 350,000 for outreach coordinators at each school that will focus on underrepresented middle schools, $ 650,000 for test preparation at middle school students for underrepresented
populations and $ 750,000 for test prep that targets students receiving
free or reduced
lunch in New York City.
Students more likely to participate in
free - and reduced - price
lunch programs are among the same
populations most likely to suffer from obesity and related health risks, said Janet Peckham, an economist in the Office of the Commissioner at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and lead author of the study.
We have a majority - minority student
population, a large group of English - language learners, and almost 60 percent participation in the
free or reduced - price
lunch program.
Playworks works with public elementary schools that have more than 50 percent of the school
population receiving
free or reduced
lunch.
The
population in the district is about 60 % Hispanic, with 68 %
free and reduced
lunch.
The school's student
population is primarily African American; 85 to 90 percent of its students receive
free or reduced - price
lunches.
Latino students, 84 percent of whom are eligible for
free or reduced - price
lunch, comprise 21 percent of the student
population.
In practice it is unlikely that an assessment system will have access to data on student backgrounds beyond what is routinely collected by school systems: the percentage of students with limited English proficiency, the percentage eligible for
free and reduced - price
lunch, and the ethnic and racial composition of the student
population.
After three years of relatively flat and sometimes declining test scores, K12, Inc.'s full - time students appear to have increased their proficiency levels in both reading and math, even as K12, Inc. serves a
population with 62 percent of its student eligible for
free - and - reduced price
lunch, compared to 49 percent nationally.
The students in grades 2 through 6 in the district are predominantly white (73 percent), with a sizable ethnic minority (Latino students compose 21 percent of the elementary
population); 48 percent of them receive a
free or reduced - price
lunch.
This anxiety might be found in any public school, but in a socioeconomically disadvantaged school like Paul Cuffee, with a
population that includes 89 % racial minorities, 77 % students qualifying for
free or reduced
lunch, and 46 % from families living in deep poverty (with household incomes at less than half the federal poverty level), the stakes are exceptionally high when spending decisions are made.
Despite the model, the polished floors, new banners, and students outfitted in spiffy olive and khaki uniforms, the staff at Howland was quickly overwhelmed by the outsized needs of its student
population, which was 100 percent African American and 98 percent eligible for
free or reduced - price
lunch.
If an LEA chooses to participate and has at least 40 percent of its student
population counted as Identified Students, that LEA then provides
free breakfast and
lunch to every student within each school in its district.
Nearly 60 percent of the district's student
population is enrolled in
free lunch programs, and 77 percent of the families have incomes below the poverty level.
For example, the open enrollment system that was implemented in Charlotte - Mecklenburg in 2002 provided assignment priorities in its lotteries to students eligible for
free or reduced - price
lunch applying to schools where less than half of the previous year's school
population was eligible for
free or reduced - price
lunch.
An ANOVA indicates that responses to the six questions did not differ significantly by school level (elementary, middle, high school), school size, or characteristics of the student
population (percent non-white and percent eligible for
free and reduced - price
lunch).
What had been a largely white and affluent
population became predominantly non-white, with more than half of the students in the district receiving
free and reducedprice
lunches.
51 % of DCI students qualify for
free or reduced
lunch while 14 % of the
population receive special education services.
At the time of our study, 31 % of the students in the district qualified for
free and reduced - price
lunches, and the school had a 35 % non-white (mostly Hispanic)
population.
Rhodes Middle School is located in a low - income community; at the time of our study, 13 % of the
population fell below the poverty line, and 60 % of the Rhodes students qualified for
free or reduced - price
lunch.
The increase was even more dramatic among special
populations, with students in
free - and reduced -
lunch programs seeing a 2.5 increase in college and career readiness, struggling readers seeing a 2.8 increase, and English Learners seeing a whopping 4.8 increase.2
A large majority — nearly 80 % - of the school's
population is
free and reduced
lunch.
In addition, more than 60 % of CSDC clients serve low - income student
populations (as defined by participation in the Federal
Free and Reduced
Lunch Program).
In an age when everyone is concerned about racial gaps in learning, it's also important to note that charters are getting these results while serving a more heavily black student
population than DCPS, and with a greater share of low - income students who are eligible for
free lunches.
Nearly 20 years later, a staggering 93 of CMS» 168 schools served student
populations where a majority where considered «economically disadvantaged,» a group disproportionately made up of minority students that qualified for the
free and reduced
lunch program.
PRE-K — Tennessee should expand its high - quality, voluntary Pre-K program so that it serves the entire at - risk (
Free and Reduced
Lunch)
population of four - year - olds in the state.
We identified candidate schools within the three states by examining three years of state testing data6 for schools with at least 50 % of the student
population eligible for
free or reduced
lunch.
The national average of students who qualify for
free or reduced - price
lunch — the best indicator of socioeconomic status — is 50 percent; 26 almost all these schools served school
populations in which less than one - third of students were eligible for
free or reduced - price
lunches.
With a highly diverse student
population predominantly comprised of Asian, Hispanic and African - Americans, 86 % of whom qualify for
free or reduced
lunch, CPA has developed a school community that best exemplifies the concept of rigor and compassion.
Growing
population, shifting demographics, significant increases in English Language Learners and students receiving
free or reduced
lunch.
At Dean Tech, which has a predominantly Latino student
population, more than 90 percent of students qualify for
free or reduced - price
lunch.
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.
Thirty - two percent of the student
population qualifies for
free or reduced - price
lunch.45 The median family with children earns $ 102,000, around $ 14,000 less than in Montgomery County.46 However, Anne Arundel County is much less racially diverse.
Zero percent to 10 percent of the student
population in these schools were racial / ethnic minorities, and 6 to 13 percent were disadvantaged students as determined by the number receiving
free or reduced - price
lunches.
New Mexico also has a needy student
population, as 65.2 % of students receive
free or reduced
lunches.
Low income schools are defined as schools where at least 50 percent of the entire student
population (not just graduating seniors) is eligible for
free or reduced price
lunch.
NISL - trained principals led schools with student
populations that included higher percentages of English Language Learners, students eligible for
free and reduced - price
lunch and students with special needs.
A sample of 36 Great Expectation model elementary schools were matched with 556 Oklahoma non-Great Expectations elementary schools based on the following variables: ethnicity,
free and reduced
lunch eligibility, school size, average number of days students absent, percent of parents attending conferences, percent of teachers with advanced degrees, percent passing third grade reading test, district
population size, unemployment rate, average household income, teachers per administrator, percent of student's in special education, instructional support budget, and district percent passing Algebra I. Five years of pass rates on third grade reading and third grade math state exams were examined.
These results were then replicated at other schools with large
free and reduced
lunch populations (Solberg et.
At both River View and Summer Heights, more than half the school
population receives
free or reduced - price
lunch.
The Lennox School District's student
population is 95 percent Latino, and 93 percent of the students receive
free or reduced - price
lunch.
These Title I schools are targeted because 40 - 80 percent of their student
populations receive
free or reduced
lunch assistance.
In the face of so many challenges and obstacles — designing new curricula aligned with Common Core, teaching a large
population of English language learners and grappling with the reality that 75 percent of their students qualify for
free or reduced price
lunch — Burton's teachers wanted a protected, regular time slot to come together, look at data and figure out which of their teaching methods worked and which ones didn't so they could bring their students along on a path toward success.