Sentences with phrase «lunch student population»

It is a Title I School and the only five - star high school in Nevada that serves a free and reduced lunch student population of over 60 percent.

And there is substantial research to support it — I suggest you review 90-90-90 schools... these are schools that have 90 % minority populations, 90 % free and reduced lunch student populations, and 90 % of students reaching proficiency on standardized tests!

Not exact matches

In non-U.S. cities with populations of more than 1.5 million, NYU Tisch Center students Camile Ake, Grace Chen, Juliana Coelho, Kaitlyn Darlymple, Shirley Lu, Michelle Ming, Estelle Wang and Xinyi Zhu surveyed 12 restaurants for each lunch and dinner.

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.

But might it not depend on the size of the total student population, the size of the lunch room, etc?

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.

With a student population of 3400 (ADP lunch 1700 - 1900, ADP breakfast 700) writing three essays to complete an arduous application process takes some motivation.

The school has three lunch periods, but with 2,500 students will only be able to seat 19 percent of the student population at a time.

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.

We've already talked on The Lunch Tray about whether that claim is actually true and, at any rate, whether the dietary needs of athletes should dictate standards for a mostly - sedentary student population.

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.

The number of schools with extended lunch times increased a few years ago, he said, especially on the Northwest and Southwest Sides, where student population is booming.

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.

At 1:30 p.m., the Senate Standing Committee on New York City Education Subcommittee will meet to discuss various amendments to education law - including an act in relation to requiring certain public schools in any city with a population over one million to offer food options during lunch, an act to direct chancellors of city school districts, in cities having a population of one million or more, to examine and assess the feasibility of expanding the number and types of career and technical education schools and programs within such city school districts and an act in relation to improving educational outcomes for homeless students.

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.

They also do not differ significantly in their initial per - pupil spending, average class size, percentage of students receiving subsidized school lunches, percentage of students with limited English proficiency or disabilities, and the mobility of their student populations.

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.

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.

The schools serve largely poor and minority student populations; 88 percent of their students are enrolled in the federal lunch program, 18 percent speak limited English, and only 1 percent are white.

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

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.

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.