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Eligible for Free or Reduced Price Meals<br />

FIGURE 19B — PERCENT OF IOWA PUBLIC SCHOOL PK-12 STUDENTS<br />

ELIGIBLE FOR FREE OR REDUCED PRICE MEALS<br />

1992-1993 TO 2002-2003<br />

Percent Free and Reduced<br />

30<br />

20<br />

10<br />

0<br />

24.8 25.4 25.9 26.0 26.8 27.6 27.5<br />

1992-<br />

1993<br />

1993-<br />

1994<br />

1994-<br />

1995<br />

1995-<br />

1996<br />

1996-<br />

1997<br />

1997-<br />

1998<br />

1998-<br />

1999<br />

26.3 26.7 26.7<br />

1999-<br />

2000<br />

2000-<br />

2001<br />

2001-<br />

2002<br />

28.5<br />

2002-<br />

2003<br />

Year<br />

Source:<br />

<strong>Iowa</strong> Department <strong>of</strong> Education, Bureau <strong>of</strong> Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Basic Educational<br />

Data Survey, Free and Reduced Price Meal Eligibility Files.<br />

• The statewide percentage <strong>of</strong> students eligible for free or reduced priced meals<br />

reached a new 13 year high <strong>of</strong> 28.5 percent in the 2002-2003 school year.<br />

• The individual district percentages ranged from a low <strong>of</strong> 4.8 percent to a high <strong>of</strong><br />

71.2 percent in 2002-2003.<br />

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