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Which states are bringing up breakfast rates?

Here are the states with the highest reported ratios of free and reduced-price school breakfast to lunch participation for the 2014-2015 school year.

FSD Staff

May 31, 2016

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Participation in school breakfast has experienced a slight bump nationwide, according to the Food Research & Action Center’s School Breakfast Scorecard released in February. On average of 54 students receive free and reduced-price breakfast for every 100 receiving lunch, up from 53 students in the last survey.

Here are the states with the highest reported ratios of free and reduced-price school breakfast to lunch participation for the 2014-2015 school year.

West Virginia82.3
New Mexico70.6
District of Columbia66.6
Maryland64.2
Texas62.4
Kentucky62.2
Arkansas61.8
Tennessee61.6
South Carolina61.6
Vermont61.1

 

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