In the fiscal year of 2022, ** percent of lunches supplied by public schools in the United States were either free or reduced in price. This is a decrease from the previous year, when **** percent of all lunches were either free or reduced in price.
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Food and Nutrition Service. (December 9, 2022). Share of total school lunches that were free or reduced under the national school lunch program in the United States from FY 1996 to FY 2022 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 22, 2026, from /statistics/632353/us-national-school-lunch-program-free-or-reduced-share/
Food and Nutrition Service. "Share of total school lunches that were free or reduced under the national school lunch program in the United States from FY 1996 to FY 2022." Chart. December 9, 2022. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 22, 2026. /statistics/632353/us-national-school-lunch-program-free-or-reduced-share/
Food and Nutrition Service. (2022). Share of total school lunches that were free or reduced under the national school lunch program in the United States from FY 1996 to FY 2022. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2026. /statistics/632353/us-national-school-lunch-program-free-or-reduced-share/
Food and Nutrition Service. "Share of Total School Lunches That Were Free or Reduced under The National School Lunch Program in The United States from Fy 1996 to Fy 2022." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 9 Dec 2022, /statistics/632353/us-national-school-lunch-program-free-or-reduced-share/
Food and Nutrition Service, Share of total school lunches that were free or reduced under the national school lunch program in the United States from FY 1996 to FY 2022 ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/632353/us-national-school-lunch-program-free-or-reduced-share/ (last visited July 22, 2026)
Share of total school lunches that were free or reduced under the national school lunch program in the United States from FY 1996 to FY 2022 [Graph], Food and Nutrition Service, December 9, 2022. [Online]. Available: /statistics/632353/us-national-school-lunch-program-free-or-reduced-share/
