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Free and Reduced Lunch
<br />Table 75 shows school lunch program eligibility in Indian River County and Florida from the 2008-09
<br />school year through the 2013-14 school year. Federal Income Eligibility Guidelines (IEGs) are used to
<br />determine each student's eligibility for free and reduced price meals. Over the past several years, the
<br />number of students eligible for free/reduced-price lunch had steadily increased in Indian River until this
<br />last school year when there was a slight decrease. During the 2013-14 school year, more than half,
<br />56.62%, of pre -kindergarten (PK) through 12th grade students in Indian River County were eligible for
<br />free or reduced -price lunch.
<br />Table 75: PK -12 Students Eligible for Free/Reduced-Price Lunch, Indian River, Florida, 2008-09 - 2013-14
<br />Source: Florida Department of Education, Education Information and Accountability Services (EIAS), Data Report,
<br />Compiled by: Health Council of Southeast Florida, 2015
<br />Table 76 shows children in school -readiness programs eligible for free/reduced lunch in Indian River
<br />and Florida in 2008, 2009 and 2010. There was a trending decline in the number of children in the
<br />school -readiness program in both Florida and Indian River from 2008 to 2010.
<br />Table 76: Children in school -readiness programs eligible for free/reduced lunch, Indian River and Florida, 2008, 2009 and 2010
<br />Year
<br />Florida
<br />Indian River
<br />Total Number of
<br />Students
<br />Total Eligible
<br />Students
<br />% of Eligible
<br />Students
<br />Total Number of
<br />Students _
<br />Total Eligible
<br />Students
<br />% of Eligible
<br />Students
<br />2008/09
<br />2,631,629
<br />1,304,861
<br />49.58%
<br />17,606
<br />8,048
<br />45.71%
<br />2009/10
<br />2,635,115
<br />1,408,976
<br />53.47%
<br />17,750
<br />8,936
<br />50.34%
<br />2010/11
<br />2,643,826
<br />1,480,760
<br />56.01%
<br />17,740
<br />9,527
<br />53.70%
<br />2011/12
<br />2,667,830
<br />1,536,044
<br />57.58%
<br />17,964
<br />9,979
<br />55.55%
<br />2012/13
<br />2,692,162
<br />1,576,720
<br />58.57%
<br />18,011
<br />10,196
<br />56.61%
<br />2013/14
<br />2,720,797
<br />1,475,961
<br />54.25%
<br />18,078
<br />10,237
<br />56.62%
<br />Source: Florida Department of Education, Education Information and Accountability Services (EIAS), Data Report,
<br />Compiled by: Health Council of Southeast Florida, 2015
<br />Table 76 shows children in school -readiness programs eligible for free/reduced lunch in Indian River
<br />and Florida in 2008, 2009 and 2010. There was a trending decline in the number of children in the
<br />school -readiness program in both Florida and Indian River from 2008 to 2010.
<br />Table 76: Children in school -readiness programs eligible for free/reduced lunch, Indian River and Florida, 2008, 2009 and 2010
<br />Year
<br />Indian River
<br />Florida
<br />Count
<br />Rate (%)
<br />Count
<br />Rate (%)
<br />2008
<br />719
<br />54.4%
<br />146,655
<br />59.3%
<br />2009
<br />936
<br />57.4%
<br />129,486
<br />53.8%
<br />2010
<br />665
<br />41.7%
<br />131,033
<br />55.5%
<br />Note: Source: FloridaCHARTS, Florida Department of Health,
<br />Compiled by: Health Council of Southeast Florida, 2014
<br />59IPage — Indian River County Children's Assessment 2014
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