| School Breakfast Program Participation and Meals Served | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data as of December 30, 2008 | ||||||
Fiscal |
--------Total Participation 1]-------- |
Meals |
Free/RP of |
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Years |
Free |
Red. Price |
Paid |
Total |
Served |
Total Meals |
------------------------------Millions------------------------------ |
--Percent-- |
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1969 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
0.22 |
39.7 |
71.0 |
1970 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
0.45 |
71.8 |
71.5 |
1971 |
0.60 |
2] |
0.20 |
0.80 |
125.5 |
76.3 |
1972 |
0.81 |
2] |
0.23 |
1.04 |
169.3 |
78.5 |
1973 |
0.99 |
2] |
0.20 |
1.19 |
194.1 |
83.4 |
1974 |
1.14 |
2] |
0.24 |
1.37 |
226.7 |
82.8 |
1975 |
1.45 |
0.04 |
0.33 |
1.82 |
294.7 |
82.1 |
1976 |
1.76 |
0.06 |
0.37 |
2.20 |
353.6 |
84.2 |
1977 |
2.02 |
0.11 |
0.36 |
2.49 |
434.3 |
85.7 |
1978 |
2.23 |
0.16 |
0.42 |
2.80 |
478.8 |
85.3 |
1979 |
2.56 |
0.21 |
0.54 |
3.32 |
565.6 |
84.1 |
1980 |
2.79 |
0.25 |
0.56 |
3.60 |
619.9 |
85.2 |
1981 |
3.05 |
0.25 |
0.51 |
3.81 |
644.2 |
86.9 |
1982 |
2.80 |
0.16 |
0.36 |
3.32 |
567.4 |
89.3 |
1983 |
2.87 |
0.15 |
0.34 |
3.36 |
580.7 |
90.3 |
1984 |
2.91 |
0.15 |
0.37 |
3.43 |
589.2 |
89.7 |
1985 |
2.88 |
0.16 |
0.40 |
3.44 |
594.9 |
88.6 |
1986 |
2.93 |
0.16 |
0.41 |
3.50 |
610.6 |
88.7 |
1987 |
3.01 |
0.17 |
0.43 |
3.61 |
621.5 |
88.4 |
1988 |
3.03 |
0.18 |
0.47 |
3.68 |
642.5 |
87.5 |
1989 |
3.11 |
0.19 |
0.51 |
3.81 |
658.4 |
86.8 |
1990 |
3.30 |
0.22 |
0.55 |
4.07 |
707.5 |
86.7 |
1991 |
3.61 |
0.25 |
0.58 |
4.44 |
771.9 |
87.3 |
1992 |
4.05 |
0.26 |
0.61 |
4.92 |
852.4 |
88.0 |
1993 |
4.41 |
0.28 |
0.66 |
5.36 |
923.6 |
87.9 |
1994 |
4.76 |
0.32 |
0.75 |
5.83 |
1,001.5 |
87.4 |
1995 |
5.10 |
0.37 |
0.85 |
6.32 |
1,078.9 |
86.8 |
1996 |
5.27 |
0.41 |
0.90 |
6.58 |
1,125.7 |
86.5 |
1997 |
5.52 |
0.45 |
0.95 |
6.92 |
1,191.2 |
86.5 |
1998 |
5.64 |
0.50 |
1.01 |
7.14 |
1,220.9 |
86.1 |
| 1999 | 5.72 | 0.56 | 1.09 | 7.37 | 1,267.6 | 85.4 |
| 2000 | 5.73 | 0.61 | 1.21 | 7.55 | 1,303.4 | 84.2 |
| 2001 | 5.80 | 0.67 | 1.32 | 7.79 | 1,334.5 | 83.2 |
| 2002 | 6.03 | 0.70 | 1.41 | 8.15 | 1,404.8 | 82.9 |
| 2003 | 6.22 | 0.74 | 1.47 | 8.43 | 1,447.9 | 82.8 |
| 2004 | 6.52 | 0.80 | 1.58 | 8.90 | 1,524.9 | 82.4 |
| 2005 | 6.80 | 0.86 | 1.70 | 9.36 | 1,603.9 | 82.1 |
| 2006 | 6.99 | 0.92 | 1.86 | 9.77 | 1,663.9 | 81.2 |
| 2007 | 7.24 | 0.99 | 2.02 | 10.24 | 1,714.8 | 80.6 |
| 2008 | 7.45 | 1.04 | 2.08 | 10.57 | 1,806.4 | 80.6 |
FY 2008 data are preliminary; all data are subject to revision.
1] Nine month average: October-May plus September. |
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