"Did the high school you attended have many students who were eligible for free or reduced priced lunches?"

[The Deep]

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My high school had approximately 50% eligible for free or reduced lunch. Is this enough to consider it as "many" or should I safely select "I don't know?"

 

[wysdoc]

which school asked that?

 

[The Deep]

Rosalind Franklin. They ask these 3 questions:

1) Did the high school you attended have many students who were eligible for free or reduced priced lunches?
2) Did you graduate from a high school from which a low percentage of seniors graduated?
3) Did you attend a high school where a low percentage of students went to college?

with 3 options each: a) Yes b) No c) I don't know

 

[eigen]

I would consider half "many", personally.

 

[IlDestriero]

50% is absolutely “many”. 20% is many.

 

[The Deep]

Thank you guys!

 

[Hollow Knight]

Yeah it's many

 

[WildWing]

It's shockingly common - according to USAfacts.org, over 60% of public school students receive free or reduced price lunch. The threshhold is 130% or less of poverty income level for free, and 130-185% of poverty income level for reduced price.

If a majority of students at your school (and I think you can say 50% qualifies) got free or reduced price lunch, then it is considered a high-poverty school.

How many US children receive a free or reduced-price school lunch?

Almost five billion free or reduced-price school lunches were served to over 30 million public school students during fiscal year 2022.

usafacts.org

 

[deleted929944]

I would consider half "many", personally.

I was home schooled along with my sister. I was in the 50% that didn't get free lunch. Not too sure if my sister, the 50% that got free lunch, is considered "many."

 

[LizzyM]

Curiously, some school districts have such a high proportion of children living in poverty that it is easier for the government to permit all students to receive free lunch rather than do the paperwork for the 85% who qualify based on household income. In such cases, it is certainly "many".

If you were home-schooled, I think the fair response is "no".

 

[wysdoc]

Curiously, some school districts have such a high proportion of children living in poverty that it is easier for the government to permit all students to receive free lunch rather than do the paperwork for the 85% who qualify based on household income. In such cases, it is certainly "many".

If you were home-schooled, I think the fair response is "no".

That’s the case for a school district near me in Texas.
It wasn’t worth the paperwork or the time to see who was eligible and who wasn’t so everyone who wanted to eat lunch (and breakfast!) could do so at school.

 

[deleted929944]

If you were home-schooled, I think the fair response is "no".

It was a [bad] joke that my mom gave my sister free lunch and not me 🙂