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28.2 percent of students in United Community School District qualify for free/reduced lunches

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In United Community School District, 74 students qualified for free or reduced lunches in 2018-2019, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

That is 28.2 percent of the district's total enrollment of 262.

Under guidelines established by the National School Lunch Program, children from families with incomes at or below 130 percent of the poverty level are eligible for free lunch and children from families with incomes between 130 and 185 percent of the poverty level are eligible for reduced-price lunch.

In both 2017-2018 and 2018-2019, 74 students qualified for free or reduced lunches in the district.

The Department of Education said 53 students in United Community School District qualified for free lunches, and another 21 for reduced lunches in 2018-2019.

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