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Sunday, October 26, 2025

47.9 percent of students in Alta Community School District qualify for free/reduced lunches

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In Alta Community School District, 366 students qualified for free or reduced lunches in 2018-2019, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

That is 47.9 percent of the district's total enrollment of 764.

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 2017-2018, 198 students qualified for free or reduced lunches in the district, 84.8 percent less than 2018-2019 data.

The Department of Education said 274 students in Alta Community School District qualified for free lunches, and another 92 for reduced lunches in 2018-2019.