Florida’s Low-Income Students Increased by 27 Percent The Past Decade
Ron Matus at redefinED catches something the rest of us missed: More than 57 percent of Florida students now qualify for federal free or reduced-price lunch. That’s a 27 percent increase over the past decade in a statistic which often serves as a proxy for poverty.
- Source: Redefinedonline
Since the 2003-04 school year, Florida schools have also been majority minority. Last year, 57 percent of Florida students were minorities.
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