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33.6 percent of students in Lone Tree School District qualify for free/reduced lunches

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In Lone Tree School District, 152 students qualified for free or reduced lunches in 2018-2019, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

That is 33.6 percent of the district's total enrollment of 452.

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, 143 students qualified for free or reduced lunches in the district, 6.3 percent less than 2018-2019 data.

The Department of Education said 124 students in Lone Tree School District qualified for free lunches, and another 28 for reduced lunches in 2018-2019.

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