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School Nutrition Programs provide healthy, nutritious meals through the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program to students in West Virginia schools. Schools may also offer Afterschool Snacks to students participating in educational and/or enrichment activities after the end of the school day.
This map displays the percentage of public school students in each county in West Virginia participating in the free/reduced lunch program. The data is from the NCES 2018 Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey Data.
- National School Lunch Program Afterschool Snack
- Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Afterschool Meals
- Backpack Programs and Non-Traditional Feeding Support
The afterschool snack component of the National School Lunch Program is a federally assisted snack service that fills the afternoon hunger gap for school children. USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service administer the snack service at the federal level. At the state level, it is administered by state agencies. In West Virginia, this is the West Virginia...
CACFP meals and snacks give a nutritional boost to children, including teenagers through age 18, in eligible afterschool programs in lower income areas. When school is out and parents or guardians are still at work, children need a safe place to be with their friends, with structured activities, and supportive adults. There are no application forms...
The West Virginia Department of Education recognizes that non-traditional feeding programs are methods of providing food to students outside the school day. This is accomplished in communities across West Virginia in numerous capacities – through social and civic groups, faith-based initiatives, corporate partnerships, food pantries and food banks,...
This map shows how many school meals were served in each county in West Virginia compared to number of students eligible for free and reduced lunch by county level.
The numerator is the number of public school students, grades PK-12, eligible for free or reduced price lunch. Children eligible for free lunch live in a family with income less than 130% of the federal poverty level or who are directly certified, while children eligible for reduced price lunch live in a family with income less than 185% of the federal poverty level.
Table reflects counts of students enrolled in all schools for which both enrollment data and free/reduced-price lunch eligibility data were reported. For 2019-20 through 2022-23, students reported as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch (FRPL) also include students whose NSLP eligibility has been determined through direct certification.
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CEP allows schools in areas of high need to serve breakfast and lunch to all enrolled students at no cost and without collecting household applications. For more information on which counties and schools in West Virginia have elected CEP for the 2022-23 school year, please see the map below and keep this in mind: Blue counties on the map mean ...
