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Nearly half of all public school students rely on free or reduced-price school meals to meet their daily nutritional needs

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Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. 2020. “Number and percentage of public school students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, by state: Selected years, 2000-01 through 2016-17,” Table 204.10. https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d18/tables/dt18_204.10.asp.