NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM
(Data as of February 1, 2012)
		Total	% Free	% RP			Total
Fiscal	Total	Lunches	of Total	of Total	Snacks	Cash	Commodity
Year	Participation	Served	Lunches	Lunches	Served	Payments	Costs
ANNUAL SUMMARY
FY 2011	31,837,773	5,272,697,883	58.1%	8.4%	225,958,724	10,101,698,461	1,199,429,202
FY 2010	31,746,530	5,277,781,357	55.8%	9.4%	219,204,994	9,750,496,906	1,127,898,309
FY 2009	31,310,324	5,186,022,938	52.5%	10.0%	214,866,038	8,873,298,113	1,119,074,137
MONTHLY DATA
FY 2009
Oct 2008	31,984,354	632,698,957	51.0%	10.1%	24,540,841	1,051,367,768	105,672,344
Nov 2008	31,658,037	470,073,580	50.9%	10.2%	19,988,396	782,687,293	169,869,130
Dec 2008	31,269,155	431,699,379	51.0%	10.2%	18,625,916	719,988,520	118,156,989
Jan 2009	31,196,243	507,366,601	51.5%	10.3%	22,609,091	853,806,188	139,514,726
Feb 2009	31,505,149	534,416,212	52.0%	10.2%	24,842,917	905,913,417	125,895,540
Mar 2009	31,365,099	575,553,273	52.3%	10.2%	26,636,300	978,818,192	83,806,090
Apr 2009	31,122,052	532,527,797	52.4%	10.1%	22,373,292	904,756,669	31,227,862
May 2009	30,225,352	543,327,456	52.6%	10.1%	20,117,412	923,245,334	11,799,224
Jun 2009	14,216,293	154,219,225	57.8%	9.5%	8,248,933	280,588,452	21,489,969
Jul 2009	1,298,509	22,582,525	83.9%	4.3%	2,874,182	56,203,543	87,418,032
Aug 2009	18,856,416	190,976,914	56.6%	9.0%	5,774,198	352,529,176	117,306,228
Sep 2009	31,467,476	590,581,019	54.3%	9.6%	18,234,560	1,063,393,561	106,918,002
FY 2010
Oct 2009	31,745,055	603,572,278	54.4%	9.6%	23,604,929	1,091,911,998	101,840,231
Nov 2009	32,026,278	508,374,026	54.6%	9.7%	21,387,178	924,181,848	132,514,400
Dec 2009	31,779,376	429,102,763	54.3%	9.7%	18,069,221	776,579,921	85,824,033
Jan 2010	31,803,840	521,482,621	54.9%	9.7%	22,668,495	952,197,306	145,021,855
Feb 2010	32,004,501	507,103,663	55.8%	9.7%	23,668,615	939,032,566	96,565,454
Mar 2010	31,880,524	607,266,530	55.3%	9.7%	27,976,441	1,116,104,016	90,304,616
Apr 2010	31,798,542	558,567,122	55.9%	9.6%	23,828,428	1,031,811,741	52,477,558
May 2010	30,778,351	555,539,777	56.0%	9.5%	20,938,690	1,024,728,910	32,531,967
Jun 2010	14,950,526	158,442,983	61.1%	8.9%	8,271,449	311,647,872	11,708,197
Jul 2010	1,167,071	19,884,834	87.0%	3.4%	2,942,890	51,689,205	88,800,868
Aug 2010	19,406,521	205,129,550	59.5%	8.3%	6,471,198	396,933,916	154,618,120
Sep 2010	31,902,306	603,315,210	57.0%	8.7%	19,377,460	1,133,677,607	135,691,010
FY 2011
Oct 2010	32,380,182	590,888,856	56.9%	8.5%	23,996,733	1,109,497,052	128,056,141
Nov 2010	32,274,471	531,447,149	56.9%	8.5%	22,941,209	1,000,478,126	120,396,089
Dec 2010	31,747,899	407,550,441	56.4%	8.5%	17,471,079	761,580,742	96,392,199
Jan 2011	31,641,142	524,165,837	57.5%	8.6%	23,515,709	995,535,747	138,970,756
Feb 2011	31,959,887	514,369,213	58.0%	8.5%	24,474,302	984,309,312	123,410,843
Mar 2011	32,005,978	612,014,195	58.0%	8.5%	29,837,068	1,169,756,226	108,167,489
Apr 2011	31,567,296	519,776,863	58.0%	8.4%	22,276,462	991,388,906	60,331,176
May 2011	30,973,904	580,999,601	58.4%	8.4%	22,827,288	1,111,379,065	24,606,734
Jun 2011	14,984,696	150,987,283	63.6%	7.7%	7,903,841	307,404,103	21,576,584
Jul 2011	1,042,949	16,949,434	88.8%	3.1%	2,271,619	45,352,588	78,217,762
Aug 2011	19,658,121	217,222,901	61.6%	7.9%	7,398,707	437,992,741	111,909,117
Sep 2011	31,989,202	606,326,110	58.7%	8.6%	21,044,707	1,187,023,853	187,394,312
FY 2012
Oct 2011	32,088,803	584,059,852	58.5%	8.7%	25,049,793	1,144,728,178	169,467,106
Nov 2011	32,076,479	532,997,296	58.6%	8.7%	23,824,954	1,046,690,690	124,634,212
Annual participation data are 9-month averages (October-May plus September).  Cash payments are based on per meal reimbursement rates which are adjusted annually to reflect changes in food prices.
FY 2011-2012 data are preliminary; all data are subject to revision.