| School Breakfast Program Participation and Meals Served | ||||||
| (Data as of February 01, 2012) | ||||||
| --------Total Participation 1]-------- | ||||||
| Fiscal Years | Free | Red. Price | Paid | Total | Meals Served | Free/ RP of Total Meals |
| ------------------------------Millions------------------------------ | --Percent-- | |||||
| 1969 | -- | -- | -- | 0.22 | 39.70 | 71.0 |
| 1970 | -- | -- | -- | 0.45 | 71.80 | 71.5 |
| 1971 | 0.60 | 2] | 0.20 | 0.80 | 125.50 | 76.3 |
| 1972 | 0.81 | 2] | 0.23 | 1.04 | 169.30 | 78.5 |
| 1973 | 0.99 | 2] | 0.20 | 1.19 | 194.10 | 83.4 |
| 1974 | 1.14 | 2] | 0.24 | 1.37 | 226.70 | 82.8 |
| 1975 | 1.45 | 0.04 | 0.33 | 1.82 | 294.70 | 82.1 |
| 1976 | 1.76 | 0.06 | 0.37 | 2.20 | 353.60 | 84.2 |
| 1977 | 2.02 | 0.11 | 0.36 | 2.49 | 434.30 | 85.7 |
| 1978 | 2.23 | 0.16 | 0.42 | 2.80 | 478.80 | 85.3 |
| 1979 | 2.56 | 0.21 | 0.54 | 3.32 | 565.60 | 84.1 |
| 1980 | 2.79 | 0.25 | 0.56 | 3.60 | 619.90 | 85.2 |
| 1981 | 3.05 | 0.25 | 0.51 | 3.81 | 644.20 | 86.9 |
| 1982 | 2.80 | 0.16 | 0.36 | 3.32 | 567.40 | 89.3 |
| 1983 | 2.87 | 0.15 | 0.34 | 3.36 | 580.70 | 90.3 |
| 1984 | 2.91 | 0.15 | 0.37 | 3.43 | 589.20 | 89.7 |
| 1985 | 2.88 | 0.16 | 0.40 | 3.44 | 594.90 | 88.6 |
| 1986 | 2.93 | 0.16 | 0.41 | 3.50 | 610.60 | 88.7 |
| 1987 | 3.01 | 0.17 | 0.43 | 3.61 | 621.50 | 88.4 |
| 1988 | 3.03 | 0.18 | 0.47 | 3.68 | 642.50 | 87.5 |
| 1989 | 3.11 | 0.19 | 0.51 | 3.81 | 658.45 | 86.8 |
| 1990 | 3.30 | 0.22 | 0.55 | 4.07 | 707.49 | 86.7 |
| 1991 | 3.61 | 0.25 | 0.58 | 4.44 | 771.86 | 87.3 |
| 1992 | 4.05 | 0.26 | 0.61 | 4.92 | 852.43 | 88.0 |
| 1993 | 4.41 | 0.28 | 0.66 | 5.36 | 923.56 | 87.9 |
| 1994 | 4.76 | 0.32 | 0.75 | 5.83 | 1,001.52 | 87.4 |
| 1995 | 5.10 | 0.37 | 0.85 | 6.32 | 1,078.92 | 86.8 |
| 1996 | 5.27 | 0.41 | 0.90 | 6.58 | 1,125.74 | 86.5 |
| 1997 | 5.52 | 0.45 | 0.95 | 6.92 | 1,191.21 | 86.5 |
| 1998 | 5.64 | 0.50 | 1.01 | 7.14 | 1,220.90 | 86.1 |
| 1999 | 5.72 | 0.56 | 1.09 | 7.37 | 1,267.62 | 85.4 |
| 2000 | 5.73 | 0.61 | 1.21 | 7.55 | 1,303.35 | 84.2 |
| 2001 | 5.80 | 0.67 | 1.32 | 7.79 | 1,334.51 | 83.2 |
| 2002 | 6.03 | 0.70 | 1.41 | 8.15 | 1,404.76 | 82.9 |
| 2003 | 6.22 | 0.74 | 1.47 | 8.43 | 1,447.90 | 82.8 |
| 2004 | 6.52 | 0.80 | 1.58 | 8.90 | 1,524.91 | 82.4 |
| 2005 | 6.80 | 0.86 | 1.70 | 9.36 | 1,603.88 | 82.1 |
| 2006 | 6.99 | 0.92 | 1.86 | 9.76 | 1,663.07 | 81.2 |
| 2007 | 7.15 | 0.98 | 1.99 | 10.12 | 1,713.96 | 80.6 |
| 2008 | 7.48 | 1.04 | 2.08 | 10.61 | 1,812.47 | 80.6 |
| 2009 | 7.99 | 1.07 | 2.01 | 11.08 | 1,866.66 | 82.1 |
| 2010 | 8.68 | 1.05 | 1.94 | 11.67 | 1,968.12 | 83.5 |
| 2011 | 9.21 | 0.98 | 2.00 | 12.19 | 2,049.66 | 83.7 |
| FY 2011 data are preliminary; all data are subject to revision. | ||||||
| 1] Nine month average: October-May plus September. | ||||||
| 2] Included with free participation. | ||||||