Each day, the School Breakfast Program provides millions of low-income children a healthy morning meal. In the 2014–2015 school year, however, just over half of low-income children who participated in the National School Lunch Program also participated in the School Breakfast Program. This map utilizes state and federal participation, funding, and legislative data collected for our annual School Breakfast Scorecard to demonstrate the status of breakfast participation and the opportunity for growth in each state.

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Low-Income Student Participation

Map Legend Map Legend Map Legend Map Legend
State Average Daily FRP Participation in SBP Ratio of FRP Participation in SBP for every 100 in NSLP FRP SBP to NSLP Participation Rank Total Schools Participating in SBP Percent of Schools Participating in NSLP that Participate in SBP Additional Children Participating in SBP if Reached Goal of 70:100 Additional Federal Funding if Reached Goal of 70:100 5-year Change in FRP SBP to NSLP Participation Ratio
Alaska 20,684 51.8 29 368 84.8% 7,294 $1,939,258 15.3
Alabama 219,735 55.4 22 1,436 96.8% 57,943 $15,402,411 6.2
Arkansas 150,887 61.8 7 1,071 99.9% 20,109 $5,285,390 7.4
Arizona 260,098 52.1 28 1,650 93.0% 89,420 $23,617,696 10.0
California 1,442,886 54.5 24 8,829 87.4% 410,734 $107,876,936 12.1
Colorado 144,932 59.3 11 1,401 83.7% 26,241 $6,868,290 20.4
Connecticut 79,410 47.8 37 866 80.6% 36,825 $9,763,785 8.7
District of Columbia 30,320 66.6 3 226 98.7% 1,567 $417,470 19.5
Delaware 38,861 59 12 252 98.1% 7,258 $1,935,746 8.3
Florida 678,109 49.5 33 3,747 98.0% 280,667 $74,500,822 4.7
Georgia 536,600 57.2 18 2,341 96.9% 119,888 $31,781,704 1.0
Hawaii 29,638 43.3 46 287 99.0% 18,227 $4,780,747 -1.1
Iowa 76,959 42.1 47 1,346 92.5% 51,053 $13,474,900 4.2
Idaho 58,674 57.3 17 655 94.8% 13,034 $3,412,180 1.5
Illinois 391,350 46 42 3,400 80.5% 204,295 $54,641,586 11.8
Indiana 223,614 48.8 34 1,894 89.8% 96,874 $25,573,668 5.9
Kansas 97,102 47.9 36 1,433 94.9% 44,823 $11,756,312 4.5
Kentucky 242,449 62.2 6 1,298 95.1% 30,495 $8,130,715 5.7
Louisiana 235,403 57.1 19 1,563 95.1% 53,149 $14,129,238 5.0
Massachusetts 145,451 45.9 43 1,752 80.0% 76,156 $20,251,271 2.8
Maryland 194,577 64.2 4 1,487 98.3% 17,602 $4,632,439 17.8
Maine 35,881 57.4 16 609 95.0% 7,850 $2,061,215 9.3
Michigan 334,677 56.6 20 3,031 86.6% 79,344 $21,034,572 14.1
Minnesota 147,200 51.3 30 1,727 85.5% 53,779 $14,028,090 9.3
Missouri 223,000 57.7 15 2,306 92.5% 47,771 $12,599,675 5.4
Mississippi 187,674 58.5 13 858 94.1% 36,761 $9,765,900 0.8
Montana 23,885 50 32 714 87.0% 9,568 $2,524,285 6.0
North Carolina 388,168 56 21 2,476 98.4% 97,247 $25,792,942 6.8
North Dakota 14,976 47.3 38 361 88.0% 7,194 $1,888,022 4.4
Nebraska 49,642 40.8 49 836 87.1% 35,472 $9,255,307 2.8
New Hampshire 15,615 38.7 50 410 89.9% 12,642 $3,331,943 3.0
New Jersey 252,420 55.3 23 2,077 78.1% 66,864 $17,708,140 17.4
New Mexico 126,283 70.6 2 833 94.3% 0 $0 7.8
Nevada 81,569 46.4 41 567 93.6% 41,409 $10,897,392 9.1
New York 575,455 46.6 39 5,858 93.8% 288,423 $76,549,054 6.3
Ohio 370,094 53.7 25 3,203 85.6% 112,665 $29,927,542 7.2
Oklahoma 183,701 58.5 13 1,793 97.2% 36,270 $9,542,438 0.3
Oregon 118,752 53.5 26 1,267 94.9% 36,651 $9,703,364 1.1
Pennsylvania 298,565 46.5 40 3,116 88.6% 151,206 $40,254,663 6.6
Rhode Island 26,811 50.5 31 362 96.0% 10,334 $2,732,071 11.7
South Carolina 225,008 61.6 8 1,207 99.7% 30,883 $8,197,194 1.4
South Dakota 23,063 44.2 44 808 85.6% 13,443 $3,549,559 2.6
Tennessee 326,765 61.6 8 1,752 98.2% 44,750 $11,923,981 8.8
Texas 1,596,202 62.4 5 8,245 99.8% 193,246 $51,209,074 7.7
Utah 60,605 34.8 51 818 87.1% 61,307 $16,079,276 0.1
Virginia 228,562 52.5 27 2,003 99.7% 76,338 $20,072,102 4.8
Vermont 17,157 61.1 10 325 95.0% 2,490 $652,377 1.4
Washington 163,257 43.9 45 1,970 93.4% 97,025 $25,479,722 0.1
Wisconsin 144,908 48.2 35 1,918 77.7% 65,444 $17,333,943 9.5
West Virginia 106,787 82.3 1 743 98.9% 0 $0 26.2
Wyoming 10,672 41 48 276 87.6% 7,541 $1,957,542 0.5