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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So true, PP! Jefferson is a great case in point. It is really not a "poor" school. Sure, there are many students who benefit from free and reduced lunch in some way (getting it statistically classified and branded I suppose) but there are also a great many from middle class and really quite affluent families. They are black and brown, mind you, and some white;[b] but it's not a "poor" school[/b]. If you care to look and know how, you will notice that.[/quote]

http://profiles.dcps.dc.gov/Jefferson+Middle+School+Academy lists Jefferson as 100 percent "economically disadvantaged" as of previous academic year (2016-2017). I could not locate what income in DC qualifies for reduced price lunch (I'm not sure if that's tied in to being economically disadvantaged).  [/quote]

Don't ask me how that 100% or 99% gets there. It's not a real number, just isn't. Probably has to do with meeting a threshold in some way, that 41% or something to qualify, then the "system" sets that to 100%. I'm sure Jefferson is in the 'above 41%' category but, no, not 100%, not even close.[/quote]

Some of the schools where you see 100% listed are community eligibility schools. Jefferson's percentage of students qualifying was 61% in 2016-17 according to the documents linked at the below webpage. That compares to 7% at Deal, 19% at Hardy, 29% at Stuart Hobson and 67% at Eliot Hine.

From OSSE:

Below find the list of Local Education Authorities (LEAs) and school sites in the District of Columbia that are eligible or near eligible to participate in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) under the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP). Eligible schools have an identified student (direct certified, homeless, or foster care) population of 40 percent or more according to data reported in the District of Columbia’s Direct Certification System report, or by the State Agency Homeless Coordinator and/or the Department of Child and Family Services, as of April 1 of each year.

https://osse.dc.gov/publication/2016-17-school-year-dc-schools-eligible-community-eligibility-provision

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