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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are "FARMS" and "SES"?  New to these threads, pls. elaborate.[/quote]

FARMS = Free And Reduced Meals System, a program whereby families below certain levels of income can apply to have their student's school breakfasts & lunches wholly or partially subsidized. In context, a school's percentage of FARMS students therefore means the percentage of the student body that qualifies for either free or reduced price meals due to being from a low-income family.

SES = socioeconomic status. This term is a rough measure of a person or family's relative social and economic class -- usually within the lower/middle/(upper middle)/upper class paradigm. The exact components of this measure, arguably more of a sociological concept than a straight economic one, are somewhat debatable, but there is likely to be general consensus that it assesses the individual's or family's position in relation to others based on at least the factors of income, education, and occupation.[/quote]

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