Free/Reduced Meals Program & CalWORKS Data Files

Downloadable files pertaining to Free and Reduced Price Meals Program (FRPM) and California Work Opportunity (CalWORKS) data.

This page contains the complete data files from the annual FRPM data collection as well as data prior to 2004 for the CalWORKS (formerly known as AFDC) data collection. FRPM information is submitted by schools to the Department in January; however, the data is current as of October (previous year). Data files include public school enrollment, number of CalWORKS children residing in the attendance area, number of students eligible for free or reduced price meal programs, percent CalWORKS children, and percent free and reduced price meal eligible children in the program.

Note: 1) The data reported here is a result of the collection of data designed for use in the Title I program and as a result is limited to children ages 5 to 17 inclusive as of October of the year for which the data is being collected; 2) the Free and Reduced Price Meals/CalWORKS School File is composed of draft data which may have been revised and not updated here. Although data revisions are minimal there may be discrepancies between DataQuest Socio-economic data and the Free and Reduced Price Meals/CalWORKS School File. The DataQuest data are the most current.

Free and Reduced Price Meals/CalWORKS - School Level Files

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File Name	File Structure
frpm2011 (XLS; 2MB; Revised 12-Jul-2012)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 2006-11
frpm2010 (XLS; 2MB; Revised 26-Aug-2011)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 2006-11
frpm2009 (XLS: 2MB; Revised 4-Feb-2011)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 2006-11
frpm2008 (XLS: 2MB; Revised 3-Feb-2011)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 2006-11
frpm2007 (XLS; 2MB; Revised 3-Dec-2009)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 2006-11
frpm2006 (XLS; 2MB; Revised 3-Apr-2009)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 2006-11
frpm2005 (XLS; 2MB)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 2004-05
frpm2004 (XLS; 2MB)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 2004-05
afdc2003 (EXE)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 1988-2003
afdc2002 (EXE)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 1988-2003
afdc2001 (EXE)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 1988-2003
afdc2000 (EXE)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 1988-2003
afdc1999 (EXE)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 1988-2003
afdc1998 (EXE)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 1988-2003
afdc1997 (EXE)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 1988-2003
afdc1996 (EXE)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 1988-2003
afdc1995 (EXE)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 1988-2003
afdc1994 (EXE)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 1988-2003
afdc1993 (EXE)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 1988-2003
afdc1992 (EXE)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 1988-2003
afdc1991 (EXE)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 1988-2003
afdc1990 (EXE)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 1988-2003
afdc1989 (EXE)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 1988-2003
afdc1988 (EXE)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 1988-2003
sifc81 (DBF)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 1988-2003

Free and Reduced Price Meals/CalWORKS - District Level Files

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File Name	File Structure
dist2003 (EXE)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 1988-2003
dist2002 (EXE)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 1988-2003
dist2001 (EXE)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 1988-2003
dist2000 (EXE)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 1988-2003
dist1999 (EXE)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 1988-2003
dist1998 (EXE)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 1988-2003
dist1997 (EXE)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 1988-2003
dist1996 (EXE)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 1988-2003
dist1995 (EXE)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 1988-2003
dist1994 (EXE)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 1988-2003
dist1993 (EXE)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 1988-2003
dist1992 (EXE)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 1988-2003
dist1991 (EXE)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 1988-2003
dist1990 (EXE)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 1988-2003
dist1989 (EXE)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 1988-2003
dist1988 (EXE)	File Structure - Free/Reduced Price Meals 1988-2003

Downloading Information

*Prior to 2004, files were in a database/spreadsheet format (.dbf) and compressed into self-extracting files. To extract and uncompress these files: (1) download the file; (2) from Windows (Win95) Explorer, double click on file name or file manager in Windows (3.1); (3) to view file, open the file in a database or spreadsheet program.

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