Meal Count Forms

Worksheets for School Nutrition Program sponsors to use for meal counts.

Meal Count Forms for Schools

Meal Count Worksheet (DOC)
Used to compare the daily free, reduced-price, and paid actual meal counts.
Meal Count Worksheet for Schools with Tracks (DOC)
Used to compare the daily free, reduced-price, and paid actual meal counts for schools with tracks.
Meal Count Edit Check - Monthly Worksheet (DOC)
Used for computing monthly free, reduced-price, and paid category numbers for comparison against actual daily meal counts.
Provision 2 & 3 Meal Count Edit Check Worksheet is located in the Child Nutrition Information and Payment System, Download Forms (Form ID SNP-17b Provisions)
Meal count edit check worksheet for sponsors operating Provision 2 or 3.

Meal Count Forms for Residential Child Care Institutions (RCCIs)

Meal Count Sheet (DOC)
Used when all clients are on the same school calendar.
Daily Meal Count Sheet (DOC)
Used to record meal counts by client name.
Site Daily Meal Count and Meal Count Edit Worksheet (XLS)
Used by state for administrative review of resident meals.

Questions: Nutrition Services Division | 800-952-5609

Last Reviewed: Thursday, October 2, 2025

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