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Figure 15: Free and Reduced Lunch Programs, Percent Participation

% of Students Receiving 50
Free/Reduced Lunches
40

30

20

10

0 Monroe Trempealeau Vernon Houston
La Crosse

2008 25.1% 40.2% 34.4% 33.2% 24.7%

2009 26.4% 42.3% 32.6% 40.6% 32.4%

2010 28.8% 43.8% 35.3% 44.1% 28.4%

2011 29.7% 46.1% 40.8% 40.8% 27.6%

2012 30.9% 46.7% 40.7% 40.7% 27.3%

Source: U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Common Core of Data

COMPASS NOW Random Household Survey respondents were asked to rate their community’s efforts to
reduce poverty and hunger (see Figure 16 and Figure 17). The community views our overall efforts to reduce
poverty as largely fair (37.4%) or poor (15.9%). Almost 50% of respondents said that local efforts to reduce
hunger are good.

Figure 16: Rating of Efforts to Figure 17: Rating of Efforts to
Reduce Poverty in Community Reduce Hunger in Community

Does Not Does Not
Apply Apply
6% 4%

Good Poor/Fair Good
35% 33% 49%

INCOME/ECONOMIC Poor/Fair
54%

Excellent Excellent
5% 14%

Source: COMPASS NOW 2015 Random Household Survey

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