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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Acad Nutr Diet. 2019 May 7;119(7):1142–1149. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2019.03.001

Table 1:

Characteristics of North Carolina Public Elementary, Middle, and High Schools Participating in the School Breakfast Program in October 2017

All Schools Elementary Schools Middle Schools High Schools
n % n % n % n %
Schools 2,285 100 1,372 60 461 20 452 20
Free breakfast
 CEPa 796 35 562 41 138 30 96 21
 Other universal free 417 18 269 20 75 16 73 16
Breakfast Serving
Model
Traditionalb 1316 58 711 52 312 68 293 65
 Free to all studentsc 486 37 292 41 104 33 90 31
BICd 338 15 286 21 37 8 15 3
 Free to all studentsc 284 84 242 85 34 92 8 53
Grab n’ goe 364 16 223 16 72 16 69 15
 Free to all studentsc 262 72 175 78 50 69 37 54
Second chancef 81 4 8 1 13 3 60 13
 Free to all studentsc 36 44 5 63 5 38 26 43
BICc + grab n’ gog 186 8 144 11 27 6 15 3
 Free to all studentsc 145 78 117 81 20 74 8 53
Rural 1,188 52 681 50 247 54 260 58
Total Students 1,445,287 100 705,704 100 298,746 100 440,837 100
Paid Students 568,785 39 239,540 34 119,117 40 210,128 48
FRPh students 876,502 61 466,164 66 179,629 60 230,709 52
Overall SBPi
participation 		427,397 30 291,026 41 71,068 24 65,303 15
Paid SBPi
participation 		60,585 11 40,747 17 9,442 8 10,396 5
FRPh SBPi
participation 		366,812 42 250,279 54 61,626 34 54,907 24
a

CEP=Community eligibility provision.

b

Traditional breakfast refers to serving breakfast before school in the school cafeteria.

c

Percentage of schools with indicated model serving breakfast free to all students.

d

BIC=Breakfast in the classroom. BIC is where breakfast is served in the classroom.

e

Grab n’ go refers to schools indicating they have grab n’ go breakfast (students pick-up conveniently packaged breakfast items that can be eaten at other locations in the school) and/or satellite breakfast/breakfast kiosk (breakfast served away from cafeteria in high traffic location).

f

Second chance refers to schools indicating they have second chance breakfast (breakfast served after first period or another scheduled time later in morning for students who miss breakfast before school) or breakfast break (breakfast served after first period or another scheduled time later in morning).

g

BIC + grab n’ go refers to schools indicating they use both BIC and grab n’ go. With this combination of models, many schools have schools pick up their breakfast from a grab n’ go location and take it to the classroom to eat.

h

FRP=Free and reduced-price.

i

SBP=School Breakfast Program