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<br />37 <br /> <br />Figure 15: San Leandro Unified School District Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity (2015-16) <br /> Source: California Department of Education, DataQuest. <br /> <br /> <br />A useful measure of economic insecurity among children and youth is students’ eligibility for free or <br />reduced-price school meals. The income of a student’s family must fall below 130% of the federal <br />poverty guidelines ($31,005 for a family of four in 2014-2015) for the student to qualify for free <br />meals, or below 185% of the federal poverty guidelines ($44,123 for a family of four in 2014-2015) <br />for the student to qualify for reduced-price meals. In 2014-15, 47.4% of students in San Leandro <br />Unified School District qualified for free school meals, and an additional 10.4% qualified for <br />reduced-price meals.36 The following table shows that the percentage of SLUSD students eligible for <br />free or reduced-price meals (combined) rose steeply between 2007 and 2013, and declined since then <br />but has not fallen to the 2007 level. In 2015, 4,867 SLUSD students were eligible. <br /> <br />Table 7: San Leandro Unified School District Students Eligible for Free or Reduced-Price School Meals <br />2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 <br />51.1% 51.5% 53.8% 55.1% 56.7% 65.7% 65.5% 65.0% 57.9% <br />Source: California Dept. of Education, Student Poverty FRPM Data (Mar. 2016). Accessed at kidsdata.org <br /> <br />The majority of San Leandro children (an estimated 70%) live in households headed by a married <br />couple, while an estimated 22% live in households headed by a single woman and 8% by a single <br /> <br />36 As cited on kidsdata.org, California Dept. of Education, Student Poverty FRPM Data (Mar. 2016). <br />14% <br />16% <br />8% <br />48% <br />0% <br />1% <br />4% <br />9% <br />African American <br />Asian <br />Filipino <br />Latino <br />Native American <br />Pacific Islander <br />Two or More Races <br />White