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Free and Reduced Price Meal Applications Now Available

Duval County Public Schools

August 5, 2025

Aug. 5, 2025 – Applications for Free and Reduced Price Meals for the 2025-26 school year are now available.

Families with children attending one of the district’s 37 non-Community Eligibility Provision (non-CEP) schools are encouraged to apply online. Applications are available in both English and Spanish.

Who should apply?
Only families with children enrolled in a non-CEP school who are seeking assistance with school meals need to complete the application. If your child is enrolled at a CEP school, if you do not need meal assistance, or if you received a letter stating your child was “Directly Certified through the Florida Direct Certification System,” no application is required.

What to know:

  • All students will receive lunch at no cost for the first 30 operating days of school OR until a new meal eligibility determination is made — whichever comes first.

  • The district will notify families of their meal eligibility status within 10 business days of submitting the application.

  • Eligibility results will be sent via email to the primary custodian listed in the district’s records.

  • Breakfast continues to be offered free of charge to all students, regardless of school.

Need help or have questions?
Contact our Food Service team at FoodService@duvalschools.org.

List of Non-CEP Schools Requiring Applications:

  1. Alden Road Exceptional Student Center

  2. Alimacani Elementary

  3. Anchor Academy Elementary

  4. Atlantic Beach Elementary

  5. Atlantic Coast High

  6. Baldwin Jr/Sr

  7. Bartram Springs Elementary

  8. Chets Creek Elementary

  9. Darnell Cookman Jr/Sr

  10. Douglas Anderson High

  11. Fishweir Elementary

  12. Fletcher High

  13. Fletcher Middle

  14. Greenland Pines Elementary

  15. Hendricks Avenue Elementary

  16. J. Allen Axson Elementary

  17. Jacksonville Beach Elementary

  18. James Weldon Johnson Middle

  19. John Stockton Elementary

  20. Julia Landon Middle

  21. LaVilla Middle

  22. Loretto Elementary

  23. Louis Sheffield Elementary

  24. Mandarin High

  25. Mandarin Middle

  26. Mandarin Oaks Elementary

  27. Mayport Elementary

  28. Mayport Middle

  29. Neptune Beach Elementary

  30. New Berlin Elementary

  31. Paxon High

  32. Sabal Palm Elementary

  33. Samuel W. Wolfson High

  34. San Pablo Elementary

  35. Sandalwood High

  36. Seabreeze Elementary

  37. Stanton High

Learn more by visiting the Free and Reduced Price Meals Application webpage.