National School Lunch Program Monthly Reports

Monthly data for the National School Lunch Program is provided by the Department of Agriculture. The dataset was last updated in April 2025 and is available under a CC0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze monthly participation trends in the National School Lunch Program.
• Track program metrics over time using the monthly data series.
• Correlate program activity with other USDA datasets using the monthly reporting structure.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative Department of Agriculture.
• The dataset was updated in April 2025, indicating recent maintenance.
• Released under a CC0 license, allowing for unrestricted use.

Limitations

• Data is provided in PDF format, which is not machine-readable without extraction.
• No column or row counts are available, obscuring the dataset's scale and structure.
• Sample data is unavailable, making initial assessment difficult.

Provenance

Source

Department of Agriculture

Freshness

Updated monthly; last updated 2025-04-21.

Geography

United States