Texas School Meal Reimbursement Claims for 2024-2025

Claims information for paid or approved meal reimbursements to sites participating in school nutrition programs during the 2024-2025 program year. The Texas Department of Agriculture administers these USDA nutrition programs and updates the data daily during the active program year. Data is subject to change until 90 days after the program year closes.

Use Cases

• Analyze reimbursement patterns by comparing LunchReimbursement and BreakfastReimbursement across different TDARegion and SiteCounty.
• Assess program participation by calculating average daily participation (ADP) metrics like BreakfastADP and LunchADP against EnrollmentQty.
• Monitor equity by evaluating the distribution of LunchServedRedc and FreeEligQty across different TypeOfOrg and TypeOfAgency.
• Track claim processing timelines and volumes using the ClaimDate and ReportType fields over the program year.

Strengths

• Contains detailed reimbursement data for multiple meal types (Lunch, Breakfast, Milk, Snack) with separate served and reimbursement columns.
• Data is updated daily during the active program year, providing near-real-time operational insight.

Limitations

• Sample data is unavailable, preventing assessment of data distribution and potential quality issues like null values.
• The dataset covers only a single program year (2024-2025), limiting longitudinal analysis without combining with other years.

Provenance

Source

Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) Food and Nutrition division.

Collection Method

Administrative claims data submitted by sites participating in USDA school nutrition programs.

Time Range

Program Year 2024-2025.

Freshness

Updated daily during the active program year; last platform update recorded on 2026-01-12.

Geography

State of Texas, USA.