JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Applications for free and reduced price meals are available for the Duval County Public Schools 2025-26 school year.
Families with children attending one of the district’s 37 non-Community Eligibility Provision (non-CEP) schools are encouraged to apply online.
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Applications are available in English and Spanish.
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.
List of Non-CEP Schools Requiring Applications:
- Alden Road Exceptional Student Center
- Alimacani Elementary
- Anchor Academy Elementary
- Atlantic Beach Elementary
- Atlantic Coast High
- Baldwin Jr/Sr
- Bartram Springs Elementary
- Chets Creek Elementary
- Darnell Cookman Jr/Sr
- Douglas Anderson High
- Fishweir Elementary
- Fletcher High
- Fletcher Middle
- Greenland Pines Elementary
- Hendricks Avenue Elementary
- J. Allen Axson Elementary
- Jacksonville Beach Elementary
- James Weldon Johnson Middle
- John Stockton Elementary
- Julia Landon Middle
- LaVilla Middle
- Loretto Elementary
- Louis Sheffield Elementary
- Mandarin High
- Mandarin Middle
- Mandarin Oaks Elementary
- Mayport Elementary
- Mayport Middle
- Neptune Beach Elementary
- New Berlin Elementary
- Paxon High
- Sabal Palm Elementary
- Samuel W. Wolfson High
- San Pablo Elementary
- Sandalwood High
- Seabreeze Elementary
- Stanton High
Learn more by visiting the Free and Reduced Price Meals Application webpage.
You can contact the Food Service team at FoodService@duvalschools.org with any questions.