Free and reduced price meal applications available for DCPS 2025-26 school year Duval County Public Schools (WJXT)
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.
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.
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