Apply On-line For Your Children to Receive Free or Reduced Price School Meals

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Apply online for your children to receive free or reduced price school meals. Your application will be sent from a secure website directly to McDowell County Schools, so you don't need to worry about filling out a paper form that could be lost or misplaced.

Lunchapplication.com has been designed to make it easy for you to know exactly what information you need to provide and to guide you through the process. Once your application has been received the district office will determine your eligibility and send you a letter with the results.

McDowell County School assigns a unique 3-10 digit number to each student. This number can be found on your student's schedule or report card. However, this is not a requirement to fill out the application. Please do not call your student's school directly.

McDowell County Schools offers healthy meals every school day.

Lunch costs $3.50(PK-5) and $3.65(6-13). The reduced price is .40 for lunch. All McDowell County students will receive breakfast at no cost for the 2022/2023 School Year.