Community Eligibility Program

Free Breakfast and Lunch at School

student in cafeteria eating a piece of bread

 

Because students rely on our nutrition services program as a source for a healthy meal, our schools serve a free breakfast to all students in all schools, and our district is offering no-cost meals to students across the district for the 2022-2023 school year.

The no-cost lunch at some schools is made possible by the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), a federal reimbursement program that allows school districts to offer lunch at no cost to students at schools that meet criteria. Metro Schools this school year is using federal ESSER funds to ensure all students have access to no-cost meals.

If your child does not attend a CEP school, but rather a school that qualifies for Free & Reduced Lunch, it is important eligible families apply for Free and Reduced Meals at the start of the school year, either online or through paperwork submitted to school, because the program also helps connect families to things such as:

  • discounts for fees associated with college application processes
  • scholarships and fee discounts for SAT, ACT and AP tests
  • benefits such as SNAP and Families First

The online application portal to apply for Free and Reduced Meals will be available at the start of the 2022-2023 school year.

 

CEP Schools

 
  • Academy at Hickory Hollow
  • Academy at Old Cockrill
  • Academy at Opry Mills
  • Alex Green ES
  • Amqui ES
  • Antioch HS
  • Antioch MS
  • Apollo MS
  • Bellshire Design Center
  • Big Picture HS
  • Brick Church College Prep
  • Cambridge ELC Cameron College Prep
  • Cameron College Prep
  • Cane Ridge ES
  • Cane Ridge HS
  • Carter Lawrence ES
  • Casa Azafrán ELC
  • Chadwell ES
  • Charlotte Park ES
  • Churchwell ES
  • Cockrill ES
  • Cole ES
  • Cora Howe School
  • Croft MS
  • Cumberland ES
  • Dodson ES
  • Donelson MS
  • Dupont ES
  • DuPont Hadley MS
  • DuPont Tyler MS
  • Eagle View ES
  • Early College HS
  • East End Prep
  • East Nashville HS
  • East Nashville MS
  • Fall-Hamilton ES
  • Gateway ES
  • Glencliff HS
  • Glengarry ES
  • Glenview ES
  • Goodlettsville ES
  • Goodlettsville MS
  • Gower ES
  • Harris-Hillman
  • Hattie Cotton ES
  • Haynes MS
  • Haywood ES
  • Henry Maxwell ES
  • Hermitage ES
  • H.G. Hill MS
  • Hickman ES
  • Hillwood HS
  • Hull-Jackson Montessori
  • Hunters Lane HS
  • Ida B. Wells ES
  • Inglewood ES
  • Issac Litton MS
  • Isaiah T. Creswell MS
  • Ivanetta Davis ELC
  • J.E. Moss ES
  • Jere Baxter MS
  • Joelton ES
  • John Early MS
  • JFK MS
  • John Overton HS
  • Johnson ALC
  • Jones Paideia ES
  • KIPP Academy Nash MS
  • KIPP Nashville College HS
  • Lakeview ES
  • Lead Academy Upper
  • Madison MS
  • Maplewood HS
  • Margaret Allen MS
  • McGavock ES
  • McGavock HS
  • McKissack MS
  • McMurray MS
  • Mt. View ES
  • Murrell School
  • Napier ES
  • Neely's Bend College Prep
  • Neely's Bend ES
  • Norman Binkley ES
  • Old Center ES
  • Paragon Mills ES
  • Park Avenue ES
  • Pearl Cohn HS
  • Rosebank ES
  • Ross Early Learning
  • Ruby Major ES
  • Shwab ES
  • Smith Springs ES
  • STEM Prep MS
  • STEM Prep HS
  • Stratford HS
  • Stratton ES
  • Thomas Edison ES
  • Thurgood Marshall MS
  • Tom Joy ES
  • Tulip Grove ES
  • Tusculum ES
  • Two Rivers MS
  • Una ES
  • W.A. Bass Alternative 
  • W.A. Bass Transition
  • Warner ES
  • Westmeade ES
  • Whitsitt ES
  • Whites Creek HS
  • Wright MS

 

Free & Reduced Meal Schools

  • A.Z. Kelley ES
  • Andrew Jackson ES
  • Bellevue MS
  • Crieve Hall ES
  • Dan Mills ES
  • Eakin ES
  • Glencliff ES
  • Glendale ES
  • Granbery ES
  • Harpeth Valley ES
  • Head Magnet MS
  • Hillsboro HS
  • Hume-Fogg Magnet HS
  • J.T. Moore MS
  • Julia Green ES
  • Lead Prep Southeast MS
  • Lockeland ES
  • Meigs Magnet MS
  • M.L. King Magnet HS
  • MNPS Virtual School
  • Nashville Classical
  • Nashville School of the Arts
  • Oliver MS
  • Pennington ES
  • Percy Priest ES
  • Rose Park Magnet MS
  • Shayne ES
  • Stanford ES 
  • Sylvan Park ES
  • Waverly Belmont ES
  • West End MS