School Breakfast Assessment Tools

School food service directors and principals need to know how well their breakfast programs are functioning in terms of both finances and participation. This information helps schools and school districts make important decisions regarding the management of their school breakfast programs. The following assessment tools are a great way to determine the current status of your breakfast program and provide information to help you make future decisions.

Note: The following three calculators are excel files that you can save to your computer by following these steps:

• Place your mouse on the calculator link so that it turns orange
• Right click
• Click on "Save Target As"
• Name the file and save it to your computer

Any information that you enter will be available to you only.

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The Universal School Breakfast Calculator allows users to assess the financial impact of offering universal free breakfast at one school, several schools, or district wide.

The School Breakfast Financial Calculator allows users to assess their current financial situation as well as analyze the financial impact of making a significant meal change to breakfast, such as moving breakfast into the classroom or serving healthier food. By showing a direct comparison between their current and potential financial situations, users can access the information they need to make important decisions regarding their breakfast program.

The School Breakfast Participation Calculator allows users to assess how well they are reaching their most vulnerable students—those eligible for free or reduced priced (F/R) meals. Compared to school lunch, school breakfast is a highly underutilized program. This tool enables users to compare the percentage of F/R eligible students that participate in school lunch to those who participate in school breakfast.