School Food
School Food
New York City Public Schools offers free breakfast, lunch and after school meals to all NYC Public Schools Students during the school year. We equitably serve NYC students with healthy and delicious meals that enhance their educational experience, reflect their voices, and nourish them into adulthood.
Breakfast, lunch and afterschool meals are free to all NYC public school students during the school year. We thoughtfully create our menus to make sure that students get the nutrients they need to think clearly and concentrate on learning. Seeing students succeed in school is what drives our passion to serve high-quality meals every day.
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Find My School Menu
Menus may vary from school to school. Use our “Find A School(Open external link)” tool to find the menu(s) served at your school. If you already know your school's menu, view our breakfast, lunch and afterschool menus online. You can also print our calendar format menus for September 2026(Open external link) and October 2026(Open external link). You may also view our translated menus(Open external link) (this is for print purposes only).
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Daily Menu Options
In addition to our center of the plate meal option(s), students have access to many daily offerings. Our daily offered menu options support students with allergy restrictions, vegetarian and vegan preferences, and some restricted diets. The plant-based options offered daily are our Peanut Butter and/or Sunflower Seed Butter & Jelly Sandwiches and Hummus & Crackers. Vegetarian options offered daily are our hot and cold Cheese Sandwiches.
Breakfast, lunch and afterschool meals are free to all NYC public school students during the school year. We thoughtfully create our menus to make sure that students get the nutrients they need to think clearly and concentrate on learning. Seeing students succeed in school is what drives our passion to serve high-quality meals every day.
