School Meals in Scotland, 2009

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Table 16: Pupils in education authority secondary schools: Number and percentage of pupils taking school meals (free or paid for), 2009

Pupils on the school roll

Pupils present on census day

Pupils present taking meals

Percentage of pupils who took meals

Percentage of those present who took meals

Aberdeen City

9,336

8,303

3,211

34.4

38.7

Aberdeenshire

14,693

13,763

6,949

47.3

50.5

Angus

6,721

6,234

3,344

49.8

53.6

Argyll & Bute

5,386

5,012

2,776

51.5

55.4

Clackmannanshire

2,806

2,601

968

34.5

37.2

Dumfries & Galloway

9,267

8,589

2,649

28.6

30.8

Dundee City

7,579

7,106

1,377

18.2

19.4

East Ayrshire

7,136

5,762

2,716

38.1

47.1

East Dunbartonshire

7,526

7,005

1,803

24.0

25.7

East Lothian

5,655

5,021

1,784

31.5

35.5

East Renfrewshire

7,690

7,225

3,758

48.9

52.0

Edinburgh, City of

18,461

16,313

3,758

20.4

23.0

Eilean Siar

1,778

1,609

798

44.9

49.6

Falkirk

8,578

7,731

4,352

50.7

56.3

Fife

20,793

17,956

7,841

37.7

43.7

Glasgow City

26,190

22,871

6,881

26.3

30.1

Highland

14,317

12,812

6,818

47.6

53.2

Inverclyde

4,770

4,437

1,680

35.2

37.9

Midlothian

5,163

4,815

2,698

52.3

56.0

Moray

5,620

5,115

1,874

33.3

36.6

North Ayrshire

8,262

7,561

2,328

28.2

30.8

North Lanarkshire

20,528

18,786

7,067

34.4

37.6

Orkney Islands

1,364

1,249

786

57.6

62.9

Perth & Kinross

7,792

6,923

2,276

29.2

32.9

Renfrewshire

10,590

9,505

2,339

22.1

24.6

Scottish Borders

6,723

5,818

1,625

24.2

27.9

Shetland Islands

1,529

1,375

1,316

86.1

95.7

South Ayrshire

6,629

6,080

1,806

27.2

29.7

South Lanarkshire

18,675

17,116

8,305

44.5

48.5

Stirling

5,755

5,363

1,831

31.8

34.1

West Dunbartonshire

5,568

4,878

2,443

43.9

50.1

West Lothian

10,700

9,822

3,516

32.9

35.8

Grant Aided

575

546

242

42.1

44.3

Scotland

294,155

265,302

103,915

35.3

39.2

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