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Sunset meal eligibility: source notes

This page documents the meal-eligibility statistic used by the independent Don’t Sunset Sunset campaign. It is a transcription of aggregate figures from the November 6, 2026 board workbook supplied by the campaign organizer.

232 of 352 Sunset K-8 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in the workbook’s 2025–26 data.

232 ÷ 352 × 100 = 65.909…%, shown as 65.9% here and approximately 66% on the campaign page.

What this measures: student eligibility for free or reduced-price meals. It is not a count of households experiencing financial distress, current-year enrollment, or the number of meals served.

Where the numbers come from

Workbook
FINAL Ventura_USD_All_Schools_Summary consolidated scoring by school board version 11-6-26.xlsx
Worksheet
FRPM, row 19: Sunset K-8
Source note in the workbook
FRPM!A37: “Source: CDE DataQuest, 2025-2026”
Transcribed values and cell references
CellMeaning and value
FRPM!B19Enrollment used for meals: 352
FRPM!C19Students eligible for free or reduced-price meals: 232
FRPM!D19Formula =C19/B19; value 0.6590909090909091, equivalent to 65.909…%

Source links and download

The workbook attributes its meal data to CDE DataQuest. The following link is transcribed from FRPM!A38; the campaign used the supplied workbook to verify the figures, rather than independently retrieving that DataQuest report.

CDE DataQuest source recorded in the workbook, 2025–26

Original board spreadsheet link supplied by the organizer (may require access)

Download the aggregate data as CSV

The CSV contains only Sunset’s aggregate meal-eligibility figures and their source references. It contains no individual student records.

Scope and provenance

This source extract was transcribed and checked on November 8, 2026. It is a campaign-prepared reference, not a district publication or a substitute for the complete workbook. The workbook itself was not modified.

Don’t Sunset Sunset is an independent parent advocacy campaign. It is not an official VUSD, Sunset school, or PTA website.