School Meals in Scotland, 2008

Table 16: Pupils in education authority secondary schools: Number and percentage of pupils taking school meals (free or purchased), 2008

	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	9,638	8,427	3,872	40.2	45.9
Aberdeenshire	15,025	13,010	7,278	48.4	55.9
Angus	6,830	6,111	3,039	44.5	49.7
Argyll & Bute	5,458	4,854	2,956	54.2	60.9
Clackmannanshire	2,891	2,570	820	28.4	31.9
Dumfries & Galloway	9,416	8,376	2,930	31.1	35.0
Dundee City	7,601	7,072	2,437	32.1	34.5
East Ayrshire	7,387	6,604	2,739	37.1	41.5
East Dunbartonshire	7,649	7,078	2,119	27.7	29.9
East Lothian	5,657	5,183	1,965	34.7	37.9
East Renfrewshire	7,593	7,113	4,026	53.0	56.6
Edinburgh, City of	18,658	15,852	3,485	18.7	22.0
Eilean Siar	1,820	1,633	815	44.8	49.9
Falkirk	8,660	7,475	4,336	50.1	58.0
Fife	21,008	18,340	10,604	50.5	57.8
Glasgow City	26,353	22,803	7,283	27.6	31.9
Highland	14,490	12,924	8,819	60.9	68.2
Inverclyde	4,893	4,413	1,669	34.1	37.8
Midlothian	5,273	4,747	3,107	58.9	65.5
Moray	5,778	5,195	1,925	33.3	37.1
North Ayrshire	8,418	7,358	2,757	32.8	37.5
North Lanarkshire	20,446	18,705	6,686	32.7	35.7
Orkney Islands	1,445	1,282	1,076	74.5	83.9
Perth & Kinross	7,607	6,837	2,045	26.9	29.9
Renfrewshire	10,754	9,754	3,234	30.1	33.2
Scottish Borders	6,887	6,145	2,245	32.6	36.5
Shetland Islands	1,570	1,417	1,307	83.2	92.2
South Ayrshire	6,675	5,933	1,683	25.2	28.4
South Lanarkshire	18,791	16,717	6,298	33.5	37.7
Stirling	6,004	5,779	2,580	43.0	44.6
West Dunbartonshire	5,682	4,924	2,661	46.8	54.0
West Lothian	10,616	9,385	4,292	40.4	45.7
Grant Aided	579	554	291	50.3	52.5
Scotland	297,552	264,570	113,379	38.1	42.9

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