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School meals in Hawaii

School meals in Hawaii use 130 percent of poverty for free meals and 185 percent for reduced-price meals in the 2026–27 school year. The poverty guideline for four people is $37,950. The products are already whole dollars, which matches the notice. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Who is in the free or reduced-price school meal range? Free meals use 130 percent of $37,950 for a household of four, and reduced-price meals use 185 percent, for the 2026–27 school year.

Urban Honolulu is the ranked metro in Hawaii, with a FY 2027 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent of $2,542.

Hawaii taxes wages at rates up to 11.00%. Combined state and local sales tax is 4.5%. The ACS effective property tax rate is 0.27%.

A household of four with $48,000 of income is about 126 percent of the $37,950 poverty guideline and is likely eligible for School meals. Likely eligible for free meals.

Limits behind the page

2026 poverty guideline in Hawaii
Household100%138%185%
1$18,360$25,337$33,966
2$24,890$34,348$46,047
3$31,420$43,360$58,127
4$37,950$52,371$70,208

An illustrative household

Two adults, ages 34 and 32, filing jointly, plus children ages 8 and 3. Gross income $48,000 a year, about 126 percent of the poverty guideline in Hawaii. They rent. Nobody is marked disabled or pregnant.

School meals

Likely eligible

Likely eligible for free meals

  • A school-age child is in the household. Income is 126 percent of the 2026 poverty guidelines. Free meals use 130 percent and reduced-price meals use 185 percent for the 2026–27 school year.
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Last checked: October 15, 2026

Sources

What changed
  • October 15, 2026. The benefit rules file was checked against the sources listed here.
  • January 15, 2026. HHS published the 2026 poverty guidelines in the Federal Register.

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