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Public schools throughout Fort Worth and Tarrant County are serving free, fresh meals to children during the summer. 

Charter schools and traditional school districts offer the meals through the federal government’s National School Lunch and Breakfast programs.

Here’s where to find free meals for your children:

Fort Worth ISD

The school district will offer free breakfasts and lunches to all children 18 or younger until July 2. 

Meals are available Mondays through Thursdays, and enrollment in a summer program is not required.

Here’s where meals are available in Fort Worth ISD:

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Days when meals will not be served, such as holidays

Alice Contreras Elementary, 4100 Lubbock Ave.

Arlington Heights High School, 4501 West Freeway

Benbrook Elementary, 800 Mercedes St.

Bill J. Elliott Elementary, 2501 Cooks Lane

Bruce Shulkey Elementary, 5533 Whitman Ave.

Carroll Peak Elementary, 1201 E. Jefferson Ave.

Carter-Riverside High School, 3301 Yucca Ave.

Cesar Chavez Elementary, 3710 Deen Road

Christine C. Moss Elementary, 4108 Eastland St.

Clifford Davis Elementary, 4300 Campus Drive

D. McRae Elementary, 3316 Ave. N

Daggett Middle School, 1108 Carlock St.

David K. Sellars Elementary, 4200 Dorsey St., Forest Hill

De Zavala Elementary, 1419 College Ave.

Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School, 1411 Maydell St. 

Dolores Huerta Elementary, 3309 W. Long Ave.

Dunbar High School, 5700 Ramey Ave.

Eastern Hills Elementary, 5917 Shelton St.

Eastern Hills High School, 5701 Shelton St.

Edward J. Briscoe Elementary, 2751 Yuma Ave.

Forest Oak Middle School, 3221 Pecos St.

George Clarke Elementary, 3300 S. Henderson St.

Glen Park Elementary, 3601 Pecos St.

H.V. Helbing Elementary, 3524 N. Crump St.

Harlean Beal Elementary, 5615 Forest Hill Drive

Hubbard Heights Elementary, 1333 W. Spurgeon St.

J.T. Stevens Elementary, 6161 Wrigley Way

J. Martin Jacquet Middle School, 2501 Stalcup Road

Kirkpatrick Middle School, 3201 Refugio Ave.

Leonard Middle School, 8900 Chapin Road

Meadowbrook Middle School, 2001 Ederville Road

Monnig Middle School, 3136 Bigham Blvd.

North Side High School, 2211 McKinley Ave.

Paschal High School, 3001 Forest Park Blvd. 

Polytechnic High School, 1300 Conner Ave.

Ridglea Hills Elementary, 6817 Cumberland Road

Riverside Middle School, 1600 Bolton St.

Rufino Mendoza Elementary, 1412 Denver Ave.

S.S. Dillow Elementary, 4000 Ave. N

Sam Rosen Elementary, 2613 Roosevelt Ave.

Seminary Hills Park Elementary, 5037 Townsend Drive

South Hills High School, 6101 McCart Ave.

South Hi Mount Elementary, 4101 Birchman Ave.

Southwest High School, 4100 Altamesa Blvd.

Springdale Elementary, 3207 Hollis St.

Stripling Middle School, 2100 Clover Lane

Sunrise Elementary, 3409 Stalcup Road

T.A. Sims Elementary, 3500 Crenshaw Ave.

Versia Williams Elementary, 901 Baurline St.

Washington Heights Elementary, 3214 Clinton Ave.

Waverly Park Elementary, 3604 Cimmaron Trail

Wedgwood Middle School, 3909 Wilkie Way

Western Hills High School, 3600 Boston Ave.

William James Middle School, 1101 Nashville Ave.

O.D. Wyatt High School, 2400 E. Seminary Drive

IDEA Public Schools

The charter network will serve all children 18 or younger, regardless of whether they are enrolled in IDEA Public Schools.

Meals will be provided Mondays through Fridays until July 26.

Breakfast is served 7:30-9 a.m., and lunch is 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Food service will be closed on federal holidays and July 1-5.

Here’s where:

IDEA Achieve, 1900 Thomas Road, Haltom City

IDEA Edgecliff, 1640 Altamesa Blvd., Fort Worth

IDEA Rise, 3000 S. Cherry Lane, Benbrook

IDEA Southeast, 2935 E. Seminary Drive, Fort Worth

Uplift Education

The charter school system will serve free meals starting June 10 and ending July 19. Service is open to children 18 or younger. Children do not have to be Uplift students.

Breakfast is served 7:30-8:30 a.m., and lunch is available 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Here’s where:

Uplift Mighty Preparatory, 3700 Mighty Mite Drive, Fort Worth

Uplift Summit International Preparatory, 1305 N. Center St., Arlington

Trinity Basin Preparatory

The charter network plans to offer free meals to all children 18 or younger until June 28.

Breakfast will be served 7:30-9 a.m., and lunch is 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Here’s where:

Pafford Campus, 101 W. Pafford St., Fort Worth

Bolt Campus, 412 W. Bolt St., Fort Worth

Grand Prairie Campus, 3116 S. Carrier Parkway, Grand Prairie

High Point Academy South, 7241 Crowley Road, Fort Worth

High Point Academy Upper, 1256 Jim Wright Freeway, White Settlement

Looking for more places?

Use this meal finder from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for additional free meal locations. The finder was updated through May 31, 2024.

Jacob Sanchez is an enterprise journalist for the Fort Worth Report. Contact him at jacob.sanchez@fortworthreport.org or @_jacob_sanchez. At the Fort Worth Report, news decisions are made independently of our board members and financial supporters. Read more about our editorial independence policy here.