Pinellas County gets top grade for healthful school lunches

Oct. 19, 2012

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine evaluates lunch programs at 22 school systems

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has released its 2012 School Lunch Report Card, which evaluated the healthfulness of the meals served to students in 22 school districts across the nation.

LINK: Read more about the committee's findings here. School Lunch Report CardSchool District Score Grade Pinellas County FL 100 A+ Howard County MD 97 A+ Knox County TN 97 A+ Omaha NE 97 A+ Atlanta GA 96 A Broward County FL 96 A St. Louis MO 95 A Miami-Dade County FL 93 A Long Beach CA 90 A- Oakland CA 88 B+ Washoe County NV 88 B+ Montgomery County MD 86 B+ Dallas TX 85 B Seminole County FL 80 B- Anchorage AK 79 C+ Guilford County NC 79 C+ Philadelphia PA 75 C Burlington VT 69 D+ Fresno CA 69 D+ Davis UT 67 D+ Houston TX 66 D Milwaukee WI 64 D Source: Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine