The headline is wrong. Half of public school students are not below the poverty line. The article states that 51% of students are now eligible for the federal

The headline is wrong. Half of public school students are not below the poverty line. The article states that 51% of students are now eligible for the federal food program. However you become eligibile at an income of 185% of the US poverty line, not the actual proverty line itself. Secondly, access to that program has been increasing for the last several years, making it even less of an accurate historical indicatior of increasing poverty.