Food Services and Student Nutrition Department
"Most
think of them as just kids. We see them as valued customers.
We believe that we have the responsibility to nourish
their bodies and to provide a clean and safe learning
enviroment. That's the Sodexo difference. Treat all
customers with respect; pamper them with genuine affection
and work as advocates to support your mission."
Mark Willis
General Manager
- School Menus
- Pricing
- Nutrition News
- Mealtime Online
- Funding
| Elementary Breakfast and Lunch Menus: | November Menu |
| Middle School Breakfast Menus: |
November: 2-6 | 9-13 | 16-20 | 23-27 | 11/30-12/4 |
| Middle School Lunch Menus: | November: 2-6 | 9-13 | 16-20 | 23-27| 11/30-12/4 |
| High School Breakfast Menus: | November: 2-6 | 9-13 | 16-20 | 23-27 | 11/30-12/4 |
| High School Lunch Menus: | November: 2-6 | 9-13 | 16-20 | 23-27 | 11/30-12/4 |
Sign up to pay for your child's lunch online; click here to read about it.
Nutrition Guidelines: What RRPS follows for: Elementary | Middle | High school students and during School Activities
Nutrition Nuggets: A monthly newsletter with guidelines for elementary and teen fitness and healthy eating!
Concerned about how to help your children maintain a healthy diet? Click here for the latest news!
Free and Reduced Lunch Application:
Call for details: 896-7823- Free and Reduced Application (English)
- Uso libre y reducido en español (Spanish)
Bottled water is available to purchase as an a la carte item at all schools for $.75 ($.40 with a meal).
NEW SERVICE! We are implementing an online service called Mealtime Online that will allow parents to pay for lunches online. This is currently available for parents at all our schools! Click here to read about it.
Have some feedback or need to contact us about any concern
you have? Click here.
PLEASE NOTE: Prices are subject to change.
Meal |
1 Day |
5 Days |
10 Days |
15 Days |
20 Days |
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Elementary |
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Lunch |
$1.85 | $9.25 | $18.50 | $27.75 | $37.00 |
Reduced Lunch |
$0.40 | $2.00 | $4.00 | $6.00 | $8.00 |
Breakfast |
$0.75 | $3.75 | $7.50 | $11.25 | $15.00 |
Reduced Breakfast |
$0.30 | $1.50 | $3.00 | $4.50 | $6.00 |
Milk |
$.50 | ||||
Entrees |
$1.35 |
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Secondary
(Middle, Mid, High Schools) |
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Lunch |
$2.00 | $10.00 | $20.00 | $30.00 | $40.00 |
Reduced Lunch |
$0.40 | $2.00 | $4.00 | $6.00 | $8.00 |
Breakfast |
$1.00 | $5.00 | $10.00 | $15.00 | $20.00 |
Reduced Breakfast |
$0.30 | $1.50 | $3.00 | $4.50 | $6.00 |
Milk |
$.50 | ||||
District Employee |
Lunch - $2.50 | Breakfast - $1.25 | |||
Adult Visitor |
Lunch - $3.00 | Child Visitor - $1.85 | Breakfast - $1.25 | ||
| Note: All PrePaid Balances at the end of the year will carry over to NEXT school year. Balances will also follow students being promoted to a different RRPS school. Procedure Effective Now: All NSF checks will now be collected through First State Bank. There is a $15.00 fee for this process. | |||||
Nutrition Information and
Food Safety
- Read below to find out how we are meeting nutritional guidelines in our meals for all students! Click here to visit our site about Food Safety.
- USDA Pyramid Plan: Healthy Eating planning...
- Remember the Food Pyramid? Open it here to see what healthy eating looks like.
- Concerned about how to help your children maintain a healthy diet? Click here for the latest news!
Nutrition Guidelines: What RRPS follows for: Elementary | Middle | High school students and during School Activities
Students who participate in school lunch or breakfast
are assured to received a nutritional balanced meal. More
variety (as established by dietary guidelines) is easy
to achieve through school menus.Also, the federally subsidized meal is often less expensive
than a meal of equal nutritional value prepared and packed
at home. With school lunch students learn good nutrition
habits that provide a basis for better health throughout
their lives.
School meals contain a variety of foods and offer students
exposure to new foods. The better-nourished student
will generally have better attendance, be more attentive
and have more energy to cope with school day opportunities.
The federal government mandates how many calories & nutrients
each child’s meal has based upon their age group. Our
Food Service program currently offers a nutritionally
analyzed five-week cycle menu containing up to
thirty-seven different entrée choices for lunch.
In the elementary school’s, a student has the opportunity
to choose a meal containing an average of 722 calories
of which no more than 24.5% of those calories came from
fat. Our current lunch menu in the elementary schools
currently exceeds the Recommended Daily Allowances for
these nutrient groups:
- Vitamin A - 426%
- Vitamin C - 333%
- Calcium - 178%
- Iron - 108%
Breakfast
is served in ALL cafeterias daily before school.
A nice variety of hot and cold breakfast items are served
each weekday. Breakfast burritos, bagels, and juice are
also sold a la Carte each morning in our middle and high
schools.- Reduced priced Breakfast - $.30 in all schools
- Regular priced Breakfast - $.75 in elementary schools
- Regular priced Breakfast - $1.00 in secondary schools
Breakfast is said to be the most important meal of the day! Studies have shown that students, who start their day with breakfast, perform better in their studies and athletics.
Meals and/or food items are available at each campus for fund raisers (please contact Mark Willis @ 892-1784 for more information). Presentation cooking is offered at R.R.H.S. & R.R.M.H.S. throughout the year. This is an opportunity for students to participate in an upscale meal cooked to order.
Choices include
- Philly Steak Sandwich & dessert $4.00
- Hot Chicken Caesar Salad & Garlic Bread $4.00
Here are the steps to getting started with this service:
- Create an MealTime Online parent account: Click on the "Create New Account" link and enter a UserName and Password that you will use to log into MealTime Online. The UserName and Password must be at least 6 characters in length.
For example, UserName: jsmith Password: map2ku - Add your student(s):
- Log in to your MealTime Online account (use the UserName and Password you created in Step 1)
- Click on the "Add New Student" link
- Select New Mexico
- Click the "+" in front of "Rio Rancho Public Schools" and then click on your school
- Add your student by entering their First Name and Student ID. The student ID number can be found on your child's student ID badge. The system will only accept valid student ID numbers. If you do NOT know your child's student ID number, they must go to the front office to purchase a replacement ID for $3.00.
- Make a deposit: Click on the "Make Deposit" link to make a deposit into a school account. Click on the "View Details" link next to your student's name to view their cafeteria account balance and purchase history.
The National School Lunch Program is partially funded
by the federal government, based on the income of each
child’s family. The average subsidy per child in our district
is $1.40 for lunch and $1.05 for breakfast. Adult lunches
are not subsidized at all, that’s why they pay more for
the same size portion. Prices for breakfast and lunch are reviewed yearly. There are many factors that effect our school district’s ability to break even.
- Rising food and labor cost
- Number of school sites and employees
- Equipment purchases and replacement
To decrease food waste in the breakfast and lunch programs, we utilize the “offer vs. serve system”. Students must select and entrée, then they choose between one to four additional items. Students are allowed to self-serve many side dishes, giving them control over portion size.
Rio Rancho Public Schools works with the Sodexo Management Team to determine a suggested price for each meal. The Rio Rancho School Board makes the final decision after public discussion. Prices are only increased when necessary to maintain the program’s ability to cover all of it’s cost. The Food & Nutrition Services fund is not supported by the General Fund and is a non-profit entity.