Table 1. Percent of public elementary schools reporting the availability of foods at the school, by type of food services and selected school characteristics: 2005

Calories In, Calories Out: Food and Exercise in Public Elementary Schools, 2005

NCES 2006-057
May 2006

Table 1. Percent of public elementary schools reporting the availability of foods at the school, by type of food services and selected school characteristics: 2005
	Availability of foods
School characteristic	Any food services at the school¹	Any food services in the cafeteria or lunchroom²	Full school meals³	Vending machine foods⁴	School store or snack bar foods⁵
All public elementary schools	99	98	98	23	35
Enrollment size
Less than 300	96	95	94	28	36
300 to 499	100	99	99	20	37
500 or more	100	100	99	23	31
School locale
City	100	99	99	18	34
Urban fringe	98	98	97	16	35
Town	99	99	99	22	32
Rural	98	97	96	38	36
Region
Northeast	98	97	96	16	35
Southeast	100	100	99	22	38
Central	99	97	97	26	30
West	99	99	98	24	36
Percent minority enrollment
Less than 6 percent	98	97	96	30	29
6 to 20 percent	98	97	97	19	33
21 to 49 percent	99	99	97	19	36
50 percent or more	100	100	99	22	35
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
Less than 35 percent	97	96	95	21	32
35 to 49 percent	100	100	99	22	32
50 to 74 percent	100	99	99	28	37
75 percent or more	99	99	99	22	37
¹ Food services at the school include foods and beverages available to students in the school cafeteria or lunchroom (e.g., school meals, a la carte items, and vending machine foods) and foods and beverages sold at vending machines and school stores or snack bars.
² Cafeteria food services include school meals and foods sold outside of school meals as a la carte items or at vending machines in the cafeteria.
³ Full school meals include free, reduced-price, and full-price school meals under the School Breakfast Program or the National School Lunch Program.
⁴ Vending machine food includes foods available at vending machines that may or may not be located in the school cafeteria.
⁵ School stores or snack bar foods include foods available at school stores or snack bars that may or may not be located in the school cafeteria.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Fast Response Survey System (FRSS), "Foods and Physical Activity in Public Elementary Schools: 2005," FRSS 87, 2005.

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