Table 10. Percentage distribution of public elementary schools reporting the entities that operated food services at the school, by selected school characteristics: 2005

Table 10. Percentage distribution of public elementary schools reporting the entities that operated food services at the school, by selected school characteristics: 2005
School characteristic	School or district	Private/other entity
All public elementary schools	81	19
Enrollment size
Less than 300	83	17
300 to 499	79	21
500 or more	83	17
School locale
City	80	20
Urban fringe	77	23
Town	81	19
Rural	90	10
Region
Northeast	66	34
Southeast	94	6
Central	76	24
West	85	15
Percent minority enrollment
Less than 6 percent	87	13
6 to 20 percent	75	25
21 to 49 percent	80	20
50 percent or more	82	18
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
Less than 35 percent	77	23
35 to 49 percent	86	14
50 to 74 percent	86	14
75 percent or more	80	20
NOTE: Data in this table are based on the 99 percent of public elementary schools that offered any food services in the school (table 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. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
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.