
| Table 13. Percentage distribution of public elementary schools reporting the number of days per week of scheduled recess, by elementary grade level and selected school characteristics: 2005 (Table 13—Continued) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | Grade 2 | Grade 3 | |||||||||
| School characteristic | None | 1 to 4 days | 5 days | None | 1 to 4 days | 5 days | None | 1 to 4 days | 5 days | ||
| All public elementary schools | 7 | 5 | 88 | 7 | 5 | 88 | 8 | 5 | 87 | ||
| Enrollment size | |||||||||||
| Less than 300 | 6 | 4 | 90 | 6 | 5 | 90 | 5 | 5 | 89 | ||
| 300 to 499 | 7 | 3 | 91 | 7 | 3 | 89 | 8 | 3 | 89 | ||
| 500 or more | 9 | 7 | 84 | 9 | 7 | 84 | 10 | 8 | 83 | ||
| School locale | |||||||||||
| City | 14 | 7 | 80 | 13 | 7 | 80 | 14 | 7 | 79 | ||
| Urban fringe | 6 | 3 | 91 | 6 | 4 | 90 | 7 | 5 | 88 | ||
| Town | 6 | 5 | 89 | 6 | 6 | 88 | 6 | 6 | 87 | ||
| Rural | 3 | 4 | 93 | 3 | 4 | 92 | 3 | 5 | 92 | ||
| Region | |||||||||||
| Northeast | 5 | 3 | 91 | 5 | 3 | 92 | 6 | 3 | 91 | ||
| Southeast | 16 | 11 | 73 | 17 | 11 | 72 | 18 | 13 | 69 | ||
| Central | 7 | 2 | 92 | 7 | 2 | 91 | 6 | 3 | 91 | ||
| West | 4 | 4 | 93 | 4 | 4 | 92 | 4 | 4 | 92 | ||
| Percent minority enrollment | |||||||||||
| Less than 6 percent | 2! | 5 | 93 | 2 | 5 | 93 | 2 | 6 | 92 | ||
| 6 to 20 percent | 5 | 2 | 93 | 5 | 2 | 92 | 6 | 2 | 92 | ||
| 21 to 49 percent | 4 | 4 | 92 | 4 | 5 | 91 | 4 | 6 | 90 | ||
| 50 percent or more | 14 | 5 | 80 | 14 | 5 | 80 | 15 | 6 | 79 | ||
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch | |||||||||||
| Less than 35 percent | 4 | 3 | 94 | 4 | 3 | 94 | 4 | 3 | 93 | ||
| 35 to 49 percent | 4 | 3 | 93 | 4 | 3 | 93 | 4 | 4 | 92 | ||
| 50 to 74 percent | 3 | 6 | 91 | 4 | 6 | 90 | 4 | 7 | 88 | ||
| 75 percent or more | 18 | 6 | 75 | 18 | 8 | 74 | 19 | 8 | 73 | ||
| See notes at end of table. | |||||||||||