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-Continued

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

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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-Continued (Table 13)
	Grade 4			Grade 5			Grade 6
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	9	6	85	9	7	83	13	4	83
Enrollment size
Less than 300	6	7	87	8	8	85	12	7	82
300 to 499	9	4	87	9	5	86	9	‡	88
500 or more	10	8	82	11	9	81	18	3	80
School locale
City	15	7	79	15	7	78	24	#	76
Urban fringe	7	6	87	7	6	86	7	5	87
Town	5	10	85	7	12	81	‡	‡	81
Rural	5	6	90	6	7	86	11	5	84
Region
Northeast	6	3	91	7	4	89	12	‡	86
Southeast	18	16	65	20	16	64	‡	‡	62
Central	7	3	90	8	4	88	15	4	82
West	5	5	91	6	6	89	9	4	87
Percent minority enrollment
Less than 6 percent	2	6	92	4	8	89	8	5	88
6 to 20 percent	7	3	89	7	5	88	8	5	88
21 to 49 percent	5	6	89	5	7	88	6	‡	93
50 percent or more	16	7	77	17	8	76	24	4	72
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
Less than 35 percent	4	3	93	5	4	91	5	3	91
35 to 49 percent	4	5	90	5	6	90	7	‡	91
50 to 74 percent	5	10	85	6	11	82	10	4	86
75 percent or more	20	8	72	21	9	71	28	6	66
# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution; the coefficient of variation is greater than 50 percent.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
NOTE: Respondents were asked to provide information for each grade that was considered elementary at the school, typically grades 1 through 5 or 6. 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.

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