Table 17. Mean number of days per week of scheduled physical education at public elementary schools, by elementary grade level and selected school characteristics: 2005

Table 17. Mean number of days per week of scheduled physical education at public elementary schools, by elementary grade level and selected school characteristics: 2005
School characteristic	Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5	Grade 6
All public elementary schools	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.6
Enrollment size
Less than 300	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	3.1
300 to 499	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1
500 or more	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5
School locale
City	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.2
Urban fringe	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4
Town	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.4	1.8
Rural	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	3.2
Region
Northeast	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.9
Southeast	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.9
Central	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.3
West	2.9	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.1
Percent minority enrollment
Less than 6 percent	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.4
6 to 20 percent	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	3.0
21 to 49 percent	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.7
50 percent or more	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.5	2.5
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
Less than 35 percent	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.5
35 to 49 percent	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.7
50 to 74 percent	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	3.1
75 percent or more	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.4
NOTE: Respondents were asked to provide information for each grade that was considered elementary at the school, typically grades 1 through 5 or 6.
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.