
| Table 1a. Standard errors for the 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 school | Any food services in the cafeteria or lunchroom | Full school meals | Vending machine foods | School store or snack bar foods |
| All public elementary schools | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| Enrollment size | |||||
| Less than 300 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 300 to 499 | † | 0.5 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
| 500 or more | † | † | 0.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| School locale | |||||
| City | † | 0.5 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 3.2 |
| Urban fringe | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| Town | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 4.7 | 5.4 |
| Rural | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
| Region | |||||
| Northeast | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
| Southeast | † | † | 0.6 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
| Central | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| West | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 3.3 |
| Percent minority enrollment | |||||
| Less than 6 percent | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 3 |
| 6 to 20 percent | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
| 21 to 49 percent | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 3.2 |
| 50 percent or more | † | † | 0.4 | 1.9 | 2.5 |
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch | |||||
| Less than 35 percent | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 2.8 |
| 35 to 49 percent | † | † | 0.6 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| 50 to 74 percent | † | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| 75 percent or more | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 2.8 |
| † Not applicable. Estimate of standard error is not derived because it is based on a statistic estimated at 100 percent. | |||||
| 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. | |||||