Table 20. Percent of public elementary schools indicating that the school was involved in various activities or programs to encourage physical activity among students, by selected school characteristics: 2005

Table 20. Percent of public elementary schools indicating that the school was involved in various activities or programs to encourage physical activity among students, by selected school characteristics: 2005
School characteristic	Use nontraditional physical education activities to make physical education enjoyable	Provide opportunities during the school day for organized physical activities excluding physical education	Offer school-sponsored before- or after-school activities that emphasize physical activity	Participate in the President's Challenge Physical Activity and Fitness Award program	Other activity/program
All public elementary schools	64	58	51	55	30
Enrollment size
Less than 300	59	54	46	55	25
300 to 499	65	57	54	55	32
500 or more	68	62	52	55	31
School locale
City	67	62	59	53	30
Urban fringe	67	59	50	55	33
Town	61	50	48	55	27
Rural	60	56	45	56	25
Region
Northeast	78	60	58	59	33
Southeast	64	64	46	57	36
Central	62	49	48	58	28
West	60	62	53	49	25
Percent minority enrollment
Less than 6 percent	61	53	43	63	27
6 to 20 percent	73	58	53	58	28
21 to 49 percent	72	60	44	54	31
50 percent or more	55	61	59	50	30
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
Less than 35 percent	71	56	51	59	27
35 to 49 percent	69	60	46	60	40
50 to 74 percent	63	59	46	54	27
75 percent or more	54	60	58	47	29
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.