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Table 21. Percentage distribution of public elementary schools reporting the frequency with which the school calculated the students' body mass index and measured students' height and weight, by selected school characteristics: 2005-Continued (Table 21) | ||||||||||
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Height | Weight | |||||||||
School characteristic | Never measured | Measured in selected grades only | Measured yearly for all students | Other approach to measure height | Never measured | Measured in selected grades only | Measured yearly for all students | Other approach to measure weight | ||
All public elementary schools | 28 | 30 | 38 | 3 | 29 | 29 | 38 | 3 | ||
Enrollment size | ||||||||||
Less than 300 | 29 | 25 | 43 | 3 | 30 | 24 | 43 | 3 | ||
300 to 499 | 29 | 25 | 42 | 3 | 30 | 25 | 42 | 3 | ||
500 or more | 26 | 39 | 31 | 4 | 29 | 37 | 30 | 4 | ||
School locale | ||||||||||
City | 31 | 34 | 32 | 4 | 34 | 32 | 31 | 3 | ||
Urban fringe | 27 | 32 | 37 | 3 | 28 | 32 | 37 | 3 | ||
Town | 24 | 25 | 47 | 3! | 25 | 24 | 47 | 3! | ||
Rural | 26 | 26 | 44 | 3 | 28 | 25 | 44 | 3 | ||
Region | ||||||||||
Northeast | 15 | 17 | 66 | 2! | 16 | 17 | 66 | 2! | ||
Southeast | 29 | 31 | 37 | 3 | 30 | 31 | 37 | 3 | ||
Central | 39 | 25 | 32 | 4 | 42 | 22 | 32 | 4 | ||
West | 25 | 42 | 30 | 3 | 26 | 41 | 29 | 3 | ||
Percent minority enrollment | ||||||||||
Less than 6 percent | 27 | 24 | 45 | 4 | 28 | 24 | 45 | 4 | ||
6 to 20 percent | 28 | 27 | 42 | 2 | 29 | 26 | 42 | 2 | ||
21 to 49 percent | 28 | 29 | 39 | 4 | 30 | 28 | 38 | 4 | ||
50 percent or more | 26 | 38 | 33 | 4 | 29 | 36 | 32 | 3 | ||
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch | ||||||||||
Less than 35 percent | 25 | 29 | 43 | 3 | 27 | 28 | 42 | 3 | ||
35 to 49 percent | 32 | 28 | 37 | 4 | 33 | 28 | 36 | 4 | ||
50 to 74 percent | 30 | 30 | 37 | 3 | 30 | 29 | 37 | 3 | ||
75 percent or more | 27 | 35 | 34 | 4 | 30 | 33 | 34 | 3 | ||
! Interpret data with caution; the coefficient of variation is greater than 50 percent. | ||||||||||
‡ Reporting standards not met. | ||||||||||
NOTE: 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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