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| Table 6. Percent of public elementary schools indicating that various foods were available for sale at vending machines, by selected school characteristics: 2005 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of food available at vending machines | |||||||||||
| Nondairy beverage | Snack foods | ||||||||||
| School characteristic | At least one of the listed foods | 100% fruit or vegetable juice | Sports/ fruit drinks that are not 100% juice | Soft drinks | Bottled water | Candy | Low-fat salty snacks | Salty snacks that are not low in fat | Low-fat cookies/ baked goods | Cookies/ baked goods not low in fat | |
| All public elementary schools | 22 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | |
| Enrollment size | |||||||||||
| Less than 300 | 26 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | |
| 300 to 499 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |
| 500 or more | 22 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
| School locale | |||||||||||
| City | 17 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Urban fringe | 15 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Town | 22 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 7 | |
| Rural | 36 | 20 | 24 | 21 | 31 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 11 | |
| Region | |||||||||||
| Northeast | 16 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ‡ | 3 | |
| Southeast | 22 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | |
| Central | 25 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | |
| West | 23 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
| Percent minority enrollment | |||||||||||
| Less than 6 percent | 30 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |
| 6 to 20 percent | 18 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | |
| 21 to 49 percent | 17 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | |
| 50 percent or more | 21 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch | |||||||||||
| Less than 35 percent | 20 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
| 35 to 49 percent | 22 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | |
| 50 to 74 percent | 26 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | |
| 75 percent or more | 21 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
| Foods sold to generate funds | |||||||||||
| Yes | 25 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | |
| No | 20 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
| Don’t know | 22 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 4 | ‡ | 2! | |
| ! Interpret data with caution; the coefficient of variations is greater than 50 percent. | |||||||||||
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. | |||||||||||
| 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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