All public elementary schools | 8 | 11 | 14 | | 33 | 46 | 61 |
Enrollment size | |
Less than 300 | 7 | 16 | 18 | | 24 | 59 | 63 |
300 to 499 | 7 | 9 | 10 | | 33 | 48 | 52 |
500 or more | 9 | 8 | 15 | | 41 | 33 | 66 |
School locale | |
City | 10 | 4 | 11 | | 53 | 23 | 63 |
Urban fringe | 6 | 8 | 10 | | 39 | 51 | 66 |
Town | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ |
Rural | 9 | 21 | 21 | | 25 | 55 | 56 |
Region | |
Northeast | 7 | 6 | 10 | | 45 | 35 | 64 |
Southeast | 5 | 14 | 10 | | 20 | 63 | 45 |
Central | 8 | 7 | 19 | | 33 | 29 | 73 |
West | 9 | 13 | 14 | | 37 | 55 | 58 |
Percent minority enrollment | |
Less than 6 percent | 8 | 12 | 22 | | 28 | 40 | 72 |
6 to 20 percent | 5 | 9 | 10 | | 25 | 50 | 56 |
21 to 49 percent | 7 | 10 | 10 | | 37 | 53 | 50 |
50 percent or more | 9 | 9 | 14 | | 42 | 39 | 64 |
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch | |
Less than 35 percent | 7 | 8 | 13 | | 34 | 40 | 62 |
35 to 49 percent | 8 | 10 | 14 | | 37 | 46 | 62 |
50 to 74 percent | 7 | 17 | 14 | | 24 | 62 | 51 |
75 percent or more | 9 | 8 | 15 | | 41 | 35 | 69 |
Foods sold to generate funds | |
Yes | 8 | 13 | 16 | | 32 | 48 | 61 |
No | 7 | 9 | 13 | | 32 | 45 | 61 |
Don’t know | 11 | 10 | 15 | | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ |
‡ Reporting standards not met. |
1 Based on all public elementary schools. |
2 Based on the 23 percent of public elementary schools that offered vending machine foods (table 1). |
NOTE: Respondents could report multiple times when vending machines foods were available. |
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. |