Table 14. Percentage distribution of public elementary schools reporting the number of times per day of scheduled recess, by elementary grade level and selected school characteristics: 2005

Table 14. Percentage distribution of public elementary schools reporting the number of times per day of scheduled recess, by elementary grade level and selected school characteristics: 2005 (Table 14—Continued)
	Grade 1			Grade 2			Grade 3
School characteristic	None	Once	More than once	None	Once	More than once	None	Once	More than once
All public elementary schools	7	55	38	7	56	37	8	59	33
Enrollment size
Less than 300	6	48	46	6	49	45	5	54	41
300 to 499	7	53	40	7	54	38	8	57	35
500 or more	9	61	30	9	61	30	10	63	27
School locale
City	14	55	32	13	57	30	14	59	27
Urban fringe	6	60	34	6	60	34	7	62	31
Town	6	39	55	6	41	53	6	51	43
Rural	3	52	45	3	53	44	3	57	40
Region
Northeast	5	79	16	5	80	15	6	80	14
Southeast	16	77	7	17	76	7	18	77	5
Central	7	44	49	7	46	47	6	52	42
West	4	38	59	4	38	58	4	42	54
Percent minority enrollment
Less than 6 percent	2	50	48	2	51	47	2	55	43
6 to 20 percent	5	52	43	5	53	41	6	56	38
21 to 49 percent	4	55	42	4	55	41	4	60	36
50 percent or more	14	58	27	14	59	27	15	60	25
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
Less than 35 percent	4	51	45	4	51	45	4	54	42
35 to 49 percent	4	49	46	4	51	45	4	56	40
50 to 74 percent	3	60	37	4	60	36	4	65	30
75 percent or more	18	58	23	18	60	22	19	61	20
See notes at end of table.