
| Table 15a. Standard errors for the mean number of minutes per day of scheduled recess at public elementary schools, by elementary grade level and selected school characteristics: 2005 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School characteristic | Grade 1 | Grade 2 | Grade 3 | Grade 4 | Grade 5 | Grade 6 | |||
| All public elementary schools | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | |||
| Enrollment size | |||||||||
| Less than 300 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.2 | |||
| 300 to 499 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.6 | |||
| 500 or more | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.1 | |||
| School locale | |||||||||
| City | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.8 | |||
| Urban fringe | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.2 | |||
| Town | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 3.7 | |||
| Rural | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.4 | |||
| Region | |||||||||
| Northeast | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.7 | |||
| Southeast | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 2.5 | |||
| Central | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.3 | |||
| West | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.3 | |||
| Percent minority enrollment | |||||||||
| Less than 6 percent | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.2 | |||
| 6 to 20 percent | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 2.1 | |||
| 21 to 49 percent | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.5 | |||
| 50 percent or more | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.3 | |||
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch | |||||||||
| Less than 35 percent | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.3 | |||
| 35 to 49 percent | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2.1 | |||
| 50 to 74 percent | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.7 | |||
| 75 percent or more | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.4 | |||
| 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. | |||||||||