
| Table 18a. Standard errors for the mean number of minutes per week of scheduled physical education 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 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 3.9 |
| Enrollment size | ||||||
| Less than 300 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 7.6 |
| 300 to 499 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 4.6 |
| 500 or more | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 5.4 |
| School locale | ||||||
| City | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 6.8 |
| Urban fringe | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 5.8 |
| Town | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 8.3 |
| Rural | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 6.8 |
| Region | ||||||
| Northeast | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 4.6 |
| Southeast | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 11.0 |
| Central | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 6.0 |
| West | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 6.0 |
| Percent minority enrollment | ||||||
| Less than 6 percent | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 8.1 |
| 6 to 20 percent | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 7.5 |
| 21 to 49 percent | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 8.5 |
| 50 percent or more | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 7.5 |
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch | ||||||
| Less than 35 percent | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 4.6 |
| 35 to 49 percent | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 7.9 |
| 50 to 74 percent | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 8.8 |
| 75 percent or more | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 9.5 |
| 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. | ||||||