Table 21. Percentage distribution of public elementary schools reporting the frequency with which the school calculated the students' body mass index and measured students' height and weight, by selected school characteristics: 2005-Continued

Table 21. Percentage distribution of public elementary schools reporting the frequency with which the school calculated the students' body mass index and measured students' height and weight, by selected school characteristics: 2005-Continued (Table 21)
	Height				Weight
School characteristic	Never measured	Measured in selected grades only	Measured yearly for all students	Other approach to measure height	Never measured	Measured in selected grades only	Measured yearly for all students	Other approach to measure weight
All public elementary schools	28	30	38	3	29	29	38	3
Enrollment size
Less than 300	29	25	43	3	30	24	43	3
300 to 499	29	25	42	3	30	25	42	3
500 or more	26	39	31	4	29	37	30	4
School locale
City	31	34	32	4	34	32	31	3
Urban fringe	27	32	37	3	28	32	37	3
Town	24	25	47	3!	25	24	47	3!
Rural	26	26	44	3	28	25	44	3
Region
Northeast	15	17	66	2!	16	17	66	2!
Southeast	29	31	37	3	30	31	37	3
Central	39	25	32	4	42	22	32	4
West	25	42	30	3	26	41	29	3
Percent minority enrollment
Less than 6 percent	27	24	45	4	28	24	45	4
6 to 20 percent	28	27	42	2	29	26	42	2
21 to 49 percent	28	29	39	4	30	28	38	4
50 percent or more	26	38	33	4	29	36	32	3
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
Less than 35 percent	25	29	43	3	27	28	42	3
35 to 49 percent	32	28	37	4	33	28	36	4
50 to 74 percent	30	30	37	3	30	29	37	3
75 percent or more	27	35	34	4	30	33	34	3
! Interpret data with caution; the coefficient of variation is greater than 50 percent.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
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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