
| Table 2a. Standard errors for the percent of public elementary schools that offered any foods for sale outside of full school meals, and percentage distribution reporting whether the foods were sold to generate funds to support food service operations, by selected school characteristics: 2005 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foods sold to generate funds | |||||
| School characteristic | Offered any foods for sale outside of full school meals1 |
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| Yes | No | Don't know | |||
| All public elementary schools | 0.6 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.9 | |
| Enrollment size | |||||
| Less than 300 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 1.9 | |
| 300 to 499 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 1.7 | |
| 500 or more | 1.1 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.3 | |
| School locale | |||||
| City | 1.4 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 1.9 | |
| Urban fringe | 1.0 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.0 | |
| Town | 2.6 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 2.2 | |
| Rural | 1.3 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 1.7 | |
| Region | |||||
| Northeast | 1.7 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 2.7 | |
| Southeast | 1.1 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.2 | |
| Central | 1.5 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1.3 | |
| West | 1.4 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.7 | |
| Percent minority enrollment | |||||
| Less than 6 percent | 1.5 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 1.6 | |
| 6 to 20 percent | 1.6 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 2.0 | |
| 21 to 49 percent | 1.4 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 1.8 | |
| 50 percent or more | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 1.7 | |
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch | |||||
| Less than 35 percent | 1.0 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 1.8 | |
| 35 to 49 percent | 2.2 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 2.6 | |
| 50 to 74 percent | 0.8 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 1.9 | |
| 75 percent or more | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 1.7 | |
| 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. | |||||