Table 3. Percent of public elementary schools indicating that various foods were available for sale at one or more locations in the school, and in the cafeteria or lunchroom, vending machine, and school store or snack bar, by type of food: 2005

Calories In, Calories Out: Food and Exercise in Public Elementary Schools, 2005

NCES 2006-057
May 2006

Table 3. Percent of public elementary schools indicating that various foods were available for sale at one or more locations in the school, and in the cafeteria or lunchroom, vending machine, and school store or snack bar, by type of food: 2005
	Locations where food was available for sale
Type of food	One or more locations in the school¹	Cafeteria or lunchroom	Vending machine	School store or snack bar
At least one of the listed foods	88	84	22	31
Nondairy beverages
100% fruit or vegetable juice	53	47	12	17
Sports drinks or fruit drinks that are not 100% juice	31	22	13	12
Soft drinks	12	2	9	6
Bottled water	46	36	18	17
Dairy products
Low-fat or skim milk	75	75	†	†
Milk that is not low fat or skim	39	39	†	†
Yogurt	26	26	†	†
Ice cream or frozen yogurt	34	34	†	†
Lunch sides
French fried potatoes	17	17	†	†
Green salad or fruit	40	40	†	†
Snack foods
Candy	15	5	6	11
Low-fat salty snacks	38	29	6	19
Salty snacks that are not low in fat	25	18	6	14
Low-fat cookies/baked goods	28	21	4	13
Cookies/baked goods not low in fat	34	27	5	15
¹ This category includes schools that sold at least one of the listed foods in one or more of the indicated locations-cafeteria or lunchroom, vending machine, school store or snack bar. Vending machine foods may include foods available for sale at vending machines in the cafeteria or lunchroom.
† Not applicable; the survey only asked whether these foods were available during mealtimes in the cafeteria or lunchroom.
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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