Table 5. Percent of public elementary schools indicating that various foods were available for sale in the school cafeteria or lunchroom, by selected school characteristics: 2005-Continued

Table 5. Percent of public elementary schools indicating that various foods were available for sale in the school cafeteria or lunchroom, by selected school characteristics: 2005-Continued (Table 5)
	Type of food available at one or more locations in the school
	Lunch sides		Snack foods
School characteristic	French fried potatoes	Green salad or fruit	Candy	Low-fat salty snacks	Salty snacks that are not low in fat	Low-fat cookies/ baked goods	Cookies/ baked goods not low in fat
All public elementary schools	17	40	5	29	18	21	27
Enrollment size
Less than 300	14	30	6	23	17	16	20
300 to 499	18	42	4	29	19	23	31
500 or more	18	45	4	32	16	24	29
School locale
City	17	38	3	20	10	21	22
Urban fringe	17	46	4	37	21	24	35
Town	17	29	4!	17	14	8	13
Rural	16	37	7	31	22	21	26
Region
Northeast	18	57	7	51	32	30	45
Southeast	29	52	3	32	19	27	33
Central	13	29	5	20	15	14	23
West	12	32	4	22	11	20	18
Percent minority enrollment
Less than 6 percent	16	39	4	34	22	18	28
6 to 20 percent	19	45	6	38	22	26	34
21 to 49 percent	15	33	5	22	13	21	25
50 percent or more	15	38	4	23	14	18	21
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
Less than 35 percent	17	44	4	40	23	26	35
35 to 49 percent	14	36	6	27	17	19	30
50 to 74 percent	19	41	5	24	16	20	23
75 percent or more	16	36	4	18	12	17	18
Foods sold to generate funds
Yes	27	63	8	53	33	37	49
No	10	24	3	12	7	11	12
Don’t know	20	54	2!	42	26	31	37
# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution; the coefficient of variation is greater than 50 percent.
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.