Table 14. Percentage distribution of public elementary schools reporting the number of times per day of scheduled recess, by elementary grade level and selected school characteristics: 2005-Continued

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

NCES 2006-057
May 2006

Table 14. Percentage distribution of public elementary schools reporting the number of times per day of scheduled recess, by elementary grade level and selected school characteristics: 2005-Continued (Table 14)
	Grade 4			Grade 5			Grade 6
School characteristic	None	Once	More than once	None	Once	More than once	None	Once	More than once
All public elementary schools	9	64	27	9	66	25	13	58	29
Enrollment size
Less than 300	6	61	32	8	63	29	12	62	26
300 to 499	9	63	28	9	65	26	9	61	30
500 or more	10	68	23	11	68	21	18	51	31
School locale
City	15	62	23	15	62	23	24	46	30
Urban fringe	7	68	25	7	68	24	7	63	30
Town	5	62	33	7	66	27	‡	50	43
Rural	5	62	33	6	66	28	11	64	25
Region
Northeast	6	81	13	7	85	9	12	80	8
Southeast	18	78	4	20	78	3	25	72	‡
Central	7	62	31	8	67	26	15	66	19
West	5	50	45	6	49	46	9	41	49
Percent minority enrollment
Less than 6 percent	2!	63	35	4	68	29	8	65	27
6 to 20 percent	7	59	34	7	60	33	8	53	39
21 to 49 percent	5	69	26	5	70	25	6	59	35
50 percent or more	16	64	20	17	64	19	24	54	22
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
Less than 35 percent	4	61	35	5	63	33	5	54	41
35 to 49 percent	4	63	33	5	66	29	7!	62	31
50 to 74 percent	5	72	23	6	74	20	10	70	20
75 percent or more	20	62	17	21	62	17	28	52	20
! Interpret data with caution; the coefficient of variation is greater than 50 percent.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
NOTE: Respondents were asked to provide information for each grade that was considered elementary at the school, typically grades 1 through 5 or 6. 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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