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Table 15. Mean number of minutes per day of scheduled recess at public elementary schools, by elementary grade level and selected school characteristics: 2005 | |||||||||
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School characteristic | Grade 1 | Grade 2 | Grade 3 | Grade 4 | Grade 5 | Grade 6 | |||
All public elementary schools | 27.8 | 27.5 | 26.7 | 25.1 | 24.4 | 23.8 | |||
Enrollment size | |||||||||
Less than 300 | 29.8 | 29.6 | 28.7 | 26.5 | 25.3 | 24.5 | |||
300 to 499 | 28.4 | 27.8 | 27.2 | 25.8 | 25.2 | 24.9 | |||
500 or more | 25.8 | 25.6 | 24.9 | 23.6 | 23.1 | 22.1 | |||
School locale | |||||||||
City | 23.9 | 23.6 | 23.2 | 21.8 | 21.9 | 20.6 | |||
Urban fringe | 28.2 | 28.0 | 27.4 | 26.3 | 25.7 | 25.9 | |||
Town | 29.4 | 29.0 | 28.3 | 26.2 | 24.9 | 26.0 | |||
Rural | 30.9 | 30.4 | 29.0 | 27.0 | 25.5 | 24.1 | |||
Region | |||||||||
Northeast | 25.1 | 24.9 | 24.6 | 24.3 | 23.3 | 22.2 | |||
Southeast | 20.3 | 20.1 | 19.4 | 18.8 | 18.5 | 18.1 | |||
Central | 30.2 | 29.6 | 28.4 | 26.1 | 24.7 | 21.5 | |||
West | 31.8 | 31.6 | 31.0 | 28.7 | 28.3 | 27.3 | |||
Percent minority enrollment | |||||||||
Less than 6 percent | 32.6 | 32.0 | 30.9 | 29.1 | 27.3 | 25.8 | |||
6 to 20 percent | 29.5 | 29.2 | 28.2 | 26.9 | 26.7 | 27.5 | |||
21 to 49 percent | 28.4 | 28.1 | 27.6 | 25.5 | 24.9 | 25.0 | |||
50 percent or more | 23.4 | 23.2 | 22.7 | 21.4 | 21.0 | 19.3 | |||
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch | |||||||||
Less than 35 percent | 31.8 | 31.5 | 30.6 | 28.8 | 28.1 | 28.6 | |||
35 to 49 percent | 30.2 | 30.0 | 29.0 | 27.6 | 26.7 | 26.4 | |||
50 to 74 percent | 27.6 | 26.8 | 26.1 | 24.4 | 23.6 | 23.0 | |||
75 percent or more | 21.0 | 21.0 | 20.6 | 19.5 | 19.2 | 17.2 | |||
NOTE: Respondents were asked to provide information for each grade that was considered elementary at the school, typically grades 1 through 5 or 6. | |||||||||
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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