Table 16. Percent of public elementary schools indicating that physical education was scheduled at the school, and percentage distribution reporting the number of days per week and minutes per class of scheduled physical education, by elementary grade level: 2005

Table 16. Percent of public elementary schools indicating that physical education was scheduled at the school, and percentage distribution reporting the number of days per week and minutes per class of scheduled physical education, by elementary grade level: 2005
Days per week and minutes per class	Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5	Grade 6
Any scheduled physical education	99	99	99	99	99	99
Days per week
None	1	1	1	1	1	1
1 day	22	22	22	22	22	22
2 days	33	33	33	33	32	28
3 days	8	9	8	8	8	10
4 days	3	3	3	3	4	4
5 days	18	17	17	17	17	22
Varies by week	15	15	16	16	16	14
Minutes per class
None	1	1	1	1	1	1
1 to 30 minutes	43	42	39	35	34	34
31 to 40 minutes	24	24	25	26	25	24
More than 40 minutes	31	32	34	37	39	40
Varies by class	1	1	1	1	1	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. 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.