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

NCES 2006-057
May 2006

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Table 17. Mean number of days per week of scheduled physical education at public elementary schools, by elementary grade level and selected school characteristics: 2005
School characteristic Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6
   All public elementary schools 2.42.42.42.42.42.6
Enrollment size 
   Less than 300 2.72.72.72.82.83.1
   300 to 499 2.12.12.12.12.12.1
   500 or more 2.52.52.42.42.42.5
School locale 
   City 2.32.32.32.32.32.2
   Urban fringe 2.32.32.32.32.32.4
   Town 2.62.62.52.52.41.8
   Rural 2.62.62.62.62.73.2
Region 
   Northeast 1.81.81.71.71.81.9
   Southeast 2.42.42.42.42.42.9
   Central 2.32.32.32.32.22.3
   West 2.92.82.92.92.93.1
Percent minority enrollment 
   Less than 6 percent 2.22.22.22.22.32.4
   6 to 20 percent 2.52.52.52.52.63.0
   21 to 49 percent 2.42.42.42.42.42.7
   50 percent or more 2.52.52.52.42.52.5
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch 
   Less than 35 percent 2.32.32.22.32.32.5
   35 to 49 percent 2.52.52.42.42.52.7
   50 to 74 percent 2.62.62.62.62.63.1
   75 percent or more 2.42.42.42.42.52.4
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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