Table 18. Mean number of minutes per week of scheduled physical education at public elementary schools, by elementary grade level and selected school characteristics: 2005

Table 18. Mean number of minutes 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	85.4	85.5	86.4	88.5	90.5	98.0
Enrollment size
Less than 300	95.5	94.8	98.1	102.0	108.2	122.8
300 to 499	76.5	77.1	77.3	78.6	78.3	76.9
500 or more	86.5	86.8	87.1	88.8	89.7	87.5
School locale
City	84.9	83.9	85.7	86.9	87.1	83.4
Urban fringe	80.8	81.2	81.9	84.4	85.2	86.4
Town	86.0	85.3	84.3	86.7	85.1	54.4
Rural	91.8	92.9	93.6	96.2	102.9	123.3
Region
Northeast	69.6	70.3	69.4	68.8	70.7	74.5
Southeast	89.0	89.3	89.3	90.8	92.0	116.2
Central	75.5	75.8	77.4	79.4	79.1	80.5
West	99.6	99.1	100.6	104.4	107.5	116.2
Percent minority enrollment
Less than 6 percent	75.8	76.9	77.9	82.3	86.1	93.4
6 to 20 percent	86.4	86.7	86.7	89.4	91.6	104.0
21 to 49 percent	87.9	87.4	88.8	91.0	90.9	105.2
50 percent or more	89.6	89.2	90.5	91.0	92.9	95.2
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
Less than 35 percent	78.0	79.0	80.0	82.7	83.4	86.1
35 to 49 percent	82.6	82.4	81.6	84.9	86.5	99.6
50 to 74 percent	94.8	94.6	94.4	96.3	98.1	117.5
75 percent or more	88.6	88.0	90.5	91.4	94.9	96.1
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.