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| Table 19. Mean number of minutes per week of scheduled recess and physical education, combined, 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 | 221.7 | 220.1 | 216.9 | 210.7 | 208.4 | 214.1 |
| Enrollment size | ||||||
| Less than 300 | 242.1 | 240.2 | 238.5 | 230.4 | 230.3 | 240.5 |
| 300 to 499 | 217.2 | 214.7 | 211.9 | 205.5 | 201.6 | 199.7 |
| 500 or more | 211.4 | 210.9 | 207.0 | 202.3 | 200.1 | 196.8 |
| School locale | ||||||
| City | 200.9 | 198.3 | 198.4 | 193.0 | 193.2 | 186.3 |
| Urban fringe | 219.3 | 218.8 | 216.0 | 212.0 | 209.7 | 212.8 |
| Town | 230.5 | 227.3 | 223.1 | 212.2 | 202.9 | 179.1 |
| Rural | 244.4 | 242.8 | 236.3 | 228.0 | 226.1 | 240.0 |
| Region | ||||||
| Northeast | 192.7 | 192.8 | 190.7 | 188.2 | 184.3 | 184.4 |
| Southeast | 184.7 | 183.8 | 179.4 | 175.9 | 175.5 | 201.2 |
| Central | 225.6 | 222.5 | 218.1 | 208.4 | 200.8 | 186.4 |
| West | 256.5 | 254.6 | 253.2 | 245.3 | 245.6 | 249.3 |
| Percent minority enrollment | ||||||
| Less than 6 percent | 235.0 | 233.2 | 228.7 | 223.7 | 217.7 | 218.9 |
| 6 to 20 percent | 233.1 | 231.5 | 226.4 | 222.3 | 222.2 | 237.4 |
| 21 to 49 percent | 227.8 | 225.7 | 224.1 | 215.7 | 212.2 | 230.0 |
| 50 percent or more | 203.8 | 202.3 | 200.7 | 193.9 | 193.7 | 190.1 |
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch | ||||||
| Less than 35 percent | 234.8 | 234.5 | 230.9 | 224.5 | 221.1 | 227.2 |
| 35 to 49 percent | 232.2 | 230.7 | 224.7 | 220.2 | 217.2 | 229.4 |
| 50 to 74 percent | 229.1 | 225.1 | 220.9 | 212.7 | 209.1 | 228.9 |
| 75 percent or more | 190.8 | 189.3 | 189.4 | 184.8 | 186.9 | 179.4 |
| 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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