Table 2. Percent of public elementary schools that offered any foods for sale outside of full school meals, and percentage distribution reporting whether the foods were sold to generate funds to support food service operations, by selected school characteristics: 2005

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

NCES 2006-057
May 2006

Table 2. Percent of public elementary schools that offered any foods for sale outside of full school meals, and percentage distribution reporting whether the foods were sold to generate funds to support food service operations, by selected school characteristics: 2005
		Foods sold to generate funds²
School characteristic	Offered any foods for sale outside of full school meals¹
School characteristic	Offered any foods for sale outside of full school meals¹	Yes	No	Don't know
All public elementary schools	94	36	54	10
Enrollment size
Less than 300	89	36	57	7
300 to 499	95	34	54	12
500 or more	95	38	52	9
School locale
City	92	31	59	10
Urban fringe	95	36	51	13
Town	92	41	55	4
Rural	94	41	53	7
Region
Northeast	94	45	39	15
Southeast	97	46	45	9
Central	93	31	65	5
West	92	30	59	12
Percent minority enrollment
Less than 6 percent	93	43	52	5
6 to 20 percent	93	40	50	10
21 to 49 percent	95	36	55	9
50 percent or more	93	28	58	13
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
Less than 35 percent	94	43	48	9
35 to 49 percent	90	38	52	11
50 to 74 percent	98	35	55	10
75 percent or more	92	27	63	10
¹ This variable was derived from the response to question 10 of the survey (i.e., whether the foods that students can buy separately from full school meals were sold to generate funds to support food service operations at the school). A response of "not applicable; no foods or beverages sold separately from full school meals" was coded as "no" for whether students could buy any foods separately from full school meals at the school. See appendix B (80 KB) for a copy of the questionnaire.
² Based on the 94 percent of public elementary schools that offered any of the selected foods for sale outside of full school meals.
NOTE: 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.

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