Table 8. Percent of public elementary schools indicating the times when foods were available for sale at vending machines, and of the schools with vending machines, percent indicating the times when foods were available for sale, by selected school characteristics: 2005

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

NCES 2006-057
May 2006

Table 8. Percent of public elementary schools indicating the times when foods were available for sale at vending machines, and of the schools with vending machines, percent indicating the times when foods were available for sale, by selected school characteristics: 2005
	All schools¹			Schools with vending machines²
School characteristic	At mealtimes	At other times during the school day	Outside of the school day	At mealtimes	At other times during the school day	Outside of the school day
All public elementary schools	8	11	14	33	46	61
Enrollment size
Less than 300	7	16	18	24	59	63
300 to 499	7	9	10	33	48	52
500 or more	9	8	15	41	33	66
School locale
City	10	4	11	53	23	63
Urban fringe	6	8	10	39	51	66
Town	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Rural	9	21	21	25	55	56
Region
Northeast	7	6	10	45	35	64
Southeast	5	14	10	20	63	45
Central	8	7	19	33	29	73
West	9	13	14	37	55	58
Percent minority enrollment
Less than 6 percent	8	12	22	28	40	72
6 to 20 percent	5	9	10	25	50	56
21 to 49 percent	7	10	10	37	53	50
50 percent or more	9	9	14	42	39	64
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
Less than 35 percent	7	8	13	34	40	62
35 to 49 percent	8	10	14	37	46	62
50 to 74 percent	7	17	14	24	62	51
75 percent or more	9	8	15	41	35	69
Foods sold to generate funds
Yes	8	13	16	32	48	61
No	7	9	13	32	45	61
Don’t know	11	10	15	‡	‡	‡
‡ Reporting standards not met.
¹ Based on all public elementary schools.
² Based on the 23 percent of public elementary schools that offered vending machine foods (table 1).
NOTE: Respondents could report multiple times when vending machines foods were available.
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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