Table A-1. Number and percent of responding public elementary schools in the study sample, and estimated number and percent of public schools the sample represents, by school characteristics: 2005

Table A-1. Number and percent of responding public elementary schools in the study sample, and estimated number and percent of public schools the sample represents, by school characteristics: 2005
	Respondent sample (unweighted)		National estimate (weighted)
School characteristic	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
All public elementary schools	1,055	100	49,390	100
Enrollment size
Less than 300	310	29	13,170	27
300 to 499	312	30	17,670	36
500 or more	433	41	18,560	38
School locale
City	286	27	13,810	28
Urban fringe	378	36	17,940	36
Town	92	9	4,220	9
Rural	299	28	13,420	27
Region
Northeast	178	17	8,620	17
Southeast	224	21	10,260	21
Central	295	28	14,030	28
West	358	34	16,500	33
Percent minority enrollment
Less than 6 percent	222	21	10,140	21
6 to 20 percent	234	23	10,970	23
21 to 49 percent	230	22	10,980	23
50 percent or more	348	34	16,260	34
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
Less than 35 percent	372	35	17,540	36
35 to 49 percent	164	16	7,570	15
50 to 74 percent	253	24	11,690	24
75 percent or more	266	25	12,600	26
NOTE: Percent minority enrollment was not available for 21 schools. Those schools were included in the totals and in the analyses by other school characteristics. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding or missing data.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Fast Response Survey System, "Foods and Physical Activity in Public Elementary Schools: 2005," FRSS 87, 2005.