Table 9. Percent of public elementary schools indicating the times when foods were available for sale at school stores or snack bars, and of the schools with stores or snack bars, percent indicating the times when foods were available for sale, by selected school characteristics: 2005

Table 9. Percent of public elementary schools indicating the times when foods were available for sale at school stores or snack bars, and of the schools with stores or snack bars, percent indicating the times when foods were available for sale, by selected school characteristics: 2005
	All schools¹			Schools with stores or snack bars²
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	15	11	14	43	33	41
Enrollment size
Less than 300	12	16	15	33	45	42
300 to 499	19	11	14	50	29	39
500 or more	13	8	14	42	27	44
School locale
City	13	11	19	37	32	55
Urban fringe	18	8	12	53	24	34
Town	10	10	14	‡	‡	‡
Rural	14	16	13	39	45	36
Region
Northeast	24	9	6	70	26	17
Southeast	12	18	17	31	47	45
Central	13	7	14	44	22	48
West	13	12	17	36	34	47
Percent minority enrollment
Less than 6 percent	14	13	7	47	44	24
6 to 20 percent	20	6	12	59	19	35
21 to 49 percent	12	13	14	33	36	39
50 percent or more	13	11	19	38	32	53
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
Less than 35 percent	18	8	8	55	26	25
35 to 49 percent	14	8	17	44	24	52
50 to 74 percent	13	16	16	35	44	43
75 percent or more	13	13	20	35	34	54
Foods sold to generate funds
Yes	25	12	16	57	27	36
No	7	11	14	25	40	49
Don’t know	26	12	14	58	26	31
‡ Reporting standards not met.
¹ Based on all public elementary schools.
² Based on the 35 percent of public elementary schools that offered food services at school stores or snack bars (table 1).
NOTE: Respondents could report multiple times when school store or snack bar 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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