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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Sch Health. 2013 Mar;83(3):157–163. doi: 10.1111/josh.12011

Table 2. Elementary School Demographics: School Year 2008–2009.

School
Demographic 1 2a 3a 4 5 6 7a
School Characteristics
 School type K–5 K–5 K–5 K–5 K–5 K–8b K–8b
 # Students enrolled 324 337 336 422 346 477 533
 % Minority students 19.41% 34.10% 38.40% 16.41% 21.10% 14.01% 23.91%
 # Students eligible 316 323 330 409 340 465 514
 CAST Student participants 300 297 306 387 309 429 480
 Total N 272 278 288 372 273 390 443
Annual BMI Results
 % Underweight 1.47% 0.36% 1.39% 1.61% 1.47% 1.79% 0.45%
 % Normal 62.13% 58.63% 54.17% 62.90% 60.44% 65.64% 66.82%
 % Overweight 15.81% 17.99% 21.88% 18.01% 16.12% 17.69% 14.45%
 % Obese 20.59% 23.02% 22.57% 17.47% 21.98% 14.87% 18.28%
 % Total overweight/obese 36.40% 41.01% 44.44% 35.48% 38.10% 32.56% 32.73%
Academic Achievement
 Meet/Exceed reading 83% 77% 83% 89% 82% 89% 83%
 Meet/Exceed math 80% 72% 75% 86% 79% 89% 83%
Eligibility School Meals
 # Free lunch 142 173 237 111 174 178 308
 # Reduced lunch 38 44 36 43 50 53 100
 % Free & reduced lunch 55.61% 64.40% 81.31% 36.51% 64.70% 48.41% 76.50%
a

English as a Second language school.

b

Values shown for grades K–5.