Table 2. School Food and Drink Environment by Type of School and Type of Staff Member Responding to Questionnaire^a, Victoria, Australia, 2013–2014.

Type of Administrator/Question	Combined Primary and Secondary Schools (n = 6)	Primary School (n = 9)	Secondary School (n = 31)
School principals
No. of principal responses	2	7	11
Proximity of nearest milk barb/fast food outlet (4-point scale from 1 [≤ 100 m] to 4 [>1 km]), mean	3.0	2.4	2.7
Food service operating at the school in the last 12 months, % yes	100	86	91
Food service operated by external food company, % yes	0	33	64
Food service an important source of school funds, % yes	0	0	20
Food service exclusive contract with soft drink/other foods, % yes	0	0	25
Written food policy promoting nutrition and healthy eating, % yes	0	71	40
Students allowed to drink water in the classroom during class-time, % yes	100	100	100
School has a school vegetable garden, % yes	50	86	70
School teachersc
No. of schools represented by teacher responses	6	8	19
No. of teacher responses	11	16	39
Existence of written school nutrition or healthy canteen policy (0 = no; 1 = yes), mean	0.3	0.7	0.2
School canteen provides foods high in nutritional value (1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree), mean	2.5	3.5	2.8
Proportion of teachers are aware of nutrition or healthy canteen policy (1 = very few to 5 = all), mean	2.4	4.1	2.5
Proportion of parents aware of nutrition or healthy canteen policy (1 = very few to 5 = all), mean	1.9	3.3	2.4
Nutrition or healthy canteen policy compliance in last 12 months (1 = very poor to 5 = very good), mean	2.8	4.4	3.6
Parental support for healthy eating in last 12 months (1 = very low to 5 = very high), mean	3.0	2.9	2.7
Proportion of teachers as good healthy eating role models (1 = very few to 5 = all), mean	4.5	4.3	3.5
Effectiveness of promoting healthy eating among students (1 = not effective to 4 = very effective), mean	2.8	2.9	2.7
Canteen managersd
No. of canteen manager responses	2	2	9
No. of days per week school food service operated, mean	4.0	2.0	5.0
School food service open to students at recess, % yes	100	50	100
School food service open to students at lunch time, % yes	50	100	100
Fruit usually available from school food service, % yes	50	100	100
Vegetables/salad usually available from school food service, % yes	100	50	100
Lollies/confectionary/chocolate usually available from school food service, % yes	0	0	33
Pies/sausage rolls/hot chips usually available from school food service, % yes	50	50	100
Crisps/chips usually available from school food service, % yes	50	0	89
Sugar-sweetened drinks usually available from school food service, % yes	50	0	56
Pricing policy to encourage sale of healthy foods at reduced cost, % yes	100	50	56
Food service routinely promotes healthy food choices, % yes	100	50	100

^a School staff members (school principal, canteen manager, and 3 teachers at each school) were invited to participate in a survey on the school food environment.

^b Small truck stop, corner store, or convenience store.

^c Teacher responses per school were averaged to 1 score per variable for each school.

^d Thirty-nine schools had canteen or food services: 6 P–12 schools, 4 primary schools, and 29 secondary schools.