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Published in final edited form as: J Hunger Environ Nutr. 2016 Apr 25;13(1):58–69. doi: 10.1080/19320248.2015.1095147

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of Rural Minnesota Schools Participating in the Profiles Surveys^* 2006–2012.

School Characteristics	Town/Rural Fringe	Town/Rural Distant	Remote Rural
School Characteristics	N = 180	N = 168	N = 178	p-value
School Grade Level^†
Middle School	61 (34%)	46 (27%)	27 (15%)	< 0.001
High School	80 (44%)	42 (25%)	28 (16%)
Jr/Sr High School	39 (22%)	80 (48%)	123 (69%)
FRPL^‡ Eligibility
< 30%	136 (76%)	56 (33%)	34 (19%)	< 0.001
≥ 30%	44 (24%)	112 (67%)	144 (81%)
Minority Enrollment
< 10%	144 (80%)	101 (60%)	119 (67%)	< 0.001
≥ 10%	36 (20%)	67 (40%)	59 (33%)

Note: The rural subtypes of town/rural fringe, town/rural distant, and remote rural were constructed by the School Obesity-related Policy Evaluation (ScOPE) study team informed by National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and Rural-Urban Commuting Areas (RUCA) location classifications. The subtypes represent increasing distances from a metropolitan center.

School Health Profiles Principal's Survey

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Middle school defined as grades 5 through 8 or high grade < 10 and low grade ≥ 6; jr/sr high school defined as low grade < 9 and high grade ≥ 11; high school defined as low grade ≥ 9 and high grade ≥ 11.

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Free and reduced-price lunch