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Table 3 School characteristics compared by meeting recess requirements

From: Elementary school compliance with a state recess minimum requirement by racial and geographic factors: a cross-sectional study

 

Meeting recess requirements (n = 306)

Not meeting recess requirements (n = 52)

p-value

School Enrollment, M (SD)

396.4 (154.3)

406.8 (152.6)

0.650

Grades in School, N (%)

  

0.430

Lower

25 (8.2%)

2 (3.9%)

 

Upper

25 (8.2%)

6 (11.5%)

 

Mixed

256 (83.7%)

44 (84.6%)

 

Enrollment by Race, M (SD)

   

% Black

17.2 (25.1)

34.7 (35.8)

< 0.001

% Minoritya

38.0 (27.5)

48.9 (35.1)

0.013

% White

60.9 (28.0)

50.2 (34.8)

0.014

% Hispanic

13.0 (14.4)

8.2 (11.6)

0.021

Schools with high Black enrollment, N (%)

76 (24.8%)

25 (48.1%)

0.001

% Students receiving FRL, M (SD) a

63.0 (20.0)

68.6 (19.3)

0.061

Schools in Rural Counties, N (%)

123 (40.2%)

21 (40.4%)

0.980

Region, N (%)

  

0.041

Northwest

119 (38.9%)

14 (26.9%)

 

Northeast

55 (18.0%)

15 (28.9%)

 

Central

89 (29.1%)

11 (21.2%)

 

Southwest

30 (9.8%)

6 (11.5%)

 

Southeast

13 (4.3%)

6 (11.5%)

 

Charter School a, N (%)

10 (3.3%)

4 (7.7%)

0.133

Weighted Achievement a, b, M (SD)

57.8 (14.8)

52.1 (15.5)

0.011

Value-added Growth Score a, c, M (SD)

80.8 (3.2)

80.4 (2.9)

0.407

  1. a 8 schools did not have school achievement, %FRL, or %minority from 2022–2023 OEP (n = 3 with recess info, 5 without recess info), b performance on state standardized tests with higher scores indicating higher performance, c within student change in standardized test performance with higher scores indicating greater growth