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Table 2 20122013 demographics of 40 schools participating in HealthMPowers program and providing data on child knowledge and behavior, fitness (BMI, PACER test), HealthMPowers resource usage, and school policies and practices

From: A holistic school-based intervention for improving health-related knowledge, body composition, and fitness in elementary school students: an evaluation of the HealthMPowers program

School cohort

Year 1 (n=12)

Year 2 (n=22)

Year 3 (n=6)

School characteristic

   

Number of students K – 5 (mean [total])1

563 (6756)

609 (13,394)

533 (3197)

Free/Reduced Lunch (%)2

69%

79%

92%

# of K – 5 teachers (mean)3

38

43

36

Race/Ethnicity (%)4

   

 White

51%

18%

36%

 Black

26%

61%

47%

 Hispanic

1%

14%

14%

 Asian/Pacific islander

18%

2%

1%

 Native American

0%

0%

0%

 2 or more races

4%

5%

2%

  1. 1Mean number of students per school (total number of students per cohort).
  2. 2Percentage of students per cohort receiving free or reduced lunch.
  3. 3Mean number of K – 5 teachers per school.
  4. 4Percentage of students per cohort identifying as each race/ethnicity.