Evaluating the reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation and maintenance of the Resistance Training for Teens program

Table 5 Dissemination school characteristics

Characteristics	Dissemination Schools
School year range, n (%)^a
7–12	203 (81.5)
K-12	24 (9.6)
7–10	10 (4.0)
11–12	4 (1.6)
10–12	3 (1.2)
5–8	2 (0.8)
7–9	1 (0.4)
3–12	1 (0.4)
K-6	1 (0.1)
School sector, n (%)
Government	235 (94.4)
Non-Government	14 (5.6)
Government secondary schools
Total, n (%)	213 (85.5)
Selective/specialist schools, n (%)^c	46 (18.4)
Academic	19 (7.6)
Sporting	6 (2.4)
Special Education	6 (2.4)
Behavioral	5 (2.0)
Performing Arts	4 (1.6)
Intensive English	3 (1.2)
Agricultural	2 (0.8)
School location, n (%)^d
Major Cities	173 (69.5)
Inner Regional	56 (22.5)
Outer Regional	19 (7.6)
Remote	1 (0.4)
Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage (ISCEA)^e
Percentile^f	0.2 (28.4)
Range	2.0 – 99.0

^a Year ranges of schools that had at least one RT for Teens trained teacher
^b Government schools including students only from grades 7–12, including junior (7–9, 7–10) and senior (10–12, 11–12); for calculation of proportion against total NSW Government secondary schools
^c One school did not report the selective criteria
^d Remoteness classified by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, on the basis of a measure of relative access to services
^e This score is derived from a number of variables including parental school and non-school education and occupation, the school’s geographical location and proportion of Indigenous students; 1000 is average
^f The percentile of the school's ICSEA value, possible range = 1 to 100

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