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Table 1 Student and school demographics, academic achievement, and physical activity data, Grades 4 to 5

From: Physical activity and academic achievement: an analysis of potential student- and school-level moderators

Student-level data, n = 4,936 a

  

Variable

Count / average

% / SD

Sex

 Female

2,466

(50.0%)

 Male

2,465

(49.9%)

Race/Ethnicity

 Asian

601

(12.2%)

 Black

1,243

(25.2%)

 Hispanic

1,640

(33.2%)

 Mixed

213

(4.3%)

 White

1,226

(24.8%)

Free/Reduced-Price Lunch Recipient

 Yes

2,622

(53.1%)

 No

2,309

(46.8%)

Grade 3 Average Course Marks

 Math

83.5

(9.4)

 Reading

82.9

(9.0)

 Spelling

87.9

(9.0)

 Writing

84.4

(7.8)

Grade 4 Fall Course Marks

 Math

81.5

(12.0)

 Reading

80.9

(10.3)

 Spelling

86.7

(11.3)

 Writing

83.2

(8.9)

Grade 4 Spring Course Marks

 Math

83.2

(10.6)

 Reading

81.8

(9.9)

 Spelling

87.3

(10.2)

 Writing

83.8

(8.7)

Grade 5 Fall Course Marks b

 Math

82.0

(11.5)

 Reading

82.4

(9.4)

 Spelling

87.6

(9.6)

 Writing

84.9

(8.2)

Grade 3 Standardized Test Scores c

 Math

541.4

(49.9)

 English Language Arts

527.1

(58.2)

 Lexile

728.6

(219.6)

Grade 4 Standardized Test Scores c

 Math

549.2

(53.7)

 English Language Arts

535.2

(55.5)

 Lexile

897.2

(221.1)

Average daily moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) minutes

 Grade 4 Fall

21.1

(9.2)

 Grade 4 Spring

21.9

(10.0)

 Grade 5 Fall

18.9

(8.9)

  1. a Not all tabulations add to 4,936 due to missing data
  2. b Due to COVID-related disruptions, Grade 5 Spring course marks were not available
  3. c Due to COVID-related disruptions, no standardized tests were conducted in Grade 5