The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of 1st-6th grade students achieving the recommended physical education (PE) physical activity (PA) guideline. Objectives of this study were to: a) determine the proportion of students meeting the established pedometer step/min PE guideline; b) examine if significant prevalence differences existed between gender, ethnicity, grade, and BMI (kg/m-2); and c) examine if significant prevalence differences existed between gender by ethnicity, gender by grade, and gender by BMI. Participants were 1469 1st-6th grade students from the upper Midwestern United States. Pedometer (Yamax SW-200) step/min data were collected during three PE classes in which 1325, 1295 and 1220 step/min data points were collected during PE classes one, two and three, respectively. A total of 1010 participants had step/min data for all three PE classes (R=.75). The pedometer step/min guideline of 60 was used as the PA guideline (Scruggs et al., 2003; Scruggs et al., 2005; Scruggs, 2005). Descriptive statistics were generated for identifying the number of students meeting the step/min guideline. Chi-square was applied to examine prevalence differences. Alpha was set at .01. The overall proportion meeting the PA guideline was 38.33%. Boys' PA achievement compliance was greater than the girls' (44.61% vs. 31.63%, p≤.01). Ethnicity was a borderline significant finding (Caucasian=36.65%, non-Caucasian=42.99%, p=.013). Grades 5th-6th (46.64%) were in compliance to a greater extent than 1st-2nd (35.03%) and 3rd-4th (34.30%, p≤.01). Overweight (i.e., BMI>95th) participants (23.15%) were less likely to be in compliance than other BMI classifications (normal BMI=40.02%, at risk of overweight BMI=40.31%; p≤.01). Girls categorized as Caucasian or non-Caucasian demonstrated similar prevalence outcomes (34.50% and 31.30%, respectively; p=.44), but boys of a non-Caucasian ethnicity were more likely to achieve compliance (53.23% vs 41.71%, p≤.01). Girls in grade classification 5th-6th were more likely to meet the PA guideline (p≤.01), but boys were just as likely to meet the PA guideline regardless of grade classification (p=.15). Boys classified as overweight were less likely to meet the PA guideline (p≤.01), while a similar but marginal statistical finding was found for girls (p=.06). Outcomes suggest that boys, upper elementary grades, and non-overweight participants are more likely to achieve the PA guideline. In addition, non-Caucasian boys were most likely to achieve compliance. In conclusion, findings demonstrate a low prevalence of 1st-6th grade students meeting the step/min recommendation. PE should engage children in health enhancing PA while teaching competencies needed to be active for a lifetime.Keyword(s): assessment, measurement/evaluation, physical activity