The purpose of this study was to measure noise levels in elementary, middle, and high school physical education settings and compare them to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) guidelines and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards for acoustics in educational settings. Mean unoccupied noise levels for 22 physical education settings were 52.0 dBA (range = 38.6 to 61.3 dB) on the A-weighted scale, which is higher than the ASHA and ANSI recommendations. Only one of the physical education settings exhibited noise levels within the recommended ASHA criteria of 40 dBA and none of the settings met the standards set by ANSI. Two-tailed t-tests were used for comparison of the overall mean noise levels in outdoor, gymnasium, and covered physical education settings to the standards established by ANSI and ASHA. The findings showed that all of the settings were significantly (p less than 0.05) higher than the established standards. Strategies for reducing high noise levels in physical education settings are discussed. (Contains 1 figure and 1 table.)