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Table 148. Percent of public schools reporting crime incidents and the seriousness of crime incidents reported, by school characteristics: 1996-97
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                       |        |    Any incidents reported       |              Serious violent crimes
                       |        |_________________________________|________________________________________________________________________
                       |        |                                 |                               | Rape or other     |Physical attacks or
School characteristics |No      |Total, all crimes                |              Total            | sexual battery    |fights with weapons
                       |inci-   |_________________________________|_______________________________|___________________|____________________
                       |dents   |Percent |Number of   |Number of  |Percent |Number of |Number of  |Percent |Number of |Percent  |Number of
                       |reported|of      |incidents,  |incidents, |of      |incidents,|incidents, |of      |incidents,| of      |incidents,
                       |        |schools |in          |per 100,000|schools |in        |per 100,000|schools |in        |schools  |in
                       |        |        |thousands   |students   |        |thousands |students   |        |thousands |         |thousands
_______________________|________|________|____________|___________|________|__________|___________|________|__________|_________|__________
           1           |   2    |   3    |    4       |    5      |   6    |   7      |   8       |   9    |  10      |   11    |  12
_______________________|________|________|____________|___________|________|__________|___________|________|__________|_________|__________
  All public schools ..|43 (2.1)|57 (2.1)|424.8 (27.6)|1,003  (66)|10 (0.8)|22.6 (3.3)| 53     (8)| 3 (0.5)| 4.2 (0.7)|  6 (0.5)|11.0 (1.9)
                       |________|________|____________|___________|________|__________|___________|________|__________|_________|__________
Instructional level    |        |        |            |           |        |          |           |        |          |         |
  Elementary school....|55 (3.2)|45 (3.2)| 78.9 (10.9)|  352  (49)| 4 (1.1)| 2.9 (0.8)| 13     (4)| 1 (0.5)| 0.7 (0.4)|  2 (0.8)| 1.6 (0.6)
  Middle school .......|26 (2.3)|74 (2.3)|136.4 (15.6)|1,623 (184)|19 (1.9)| 7.8 (2.4)| 93    (29)| 5 (1.2)| 1.4 (0.4)| 12 (1.2)| 4.1 (1.4)
  High school..........|23 (2.4)|77 (2.4)|209.5 (14.9)|1,807 (130)|21 (2.1)|11.9 (1.8)|103    (16)| 8 (1.3)| 2.1 (0.3)| 13 (1.5)| 5.3 (1.1)
                       |        |        |            |           |        |          |           |        |          |         |
Size of enrollment     |        |        |            |           |        |          |           |        |          |         |
  Less than 300 .......|62 (4.9)|38 (4.9)| 40.3  (7.9)|1,073 (189)| 4 (1.4)| 2.3 (1.3)| 61    (35)| 1 (0.6)| 0.3 (0.2)|  2 (0.9)| 1.4 (1.0)
  300 to 999 ..........|40 (2.2)|60 (2.2)|204.1 (16.7)|  730  (62)| 9 (1.2)|10.8 (2.8)| 38    (10)| 2 (0.6)| 2.0 (0.6)|  6 (0.8)| 5.7 (1.6)
  1,000 or more .......|11 (2.3)|89 (2.3)|180.4 (17.8)|1,692 (163)|33 (2.4)| 9.6 (1.2)| 90    (11)|11 (1.7)| 1.8 (0.3)| 20 (2.0)| 3.9 (0.5)
                       |        |        |            |           |        |          |           |        |          |         |
Locale                 |        |        |            |           |        |          |           |        |          |         |
  City ................|41 (3.7)|59 (3.7)|146.7 (17.2)|1,164 (141)|17 (2.1)|11.9 (2.6)| 95    (21)| 5 (1.0)| 1.9 (0.4)| 10 (1.7)| 5.4 (1.5)
  Urban fringe ........|42 (3.2)|58 (3.2)|110.6 (16.0)|  882 (126)|11 (1.8)| 4.7 (1.0)| 38     (8)| 4 (1.0)| 1.1 (0.3)|  6 (1.2)| 2.1 (0.4)
  Town ................|37 (3.8)|63 (3.8)|104.0  (9.2)|1,023  (96)| 5 (1.4)| 2.8 (1.3)| 28    (13)| 1 (0.5)| 0.3 (0.1)|  3 (0.9)| 1.7 (1.0)
  Rural ...............|53 (4.2)|47 (4.2)| 63.3  (8.9)|  899 (125)| 8 (1.5)| 3.1 (0.7)| 45    (10)| 2 (0.9)| 0.8 (0.4)|  5 (1.2)| 1.8 (0.6)
                       |        |        |            |           |        |          |           |        |          |         |
Region                 |        |        |            |           |        |          |           |        |          |         |
  Northeast ...........|48 (4.4)|52 (4.4)| 67.4 (12.5)|  806 (140)| 7 (1.1)| 3.2 (0.6)| 39     (8)| 2 (0.6)| 0.5 (0.1)|  4 (1.0)| 1.1 (0.3)
  Southeast ...........|41 (3.8)|59 (3.8)| 95.4 (12.0)|  922 (122)| 9 (1.6)| 4.1 (1.1)| 40    (10)| 4 (0.9)| 1.2 (0.3)|  5 (1.3)| 1.6 (0.4)
  Central .............|49 (4.5)|51 (4.5)| 95.2 (15.2)|  954 (146)|11 (2.2)| 7.8 (2.5)| 78    (25)| 3 (1.0)| 1.2 (0.5)|  6 (1.4)| 4.3 (1.6)
  West ................|36 (3.5)|64 (3.5)|166.8 (12.2)|1,218  (95)|12 (1.4)| 7.5 (1.4)| 55    (11)| 3 (0.8)| 1.3 (0.3)|  8 (1.2)| 3.9 (1.0)
                       |        |        |            |           |        |          |           |        |          |         |
Percent minority       |        |        |            |           |        |          |           |        |          |         |
 enrollment            |        |        |            |           |        |          |           |        |          |         |
  Less than 5 percent .|53 (3.7)|47 (3.7)| 66.2  (8.6)|  693  (87)| 6 (1.3)| 1.8 (0.4)| 19     (5)| 2 (0.8)| 0.7 (0.3)|  3 (0.9)| 0.9 (0.2)
  5 to 19 percent .....|42 (3.8)|58 (3.8)| 89.1 (10.2)|  871  (90)|11 (2.1)| 4.1 (1.4)| 40    (13)| 3 (1.2)| 0.8 (0.3)|  6 (1.2)| 2.4 (1.0)
  20 to 49 percent ....|42 (3.6)|58 (3.6)|103.5 (14.1)|1,018 (129)|11 (1.6)| 5.2 (0.9)| 51     (9)| 4 (0.7)| 1.5 (0.3)|  7 (1.6)| 2.2 (0.5)
  50 percent or more ..|32 (3.2)|68 (3.2)|159.4 (21.9)|1,325 (181)|15 (1.8)|11.5 (2.8)| 96    (25)| 4 (1.0)| 1.3 (0.3)|  9 (1.3)| 5.4 (1.5)
                       |        |        |            |           |        |          |           |        |          |         |
Percent of students    |        |        |            |           |        |          |           |        |          |         |
 eligible for free or  |        |        |            |           |        |          |           |        |          |         |
 reduced-price school  |        |        |            |           |        |          |           |        |          |         |
 lunch                 |        |        |            |           |        |          |           |        |          |         |
  Less than 20 percent |46 (3.3)|54 (3.3)| 91.7  (9.9)|  813  (80)| 9 (1.5)| 2.9 (0.6)| 26     (5)| 3 (0.8)| 0.8 (0.2)|  5 (1.2)| 1.4 (0.3)
  20 to 34 percent ....|47 (4.3)|53 (4.3)| 84.1 (11.6)|  916 (134)|12 (2.0)| 5.3 (1.1)| 58    (11)| 3 (1.0)| 1.1 (0.4)|  6 (1.3)| 2.4 (0.5)
  35 to 49 percent ....|41 (5.0)|59 (5.0)| 72.9 (11.4)|1,073 (175)|12 (2.3)| 3.3 (0.8)| 49    (11)| 4 (1.7)| 1.0 (0.4)|  6 (1.7)| 1.5 (0.5)
  50 to 74 percent ....|41 (4.1)|59 (4.1)| 93.9 (16.1)|1,167 (194)| 9 (1.4)| 5.5 (2.5)| 68    (31)| 2 (0.4)| 0.6 (0.2)|  6 (1.3)| 2.9 (1.5)
  75 percent or more ..|41 (4.7)|59 (4.7)| 75.8 (10.6)|1,125 (151)|10 (1.7)| 5.4 (1.3)| 81    (22)| 3 (0.9)| 0.6 (0.2)|  7 (1.4)| 2.7 (1.0)
_______________________|________|________|____________|___________|________|__________|___________|________|__________|_________|__________

NOTE: Serious violent crime means that at least one of the following crimes occurred at the school and police were contacted: murder, rape or other type of sexual battery, suicide, physical attack or fight with weapon, or robbery. Less serious or nonviolent crime means that no serious violent crimes occurred and the police were called: physical attack or fight without weapon, theft/larceny, or vandalism. No incidents means that the school reporting did not contact the police for any of the specified crimes. Specified crimes may have occurred but police were not contacted, or other, nonspecified crimes may have occurred at the school. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Violence and Discipline Problems in U.S. Public Schools: 1996-97. (This table was prepared August 2000.)


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