Table 5.1. Percentage and number of public and private school teachers who reported that they were threatened with injury by a student from school during the previous 12 months, by urbanicity and selected teacher and school characteristics: Various school years, 1993–94 through 2007

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Table 5.1.

Percentage and number of public and private school teachers who reported that they were threatened with injury by a student from school during the previous 12 months, by urbanicity and selected teacher and school characteristics: Various school years, 1993–94 through 2007–08

	1993–94		1999–2000		2003–04		2007–08
	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent								Number
Teacher or school characteristic	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	City		Suburban	Town		Rural		Total	City		Suburban	Town		Rural

Total	11.7	342,100	8.8	305,200	6.8	253,100	7.5	10.3		6.4	7.5		5.7		289,600	110,800		88,500	37,600		52,800

Sex
Male	14.7	115,900	11.0	95,200	8.5	78,500	9.3	13.1		8.2	8.0		7.0		88,500	35,900		26,900	9,700		16,000
Female	10.6	226,200	8.1	210,000	6.3	174,500	6.9	9.3		5.9	7.3		5.3		201,100	74,900		61,600	27,900		36,700

Race/ethnicity ¹
White	11.5	295,100	8.6	252,600	6.4	199,000	7.2	10.3		6.2	7.6		5.7		234,500	81,000		72,100	33,900		47,400
Black	12.0	23,800	11.6	28,300	11.8	32,500	11.0	13.5		10.7	6.2		6.6		28,500	16,000		8,700	1,200		2,600	!
Hispanic	13.2	15,900	9.1	17,200	5.6	12,500	6.7	8.3		4.7	7.3	!	5.4	!	18,000	10,500		4,100	1,700	!	1,700	!
Other	13.5	7,300	8.4	7,100	8.7	9,100	7.6	7.6	!	8.8	6.2	!	5.5		8,600	3,300	!	3,600	700	!	1,000

Instructional level ²
Elementary	8.7	134,500	8.0	148,300	5.8	113,700	6.6	9.2		5.4	7.5		4.8		129,400	49,800		37,400	19,600		22,600
Secondary	15.0	207,500	9.9	157,000	8.0	139,400	8.4	11.4		7.5	7.4		6.7		160,200	61,000		51,000	17,900		30,200

Sector
Public ³	12.8	326,300	9.6	287,700	7.5	242,500	8.1	12.1		7.0	7.8		5.9		276,700	106,200		83,700	36,300		50,600
Private	4.2	15,700	3.9	17,500	2.3	10,600	2.6	2.3		2.7	3.6	!	3.2		12,800	4,600		4,800	1,300	!	2,200
! Interpret data with caution.
¹ Other includes American Indian, Alaska Native, Asian or Pacific Islander, and, in 2003–04 and 2007–08, two or more races. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
² Instructional level divides teachers into elementary or secondary based on a combination of the grades taught, main teaching assignment, and the structure of the teachers’ class(es). Please see the glossary for a more detailed definition.
³ The public sector includes public, public charter, and Bureau of Indian Education school teachers.
NOTE: Teachers who taught only prekindergarten students are excluded. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Estimates of number of reports are rounded to the nearest 100. Figures were revised and may differ from previously published data.
SOURCE U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), “Public School Teacher Data File,” and “Private School Teacher Data File,” 1993–94, 1999–2000, 2003–04, and 2007–08; “Charter School Teacher Data File,” 1999–2000; and “Bureau of Indian Education Teacher Data File,” 1999–2000, 2003–04, and 2007–08.

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