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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 |
| Teacher or school characteristic | 1993–94 | 1999–2000 | 2003–04 | 2007–08 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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/ethnicity1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 level2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Public3 | 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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