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Table 5.2. |
Percentage and number of public and private school teachers who reported that they were physically attacked 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 | 4.1 | 120,000 | 3.9 | 134,700 | 3.4 | 127,500 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 154,400 | 52,800 | 53,400 | 20,000 | 28,100 | |||||||||||||
| Sex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 3.9 | 30,800 | 3.6 | 30,600 | 2.6 | 23,600 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 2.8 | ! | 1.7 | 34,900 | 14,900 | 12,600 | 3,400 | ! | 3,900 | |||||||||||
| Female | 4.2 | 89,200 | 4.0 | 104,100 | 3.7 | 104,000 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 119,500 | 37,900 | 40,800 | 16,600 | 24,200 | |||||||||||||
| Race/ethnicity1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| White | 4.0 | 103,400 | 3.8 | 111,600 | 3.2 | 100,500 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 131,000 | 41,200 | 44,900 | 18,400 | 26,600 | |||||||||||||
| Black | 3.9 | 7,700 | 4.8 | 11,600 | 5.5 | 15,100 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 5.7 | ! | ‡ | ‡ | 12,300 | 6,600 | 4,600 | ! | ‡ | ‡ | |||||||||||
| Hispanic | 5.1 | 6,200 | 4.6 | 8,800 | 3.1 | 7,000 | 3.0 | 3.5 | ! | 2.6 | ! | ‡ | 1.0 | ! | 8,100 | 4,500 | ! | 2,200 | ! | ‡ | 300 | ! | |||||||
| Other | 5.1 | 2,800 | 3.2 | 2,700 | 4.8 | 5,000 | 2.6 | ! | 1.5 | ! | ‡ | ‡ | 2.4 | ! | 3,000 | ! | 700 | ! | ‡ | ‡ | 400 | ! | |||||||
| Instructional level2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elementary | 4.9 | 76,200 | 5.5 | 102,100 | 4.5 | 88,100 | 5.7 | 7.1 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 4.4 | 113,100 | 38,500 | 37,700 | 16,200 | 20,700 | |||||||||||||
| Secondary | 3.2 | 43,800 | 2.1 | 32,600 | 2.3 | 39,500 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 41,300 | 14,400 | 15,700 | 3,900 | 7,400 | |||||||||||||
| Sector | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Public3 | 4.4 | 111,300 | 4.2 | 125,100 | 3.7 | 120,000 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 145,100 | 50,000 | 48,900 | 19,200 | 27,000 | |||||||||||||
| Private | 2.3 | 8,700 | 2.1 | 9,600 | 1.6 | 7,500 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 2.3 | ! | 1.7 | ! | 9,300 | 2,900 | 4,500 | 800 | ! | 1,100 | ! | |||||||||
| ! Interpret data with caution. ‡ Reporting standards not met. 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. 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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