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Table 7.3. |
Percentage of public schools reporting selected types of cyber-bullying problems occurring at school or away from school daily or at least once a week, by selected school characteristics: School year 2009–10 |
| School characteristic | Cyber-bullying among students |
School environment is affected by cyber- bullying |
Staff resources are used to deal with cyber-bullying |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All public schools | 7.9 | 4.4 | 3.8 | |||
| School level1 | ||||||
| Primary | 1.5 | 0.9 | ! | 0.9 | ! | |
| Middle | 18.6 | 9.8 | 8.5 | |||
| High school | 17.6 | 9.9 | 8.6 | |||
| Combined | 12.6 | 7.4 | ! | ‡ | ||
| Enrollment size | ||||||
| Less than 300 | 4.8 | 3.2 | ! | 2.9 | ! | |
| 300–499 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 2.7 | |||
| 500–999 | 9.3 | 4.6 | 3.7 | |||
| 1,000 or more | 19.2 | 10.7 | 9.4 | |||
| Locale | ||||||
| City | 5.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 | |||
| Suburban | 8.5 | 4.0 | 3.7 | |||
| Town | 9.6 | 5.8 | 4.1 | |||
| Rural | 8.4 | 4.5 | 4.0 | |||
| Percent combined enrollment of Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, or American Indian/Alaska Native students |
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| Less than 5 percent | 12.8 | 7.7 | 4.7 | |||
| 5 percent to less than 20 percent | 10.1 | 5.1 | 4.7 | |||
| 20 percent to less than 50 percent | 6.7 | 3.6 | 3.9 | |||
| 50 percent or more | 5.3 | 3.1 | 2.8 | |||
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch |
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| 0–25 | 10.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | |||
| 26–50 | 9.7 | 4.3 | 3.4 | |||
| 51–75 | 6.8 | 4.9 | 4.1 | |||
| 76–100 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.0 | |||
| Student/teacher ratio2 | ||||||
| Less than 12 | 6.8 | 4.1 | 3.5 | |||
| 12–16 | 7.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 | |||
| More than 16 | 8.7 | 4.8 | 3.9 | |||
| Prevalence of violent incidents3 | ||||||
| No violent incidents | 9.9 | 5.6 | 5.1 | |||
| Any violent incidents | 2.4 | ! | ‡ | ‡ |
| ! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 30 percent or greater. | ||||||
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 50 percent or greater. | ||||||
| 1 Primary schools are defined as schools in which the lowest grade is not higher than grade 3 and the highest grade is not higher than grade 8. Middle schools are defined as schools in which the lowest grade is not lower than grade 4 and the highest grade is not higher than grade 9. High schools are defined as schools in which the lowest grade is not lower than grade 9 and the highest grade is not higher than grade 12. Combined schools include all other combinations of grades, including K–12 schools. | ||||||
| 2 Student/teacher ratio was calculated by dividing the total number of students enrolled in the school by the total number of full-time-equivalent (FTE) teachers. Information regarding the total number of FTE teachers was obtained from the Common Core of Data (CCD), the sampling frame for SSOCS. | ||||||
| 3 "Violent incidents" include rape, or attempted rape, sexual battery other than rape, physical attack or fight with or without a weapon, threat of physical attack or fight with or without a weapon, and robbery with or without a weapon. | ||||||
| NOTE: "Cyber-bullying" was defined for respondents as "occurring when willful and repeated harm is inflicted through the use of computers, cell phones, or other electronic devices." Responses were provided by the principal or the person most knowledgeable about crime and safety issues at the school. "At school" was defined for respondents to include activities that happen in school buildings, on school grounds, on school buses, and at places that hold school-sponsored events or activities. Respondents were instructed to respond only for those times that were during normal school hours or when school activities or events were in session | ||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2009–10 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), 2010. |
