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Table 233.70. | Percentage of public schools with one or more full-time or part-time security staff present at least once a week, and percentage of schools with security staff routinely carrying a firearm, by selected school characteristics: 2005–06, 2007–08, and 2009–10 |
[Standard errors appear in parentheses] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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School characteristic | Percent with one or more security guards, security personnel, School Resource Officers (SROs), or sworn law enforcement officers who are not SROs1 |
Percent with security guards, security personnel, or sworn law enforcement officers routinely carrying a firearm2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | Full-time | Part-time only | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2005–06 | 2007–08 | 2009–10 | 2005–06 | 2007–08 | 2009–10 | 2005–06 | 2007–08 | 2009–10 | 2005–06 | 2007–08 | 2009–10 | ||||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |||||||||||||
All public schools | 41.7 | (1.28) | 46.3 | (1.29) | 42.8 | (1.07) | 27.0 | (0.88) | 30.4 | (0.98) | 28.7 | (0.97) | 14.6 | (1.06) | 15.9 | (0.89) | 14.1 | (0.66) | 30.7 | (1.10) | 34.1 | (1.11) | 28.0 | (0.97) | |
School level3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary school | 26.2 | (1.87) | 33.1 | (2.04) | 27.7 | (1.50) | 12.5 | (1.32) | 17.8 | (1.37) | 15.7 | (1.43) | 13.7 | (1.59) | 15.3 | (1.31) | 12.1 | (0.89) | 15.7 | (1.55) | 20.1 | (1.68) | 12.5 | (1.25) | |
Middle school | 63.7 | (1.30) | 65.5 | (1.59) | 66.4 | (1.45) | 44.5 | (1.17) | 44.9 | (1.55) | 45.8 | (1.39) | 19.2 | (1.18) | 20.7 | (1.17) | 20.6 | (1.32) | 51.8 | (1.32) | 54.2 | (1.92) | 51.0 | (1.84) | |
High school | 75.2 | (1.66) | 79.6 | (1.47) | 76.4 | (1.45) | 64.0 | (1.53) | 66.1 | (1.48) | 62.0 | (1.56) | 11.2 | (1.14) | 13.5 | (1.42) | 14.5 | (1.50) | 64.0 | (1.71) | 67.5 | (1.51) | 63.3 | (1.75) | |
Combined school | 43.5 | (5.25) | 39.9 | (5.59) | 36.6 | (4.89) | 26.8 | (4.44) | 26.2 | (4.79) | 24.0 | (4.49) | 16.7 | (4.13) | 13.6 | ! | (4.15) | 12.7 | (3.56) | 32.4 | (4.50) | 32.1 | (4.89) | 24.6 | (4.26) |
Enrollment size | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Less than 300 | 22.7 | (2.65) | 27.6 | (2.55) | 25.6 | (2.91) | 10.8 | (1.58) | 15.1 | (2.09) | 15.1 | (2.29) | 11.9 | (2.07) | 12.5 | (2.07) | 10.5 | (2.20) | 16.2 | (2.17) | 16.1 | (2.39) | 13.5 | (2.16) | |
300–499 | 29.8 | (2.29) | 36.1 | (2.66) | 33.5 | (2.26) | 16.7 | (1.93) | 19.4 | (1.84) | 18.0 | (1.96) | 13.0 | (1.64) | 16.8 | (2.05) | 15.5 | (1.76) | 20.5 | (1.83) | 26.7 | (2.37) | 19.8 | (1.84) | |
500–999 | 50.5 | (1.90) | 52.7 | (1.99) | 47.3 | (1.60) | 31.0 | (1.27) | 34.0 | (1.52) | 31.2 | (1.34) | 19.5 | (1.62) | 18.8 | (1.53) | 16.1 | (1.08) | 36.9 | (1.67) | 39.5 | (1.98) | 30.3 | (1.42) | |
1,000 or more | 86.9 | (1.39) | 90.6 | (1.59) | 90.0 | (1.37) | 77.3 | (1.61) | 79.5 | (1.65) | 79.3 | (1.82) | 9.7 | (1.40) | 11.1 | (1.83) | 10.7 | (1.50) | 70.3 | (1.67) | 73.5 | (1.62) | 74.6 | (1.75) | |
Locale | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
City | 49.1 | (2.57) | 57.3 | (3.05) | 50.9 | (2.51) | 37.7 | (2.04) | 45.3 | (2.24) | 39.7 | (2.19) | 11.4 | (1.59) | 12.0 | (1.97) | 11.2 | (1.69) | 30.5 | (1.73) | 33.1 | (2.32) | 27.6 | (1.98) | |
Suburb | 42.7 | (1.67) | 45.4 | (2.08) | 45.4 | (1.90) | 27.1 | (1.41) | 30.0 | (1.64) | 31.3 | (1.58) | 15.6 | (1.44) | 15.4 | (1.59) | 14.1 | (1.50) | 32.2 | (1.51) | 33.7 | (1.94) | 29.6 | (1.45) | |
Town | 44.4 | (3.86) | 51.1 | (3.50) | 39.0 | (3.11) | 26.3 | (2.88) | 26.9 | (2.32) | 21.2 | (2.15) | 18.1 | (2.90) | 24.2 | (2.75) | 17.8 | (2.39) | 38.1 | (3.62) | 45.0 | (3.54) | 31.6 | (2.81) | |
Rural | 33.8 | (1.87) | 36.0 | (1.98) | 35.2 | (2.20) | 18.6 | (1.39) | 20.2 | (1.67) | 20.5 | (1.83) | 15.2 | (1.87) | 15.7 | (1.70) | 14.7 | (1.51) | 27.1 | (1.84) | 30.5 | (2.05) | 25.3 | (1.78) | |
Percent combined enrollment of Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native students |
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Less than 5 percent | 28.3 | (1.96) | 35.6 | (3.23) | 30.4 | (2.69) | 12.4 | (1.60) | 16.9 | (2.70) | 13.6 | (2.41) | 16.0 | (1.81) | 18.7 | (2.56) | 16.8 | (2.51) | 22.9 | (2.07) | 27.1 | (2.95) | 21.9 | (2.25) | |
5 percent to less than 20 percent | 38.9 | (2.54) | 42.9 | (2.19) | 36.5 | (2.91) | 23.9 | (1.73) | 23.1 | (1.63) | 19.9 | (2.26) | 15.0 | (1.98) | 19.9 | (1.93) | 16.6 | (1.71) | 30.2 | (2.07) | 37.7 | (2.29) | 27.6 | (2.08) | |
20 percent to less than 50 percent | 41.6 | (2.32) | 44.7 | (2.76) | 41.9 | (1.93) | 28.3 | (1.94) | 29.1 | (2.21) | 27.8 | (1.69) | 13.3 | (1.75) | 15.5 | (1.93) | 14.1 | (1.50) | 35.3 | (1.97) | 38.4 | (2.65) | 30.5 | (1.89) | |
50 percent or more | 51.3 | (2.46) | 55.4 | (2.71) | 52.5 | (2.04) | 37.3 | (1.91) | 43.8 | (2.16) | 41.3 | (2.09) | 14.0 | (1.81) | 11.6 | (1.68) | 11.2 | (1.33) | 31.3 | (1.84) | 31.8 | (2.07) | 29.1 | (1.53) | |
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch |
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0–25 percent | 37.9 | (2.14) | 46.5 | (2.33) | 39.2 | (2.44) | 24.9 | (1.70) | 29.7 | (2.01) | 27.9 | (2.17) | 13.0 | (1.33) | 16.8 | (1.52) | 11.3 | (1.21) | 30.3 | (1.95) | 34.8 | (2.12) | 27.2 | (1.93) | |
26–50 percent | 42.1 | (2.08) | 40.8 | (2.52) | 40.0 | (1.68) | 26.4 | (1.63) | 24.2 | (2.01) | 21.5 | (1.52) | 15.7 | (2.01) | 16.6 | (1.65) | 18.5 | (1.37) | 33.8 | (1.78) | 35.2 | (2.02) | 30.3 | (1.59) | |
51–75 percent | 39.3 | (2.21) | 46.1 | (2.83) | 42.3 | (2.60) | 25.7 | (1.85) | 29.7 | (2.34) | 29.0 | (2.04) | 13.7 | (1.90) | 16.4 | (2.34) | 13.3 | (1.45) | 31.8 | (2.05) | 35.8 | (2.77) | 27.4 | (2.07) | |
76–100 percent | 49.8 | (2.73) | 55.0 | (3.68) | 49.8 | (2.76) | 33.0 | (2.49) | 42.1 | (3.17) | 37.6 | (2.66) | 16.8 | (2.07) | 12.9 | (2.17) | 12.2 | (1.84) | 25.6 | (2.17) | 29.7 | (2.68) | 26.8 | (2.32) |
!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 "Security guards" and "security personnel" do not include law enforcement. School Resource Officers include all career law enforcement officers with arrest authority who have specialized training and are assigned to work in collaboration with school organizations. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 The survey item about carrying firearms did not include the term "School Resource Officer" in the question text. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
NOTE: Responses were provided by the principal or the person most knowledgeable about crime and safety issues at the school. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2005–06, 2007–08, and 2009–10 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), 2006, 2008, and 2010. (This table was prepared September 2013.) |