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| Percent of teachers indicating item is a serious problem
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| Public school teachers | Private school teachers
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| |Elementary|Secondary|Combined| |Elementary|Secondary|Combined
| Total | schools | schools |schools | Total | schools | schools | schools
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
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Student tardiness .................| 11.2 | 5.8 | 20.2 | 10.3 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 6.1 | 4.1
Student absenteeism ...............| 14.1 | 6.9 | 26.5 | 12.4 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 5.3 | 3.2
Teacher absenteeism ...............| 1.6 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.7
Students cutting class ............| 4.6 | 1.0 | 10.6 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 1.1
Physical conflicts among students .| 6.5 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 7.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.8
Robbery or theft ..................| 3.4 | 2.6 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 0.7
Vandalism of school property ......| 5.4 | 4.3 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 0.9
Student pregnancy .................| 6.4 | 0.8 | 15.7 | 8.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.3
Student use of alcohol ............| 8.2 | 1.4 | 19.5 | 13.6 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 9.2 | 1.9
Student drug abuse ................| 4.2 | 0.8 | 9.8 | 7.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.6
Student possession of weapons .....| 1.2 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1
Physical abuse of teachers ........| 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4
Verbal abuse of teachers ..........| 7.5 | 6.2 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 2.7
Student disrespect for teachers ...| 13.0 | 11.3 | 15.5 | 13.5 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 4.1
Students dropping out .............| 6.3 | 1.2 | 14.6 | 8.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.2
Student apathy ....................| 20.6 | 12.9 | 33.2 | 24.0 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 7.7 | 4.8
Lack of academic challenge ........| 5.7 | 3.9 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 1.2
Lack of parental involvement ......| 25.4 | 21.6 | 31.2 | 30.8 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 5.6 | 4.9
Parental alcoholism/drug abuse ....| 12.0 | 11.5 | 12.2 | 16.7 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 3.0
Poverty ...........................| 17.1 | 18.5 | 14.1 | 22.2 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.5
Racial tension ....................| 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.9
Cultural conflict .................| 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.8
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