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| Classroom conditions1 | Security measures2 | |||||||
| Urbanicity | Bars on windows | Posters or other materials on glass windows | Security guards | Metal detectors | Security cameras | Fencing around entire school | Student lockers | Exterior lights |
| Urban | 12.7 | 22.4 | 39.0 | 8.5 | 16.4 | 36.2 | 84.6 | 73.9 |
| Suburban | 1.4 | 23.4 | 33.1 | 3.1 | 22.7 | 13.1 | 79.9 | 79.9 |
| Rural | 0.8 | 28.9 | 20.6 | 2.8 | 14.3 | 13.2 | 86.6 | 86.0 |
| 1 Observers were asked to enter one classroom in which high school students were taught, during a change in classes or other time when the classrooms are not in session. For each item, they were instructed to indicate if they had observed it or not in the classroom. | ||||||||
| 2 Observers were asked if they had observed each of the listed security measures over the course of the interview day. | ||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), An Examination of the Conditions of School Facilities Attended by 10th-Grade Students in 2002, (NCES 2006-302), table 3. Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002) Facilities Checklist. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. | ||||||||
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