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Table 4. Percent of 10th-grade schools with a specified condition in the surrounding neighborhood, by urbanicity: 2002

 
UrbanicityLitter/trash in the neighborhoodGraffiti in the neighborhoodBoarded up buildingsPersons congregated on the streetsStudents loitering
Urban33.713.520.016.815.6
Suburban10.41.49.91.23.0
Rural9.80.12.10.11.5
NOTE: For each of the five neighborhood conditions, interviewers were asked to stand outside of the school (near the entrance, where most visitors arrive), and look at the neighborhood/area surrounding the school. They were asked to record the degree to which they noticed each condition: none, a little, some, or a lot. The percents presented here are the sum of a little, some, and a lot.
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 5. Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002) Facilities Checklist. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics.

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