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Table 6. Percent of 10th-grade students in schools with specified safety and security measures, by urbanicity: 2002

 
UrbanicitySecurity guardsMetal detectorsSecurity camerasBars on windowsFencing around entire schoolStudent lockersExterior lights
Urban62.914.529.611.639.386.784.7
Suburban53.74.233.32.823.185.688.4
Rural45.74.225.10.517.388.191.9
NOTE: 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 7. Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002) Facilities Checklist. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics.

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