Table 24. Number and percentage of public schools with a written plan for responding to at least one crisis situation that drilled students on that plan, and the percentage of schools with specified types of crisis response plans that drilled students on that plan, by selected school characteristics: School year 2003

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Table 24. Number and percentage of public schools with a written plan for responding to at least one crisis situation that drilled students on that plan, and the percentage of schools with specified types of crisis response plans that drilled students on that plan, by selected school characteristics: School year 2003–04

School characteristic	Schools with a written plan for responding to at least one crisis that drilled students on that plan		Percentage of schools with specified types of crisis response plans that drilled students on that plan
School characteristic	Number of schools	Percent of schools	Shootings	Natural disasters¹	Hostages	Bomb threats or incidents	Chemical, biological, or radiological threats or incidents²
All public schools	69,820	88	47	84	43	55	39

Level³
Primary	42,584	88	48	85	45	56	40
Middle	12,675	88	48	82	43	58	39
High school	9,418	88	44	82	40	59	34
Combined	5,143	87	36	85	32	39	39

Enrollment size
Less than 300	14,709	81	39	76	34	44	33
300–499	21,009	90	45	87	42	53	38
500–999	25,970	90	50	86	46	60	41
1,000 or more	8,132	91	54	85	51	70	48

Urbanicity
City	17,853	90	51	86	48	65	44
Urban fringe	23,471	89	54	84	49	63	46
Town	8,382	88	40	82	39	41	26
Rural	20,114	86	37	83	33	45	32

Crime level where students live⁴
High	5,223	91	51	87	47	60	44
Moderate	13,574	89	48	83	43	60	38
Low	41,610	87	45	84	42	53	40
Mixed	9,413	89	50	86	43	59	34

Percent minority enrollment⁵
Less than 5 percent	14,187	84	35	79	34	41	31
5 to 20 percent	17,823	91	52	88	46	56	38
20 to 50 percent	15,568	89	46	86	44	58	43
50 percent or more	20,563	87	49	82	44	62	43

Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0–20 percent	16,397	88	51	85	47	55	39
21–50 percent	25,353	89	44	84	40	54	36
More than 50 percent	28,070	87	46	84	44	57	42

Percent of students below 15^th percentile on standardized tests
0–5 percent	20,515	90	48	88	43	56	39
6–15 percent	29,004	87	44	81	40	52	37
More than 15 percent	20,300	89	50	85	47	60	43

Percent of students likely to attend college
0–35 percent	22,434	90	47	85	45	58	42
36–60 percent	19,644	88	44	84	42	54	35
More than 60 percent	27,742	87	48	83	42	55	40

Percent of students who consider academic achievement important
0–25 percent	6,752	86	43	78	41	52	40
26–50 percent	14,962	89	45	84	45	57	41
51–75 percent	20,216	87	44	83	40	51	34
More than 75 percent	27,891	89	50	86	45	59	42

Percent male enrollment
0–44 percent	5,054	94	52	90	53	64	55
45–55 percent	56,615	87	45	83	42	54	38
More than 55 percent	8,150	92	52	90	43	62	40

Student-to-teacher ratio⁶
Less than 12 students	29,913	86	42	81	39	52	37
12–16 students	26,498	89	47	85	44	56	40
More than 16 students	13,409	91	55	88	50	60	44

Number of classroom changes⁷
0–3 changes	18,259	89	48	84	48	59	46
4–6 changes	32,429	88	47	84	42	55	37
More than 6 changes	19,131	88	45	83	41	52	36

Regular use of law enforcement⁸
Regular use	31,865	89	49	85	45	59	42
No regular use	37,955	87	44	83	41	52	36

Number of serious discipline problems⁹
No problems	45,037	89	48	86	44	56	41
1 problem	12,190	85	41	80	41	53	34
2 problems	6,747	89	43	83	38	51	38
3 or more problems	5,846	91	54	80	46	61	43

Transfers as a percentage of enrollment¹⁰
0 to 6 percent	13,112	85	42	81	41	52	37
6 to 11 percent	15,139	88	49	83	47	57	43
11 to 21 percent	21,413	89	45	85	41	54	37
21 percent or more	20,156	89	49	85	43	58	40

Prevalence of schoolwide disruptions¹¹
No disruptions	65,235	88	46	84	43	54	39
Any disruptions	4,585	90	50	80	44	76	42

Percent of students absent on a daily basis
0–2 percent	7,038	91	51	92	48	54	47
3–5 percent	38,820	88	45	84	42	52	37
6–10 percent	20,298	87	47	82	42	59	39
More than 10 percent	3,664	89	49	82	46	68	44

Prevalence of violent incidents¹²
No violent incidents	12,417	85	43	84	45	52	40
Any violent incidents	57,402	89	47	84	43	56	39
¹ Examples of natural disasters provided to respondents were earthquakes or tornadoes.
² Examples of chemical, biological, or radiological threats or incidents provided to respondents were the release of mustard gas, anthrax, smallpox, or radioactive materials.
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.
⁴ Respondents were asked, "How would you describe the crime level in the area(s) in which your students live?" Response options included "high level of crime," "moderate level of crime," "low level of crime," and "students come from areas with very different levels of crime."
⁵ These estimates exclude data from Tennessee because schools in this state did not report estimates of student race.
⁶ Student-to-teacher ratio was calculated by dividing the total number of students enrolled in the school by the total number of full-time-equivalent teachers and aides. The total number of full-time-equivalent teachers and aides is a combination of the full-time and part-time teachers and aides, including special education teachers and aides, with an adjustment to compensate for the part-time status.
⁷ Respondents were asked, "How many classroom changes do most students make in a typical day?" Responses exclude morning arrival and afternoon departure.
⁸ Respondents were asked, "During the 2003–2004 school year, did you have any sworn law enforcement officers, security guards, or security personnel present at your school on a regular basis?"
⁹ Serious discipline problems include student racial tensions, student bullying, student sexual harassment of other students, student verbal abuse of teachers, widespread disorder in classrooms, student acts of disrespect for teachers, gang activities, and cult or extremist group activities. If a respondent reported that any of these problems occurred daily or weekly in their school, each was counted once in the total number of serious discipline problems.
¹⁰ Transfers as a percentage of enrollment combines the number of students who were transferred to a school and the number of students who were transferred from a school divided by the total number of students enrolled in the school.
¹¹ Schoolwide disruptions include actions that disrupted school activities such as death threats, bomb threats, and chemical, biological, or radiological threats. Respondents were instructed to exclude all fire alarms, including false alarms.
¹² Violent incidents include rape, sexual battery other than rape, physical attack or fight with or without a weapon, threat of physical attack with or without a weapon, and robbery with or without a weapon.
NOTE: Respondents were included as having a written plan for responding to at least one crisis situation if they reported that they had a written plan that described procedures for any of the following: school shootings; natural disasters; hostages; bomb threats; or chemical, biological, or radiological threats or incidents. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Reponses 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, School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), 2004.

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