Table 1. Number and percentage of public schools reporting incidents of crime that occurred at school, the number of incidents, and the rate of incidents per 1,000 students, by incident type and selected school characteristics: School year 2005

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Table 1. Number and percentage of public schools reporting incidents of crime that occurred at school, the number of incidents, and the rate of incidents per 1,000 students, by incident type and selected school characteristics: School year 2005–06 (Return to Table 1)

	Theft³				Other incidents⁴
School characteristic	Num- ber of schools	Per- cent of schools	Num- ber of incidents	Rate per 1000 students	Num- ber of schools	Per- cent of schools	Num- ber of incidents	Rate per 1000 students
All public schools	38,300	46	242,700	5	56,800	68	458,900	10

Level⁵
Primary	13,500	28	36,000	2	26,600	55	105,800	5
Middle	10,700	69	79,300	8	13,600	88	120,800	12
High school	10,000	86	105,500	9	10,900	94	192,000	16
Combined	4,100	55	21,900	7	5,600	75	40,400	13

Enrollment size
Less than 300	6,200	30	18,500	4	11,100	53	52,800	12
300–499	8,800	37	31,600	3	15,100	63	63,600	7
500–999	15,300	52	89,800	5	21,700	74	151,800	8
1,000 or more	8,000	86	102,800	7	8,900	95	190,700	13

Urbanicity
City	9,800	47	77,500	5	15,300	73	158,900	11
Urban fringe	12,900	47	89,800	5	19,300	70	162,000	8
Town	4,000	48	23,000	6	5,800	71	38,500	9
Rural	11,500	44	52,300	5	16,400	62	99,500	10

Crime level where students live⁶
High	3,000	47	22,200	6	5,000	76	53,200	13
Moderate	7,700	48	50,400	5	11,700	74	117,000	12
Low	22,400	45	130,000	5	32,500	65	216,300	8
Mixed	5,200	49	40,100	6	7,600	72	72,400	11

Percent minority enrollment⁷
Less than 5 percent	7,100	43	31,100	5	10,300	62	55,300	9
5 to 20 percent	8,900	43	60,900	5	13,100	63	109,200	9
20 to 50 percent	8,900	48	63,300	6	13,300	71	109,700	10
50 percent or more	12,400	48	81,900	5	18,400	72	171,600	10

Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0–20 percent	8,800	46	63,100	5	11,900	62	101,600	8
21–50 percent	14,500	53	97,100	6	20,000	72	168,900	10
More than 50 percent	14,900	41	82,400	4	24,900	68	188,500	10

Percent of students below 15th per- centile on stan- dardized tests
0–5 percent	12,100	41	67,200	4	17,100	58	109,500	7
6–15 percent	15,100	46	100,500	5	23,500	71	189,300	10
More than 15 percent	11,100	53	75,000	6	16,200	77	160,100	12

Percent of students likely to attend college
0–35 percent	10,400	46	55,100	5	16,800	74	133,700	12
36–60 percent	11,700	47	77,200	5	17,400	70	143,400	10
More than 60 percent	16,200	46	110,400	5	22,600	63	181,800	8

Percent of students who consider academic achieve- ment important
0–25 percent	3,000	52	19,200	7	4,500	78	40,700	14
26–50 percent	7,700	49	48,500	6	12,200	76	95,200	11
51–75 percent	12,100	50	75,400	5	17,600	73	161,800	12
More than 75 percent	15,400	41	99,600	4	22,400	60	161,200	7

Percent male enrollment
0–44 percent	2,000	36	17,100	6	3,600	64	27,900	10
45–55 percent	32,800	48	208,900	5	48,000	70	389,000	9
More than 55 percent	3,500	37	16,700	4	5,200	56	42,000	11

Student-to-FTE ratio⁸
Less than 12 students	16,900	40	89,200	5	26,300	62	161,900	9
12–16 students	13,600	51	94,600	5	19,400	72	169,800	9
More than 16 students	7,700	55	58,900	5	11,100	79	127,300	11

Number of class- room changes⁹
0–3 changes	6,100	27	21,300	2	12,300	55	60,200	6
4–6 changes	16,600	46	110,200	5	24,600	68	218,900	10
More than 6 changes	15,500	62	111,200	8	19,900	80	179,900	12

Regular use of law enforcement¹⁰
Regular use	21,600	62	182,500	7	28,100	81	326,400	12
No regular use	16,600	34	60,200	3	28,700	59	132,500	6

Number of serious discipline pro- blems¹¹
No problems	22,000	39	115,100	4	33,500	59	211,600	7
1 problem	7,300	55	42,200	5	10,900	83	88,600	11
2 problems	4,400	63	34,000	7	6,200	89	70,900	14
3 or more problems	4,600	68	51,400	10	6,200	91	87,700	17

Transfers as a per- centage of enroll- ment¹²
0 to 6 percent	6,500	41	44,300	5	10,200	64	73,100	8
6 to 11 percent	8,000	45	43,200	4	11,600	65	82,400	8
11 to 21 percent	10,600	47	69,900	5	14,900	67	132,600	10
21 percent or more	13,200	49	85,300	5	20,000	74	170,800	11

Prevalence of school- wide disruptions¹³
No disruptions	34,500	44	209,300	5	52,200	67	392,300	9
Any disruptions	3,800	70	33,400	8	4,600	84	66,600	15

Percent of students absent on a daily basis
0–2 percent	3,100	36	14,500	4	4,700	55	26,700	7
3–5 percent	19,100	44	107,200	4	28,900	66	197,700	8
6–10 percent	12,900	53	98,600	6	18,200	74	179,500	12
More than 10 percent	3,100	48	22,400	6	5,000	76	55,000	14
!Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is from 30 percent to 50 percent of the estimate’s value.
‡Reporting standards not met. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 50 percent or more of the estimate's value.
¹ Violent incidents include rape or attempted 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.
² Serious violent incidents include rape or attempted rape, sexual battery other than rape, physical attack or fight with a weapon, threat of physical attack with a weapon, and robbery with or without a weapon.
³ Theft or larceny (taking things worth over $10 without personal confrontation) was defined for respondents as "the unlawful taking of another person's property without personal confrontation, threat, violence, or bodily harm. This includes pocket picking, stealing a purse or backpack (if left unattended or no force was used to take it from owner), theft from a building, theft from a motor vehicle or of motor vehicle parts or accessories, theft of a bicycle, theft from a vending machine, and all other types of thefts."
⁴ Other incidents include possession of a firearm or explosive device; possession of a knife or sharp object; distribution, possession, or use of illegal drugs or alcohol; and vandalism.
⁵ 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.
⁶ 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."
⁷ Responding schools that did not have race/ethnicity on the sampling frame (2 percent of schools) are excluded from the base.
⁸ Student-to-FTE 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.
⁹ Respondents were asked, "How many classroom changes do most students make in a typical day?" Responses exclude morning arrival and afternoon departure.
¹⁰ Respondents were asked, "During the 2005–2006 school year, did you have any sworn law enforcement officers, security guards, or security personnel present at your school at least once a week?"
¹¹ 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.
¹² 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.
¹³ 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.
NOTE: "At school" was defined for respondents to include activities happening in school buildings, on school grounds, on school buses, and at places that hold school-sponsored events or activities. 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 (NCES), 2005–06 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), 2006.

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