Table 2. Number and percentage of public schools reporting incidents of crime that occurred at school to police, the number of incidents reported to police, and the rate of incidents reported to police per 1,000 students, by incident type and selected school characteristics: School year 2005

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Table 2. Number and percentage of public schools reporting incidents of crime that occurred at school to police, the number of incidents reported to police, and the rate of incidents reported to police per 1,000 students, by incident type and selected school characteristics: School year 2005–06 (Table 2—Continued)

	Violent incidents reported to police¹				Serious violent incidents reported to police²
School characteristic	Num- ber of schools	Per- cent of schools	Num- ber of incidents	Rate per 1000 students	Num- of schools	Per- cent of schools	Num- ber of incidents		Rate per 1000 students
All public schools	31,360	38	353,600	7	10,510	13	31,700		1

Level⁵
Primary	9,080	19	40,700	2	3,010	6	6,300		#
Middle	9,810	63	131,200	13	3,070	20	9,500		1
High school	9,040	77	154,400	13	3,450	30	13,500		1
Combined	3,430	46	27,200	9	980	13	2,500	!	1	!

Enrollment size
Less than 300	5,540	27	23,500	5	1,760	8	4,000		1
300–499	5,900	25	29,200	3	1,460	6	3,000		#
500–999	12,620	43	125,600	6	4,120	14	10,900		1
1,000 or more	7,300	78	175,300	12	3,170	34	13,700		1

Urbanicity
City	8,800	42	134,100	9	3,880	18	14,800		1
Urban fringe	9,800	36	126,700	7	3,150	11	9,300		#
Town	3,470	42	31,500	8	1,010	12	2,000	!	#
Rural	9,290	35	61,400	6	2,470	9	5,600		1

Crime level where students live⁶
High	3,290	50	55,700	14	1,710	26	7,900		2
Moderate	6,810	43	96,500	10	2,660	17	8,100		1
Low	16,730	33	137,100	5	4,580	9	10,400		#
Mixed	4,530	43	64,300	9	1,560	15	5,300		1

Percent minority enrollment⁷
Less than 5 percent	5,430	33	33,400	5	1,220	7	2,600		#
5 to 20 percent	7,140	35	61,900	5	2,370	12	6,000		1
20 to 50 percent	7,320	39	91,900	8	2,260	12	6,700		1
50 percent or more	10,930	43	159,100	9	4,460	17	16,100		1

Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0–20 percent	5,920	31	51,600	4	1,820	9	4,700		#
21–50 percent	11,070	40	136,400	8	3,590	13	9,900		1
More than 50 percent	14,370	40	165,700	9	5,100	14	17,100		1

Percent of students below 15th per- centile on stan- dardized tests
0–5 percent	8,480	29	73,200	5	2,430	8	6,100		#
6–15 percent	13,070	40	143,300	7	4,410	13	12,300		1
More than 15 percent	9,810	47	137,000	10	3,670	18	13,300		1

Percent of students likely to attend college
0–35 percent	9,890	44	101,600	9	3,800	17	11,400		1
36–60 percent	9,740	39	125,900	9	3,230	13	10,200		1
More than 60 percent	11,730	33	126,200	6	3,480	10	10,100		#

Percent of students who consider academic achieve- ment important
0–25 percent	2,820	49	35,300	12	1,340	23	5,500		2
26–50 percent	7,450	47	88,700	11	2,420	15	7,000		1
51–75 percent	10,620	44	125,100	9	3,200	13	9,300		1
More than 75 percent	10,480	28	104,400	5	3,550	10	9,800		#

Percent male enrollment
0–44 percent	1,940	34	21,000	7	570	10	3,000		1
45–55 percent	26,780	39	305,900	7	8,700	13	24,600		1
More than 55 percent	2,640	28	26,800	7	1,250	13	4,100		1

Student-to-FTE ratio⁸
Less than 12 students	14,630	35	125,000	7	4,420	10	11,900		1
12–16 students	10,850	40	142,100	8	3,460	13	11,200		1
More than 16 students	5,880	42	86,500	7	2,630	19	8,600		1

Number of class- room changes⁹
0–3 changes	4,190	19	27,100	3	1,590	7	3,800		#
4–6 changes	14,290	40	173,400	8	5,160	14	15,300		1
More than 6 changes	12,880	52	153,100	10	3,760	15	12,600		1

Regular use of law enforcement¹⁰
Regular use	19,340	56	296,300	11	7,110	21	24,600		1
No regular use	12,020	25	57,300	3	3,390	7	7,100		#

Number of serious discipline pro- blems¹¹
No problems	16,260	29	136,200	5	4,380	8	10,300		#
1 problem	6,270	48	66,300	8	2,150	16	5,900		1
2 problems	4,210	60	62,500	13	1,650	24	6,000		1
3 or more problems	4,620	68	88,600	17	2,320	34	9,400		2

Transfers as a per- centage of enroll- ment¹²
0 to 6 percent	5,200	33	39,000	4	1,730	11	5,700		1
6 to 11 percent	5,900	33	50,500	5	1,820	10	4,400		#
11 to 21 percent	8,990	40	100,100	8	3,080	14	9,800		1
21 percent or more	11,280	42	164,100	10	3,880	14	11,800		1

Prevalence of school- wide disruptions¹³
No disruptions	28,010	36	289,900	7	9,140	12	26,000		1
Any disruptions	3,350	61	63,700	14	1,360	25	5,700		1

Percent of students absent on a daily basis
0–2 percent	2,530	29	18,500	5	890	10	1,800	!	#
3–5 percent	13,860	32	133,400	5	4,190	10	10,400		#
6–10 percent	11,980	49	155,100	10	3,940	16	12,700		1
More than 10 percent	2,990	46	46,600	12	1,480	23	6,800		2
See notes at end of table.

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