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 (Return to Table 2)

	Theft reported to police³				Other incidents reported to police⁴
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	23,200	28	119,400	2	42,130	51	290,000	6

Level⁵
Primary	6,050	12	11,600	1	16,580	34	46,800	2
Middle	6,730	43	28,900	3	11,280	73	70,100	7
High school	7,900	68	67,700	6	10,160	87	145,600	12
Combined	2,520	34	11,200	4	4,110	55	27,500	9

Enrollment size
Less than 300	2,930	14	6,800	2	7,580	36	24,800	6
300–499	4,410	19	10,000	1	9,430	40	30,200	3
500–999	9,400	32	39,800	2	16,760	57	89,100	5
1,000 or more	6,460	69	62,700	4	8,360	90	145,900	10

Urbanicity
City	6,610	31	39,300	3	11,430	54	104,500	7
Urban fringe	8,020	29	46,100	2	14,210	52	105,200	5
Town	2,670	33	10,900	3	4,790	58	24,000	6
Rural	5,900	22	23,100	2	11,690	44	56,300	6

Crime level where students live⁶
High	1,970	30	10,600	3	3,990	61	33,100	8
Moderate	4,870	31	22,800	2	9,490	60	73,600	8
Low	12,880	26	65,500	2	22,790	45	135,600	5
Mixed	3,490	33	20,500	3	5,860	56	47,700	7

Percent minority enrollment⁷
Less than 5 percent	3,620	22	13,200	2	6,850	41	28,500	4
5 to 20 percent	5,520	27	33,600	3	9,320	45	67,000	6
20 to 50 percent	5,570	30	32,800	3	9,670	52	69,700	6
50 percent or more	7,920	31	36,700	2	15,090	59	117,200	7

Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0–20 percent	5,480	29	33,800	3	8,460	44	64,900	5
21–50 percent	8,740	32	49,600	3	14,040	51	105,800	6
More than 50 percent	8,980	25	36,000	2	19,630	54	119,300	6

Percent of students below 15th per- centile on stan- dardized tests
0–5 percent	6,100	21	31,800	2	11,370	39	66,300	4
6–15 percent	9,870	30	52,600	3	18,070	55	121,000	6
More than 15 percent	7,230	35	35,000	3	12,690	61	102,700	8

Percent of students likely to attend college
0–35 percent	6,640	29	25,600	2	12,750	56	82,500	7
36–60 percent	7,140	29	35,900	3	13,520	54	90,200	6
More than 60 percent	9,420	26	57,900	3	15,860	44	117,400	5

Percent of students who consider academic achieve- ment important
0–25 percent	1,820	32	8,100	3	3,890	67	28,200	10
26–50 percent	5,220	33	24,200	3	9,450	59	57,500	7
51–75 percent	7,600	31	39,200	3	12,960	53	104,300	7
More than 75 percent	8,560	23	47,900	2	15,830	43	100,000	4

Percent male enrollment
0–44 percent	1,090	19	6,400	2	2,660	47	17,800	6
45–55 percent	20,370	30	106,300	3	35,710	52	247,200	6
More than 55 percent	1,740	19	6,600	2	3,750	40	25,000	7

Student-to-FTE ratio⁸
Less than 12 students	9,730	23	40,400	2	19,200	45	94,000	5
12–16 students	8,210	30	48,500	3	14,720	55	110,400	6
More than 16 students	5,250	37	30,500	3	8,200	58	85,700	7

Number of class- room changes⁹
0–3 changes	3,200	14	9,900	1	8,620	38	32,500	3
4–6 changes	10,000	28	58,100	3	18,110	50	139,600	6
More than 6 changes	10,000	40	51,400	3	15,410	62	117,900	8

Regular use of law enforcement¹⁰
Regular use	15,370	44	100,300	4	23,760	69	232,100	9
No regular use	7,830	16	19,000	1	18,370	38	57,900	3

Number of serious discipline pro- blems¹¹
No problems	12,670	22	58,300	2	23,950	43	135,500	5
1 problem	4,230	32	18,700	2	8,210	63	53,100	7
2 problems	2,920	42	17,000	3	4,980	71	45,000	9
3 or more problems	3,390	50	25,300	5	4,990	74	56,400	11

Transfers as a per- centage of enroll- ment¹²
0 to 6 percent	3,760	24	22,900	3	7,210	45	42,900	5
6 to 11 percent	4,460	25	20,100	2	8,420	47	49,800	5
11 to 21 percent	6,700	30	33,500	3	11,400	51	84,100	6
21 percent or more	8,270	31	42,900	3	15,090	56	113,200	7

Prevalence of school- wide disruptions¹³
No disruptions	20,720	27	101,100	2	38,190	49	242,700	6
Any disruptions	2,480	45	18,300	4	3,940	72	47,400	11

Percent of students absent on a daily basis
0–2 percent	1,590	19	7,000	2	3,380	39	16,300	4
3–5 percent	11,550	26	50,300	2	20,150	46	115,800	5
6–10 percent	7,970	32	49,100	3	14,640	60	120,200	8
More than 10 percent	2,080	32	12,900	3	3,970	61	37,800	10
#Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is from 30 percent to 50 percent 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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