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 2007

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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 2007–08 (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 1,000 students	Num- of schools		Per- cent of schools		Num- ber of incidents		Rate per 1,000 students
All public schools	31,410	38	302,600	6	10,420		13		29,400		1

Level⁵
Primary	9,840	20	49,700	2	3,500		7		5,400		#
Middle	9,850	64	107,300	11	2,740		18		10,900		1
High school	8,890	75	131,400	11	3,140		26		11,500		1
Combined	2,840	43	14,100	5	1,040		16		1,600	!	1

Enrollment size
Less than 300	4,450	23	18,000	5	1,390		7		2,200		1
300–499	6,660	27	34,100	3	1,960		8		3,300		#
500–999	13,000	43	110,100	5	4,180		14		10,200		1
1,000 or more	7,290	78	140,300	10	2,890		31		13,700		1

Urbanicity
City	9,600	45	123,800	9	3,440		16		13,300		1
Suburb	8,230	34	82,800	5	2,920		12		7,500		#
Town	4,800	41	38,800	6	1,370		12		3,700		1
Rural	8,780	34	57,200	5	2,690		10		4,900		#

Crime level where students live⁶
High	2,860	46	35,300	10	1,020		16		5,000	!	1	!
Moderate	8,010	47	96,500	9	2,980		17		8,500		1
Low	16,030	33	106,700	4	4,830		10		10,000		#
Mixed	4,510	43	64,100	9	1,590		15		5,900		1

Percent of combined Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, and American Indian/ Alaska Native students
Less than 5 percent	4,400	32	21,000	4	1,460		11		2,800		1
5 to less than
20 percent	7,530	35	55,200	5	2,090		10		4,400		#
20 to less than
50 percent	7,550	37	81,300	6	2,340		12		5,500		#
50 percent or more	11,930	43	145,100	8	4,540		16		16,600		1

Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0–20 percent	5,790	33	45,900	4	1,940		11		4,300		#
21–50 percent	10,750	36	109,500	6	3,480		12		8,600		#
More than 50 percent	14,870	42	147,200	8	5,010		14		16,500		1

Percent of students below 15th per- centile on stan- dardized tests
0–5 percent	8,480	29	68,900	4	2,860		10		6,300		#
6–15 percent	12,890	39	118,400	6	4,310		13		11,600		1
More than 15 percent	10,040	48	115,200	9	3,250		15		11,500		1

Percent of students likely to attend college
0–35 percent	9,490	45	94,300	9	3,150		15		9,700		1
36–60 percent	9,260	41	88,900	7	2,930		13		9,200		1
More than 60 percent	12,660	32	119,300	5	4,350		11		10,500		#

Percent of students who consider academic achieve- ment important
0–25 percent	2,830	52	31,900	12	1,020		19		2,700		1
26–50 percent	6,750	48	66,300	9	2,530		18		7,700		1
51–75 percent	9,960	40	102,400	7	2,830		11		10,200		1
More than 75 percent	11,880	31	102,000	4	4,050		10		8,800		#

Percent male enrollment
0–44 percent	2,750	35	28,900	8	710		9		4,000	!	1	!
45–55 percent	25,650	39	248,100	6	8,740		13		21,900		1
More than 55 percent	3,010	30	25,500	5	980		10		3,400		1

Student-to-FTE ratio7
Less than 12 students	14,460	34	119,000	6	4,770		11		10,700		1
12–16 students	11,570	41	113,600	6	3,760		13		12,500		1
More than 16 students	5,380	44	69,900	7	1,890		15		6,200		1

Number of classroom changes⁸
0–3 changes	4,930	22	27,100	3	1,480		7		3,200		#
4–6 changes	13,160	37	150,600	7	4,620		13		15,100		1
More than 6 changes	13,320	54	124,900	8	4,320		17		11,200		1

Regular use of law enforcement⁹
Regular use	20,750	54	255,900	9	7,530		20		25,100		1
No regular use	10,660	24	46,700	2	2,890		6		4,300		#

Number of serious discipline problems¹⁰
No problems	16,620	29	129,100	4	4,580		8		9,800		#
1 problem	8,130	50	68,300	7	3,180		20		8,200		1
2 problems	3,240	62	41,400	12	1,240		24		3,300		1
3 or more problems	3,410	71	63,700	16	1,420		30		8,200		2

Transfers as a percentage of enrollment¹¹
Less than 6 percent	6,140	33	46,000	4	2,380		13		4,600		#
6 to less than 11 percent	6,260	38	51,200	5	1,820		11		6,600		1
11 to less than 21 percent	9,550	38	95,700	7	3,130		12		8,400		1
21 percent or more	9,470	42	109,700	8	3,100		14		9,800		1

Prevalence of schoolwide disruptions¹²
No disruptions	27,150	35	247,900	6	8,660		11		21,900		1
Any disruptions	4,260	69	54,700	10	1,770		28		7,500		1

Percent of students absent on a daily basis
0–2 percent	2,020	26	11,600	3	690	!	9	!	1,300	!	#
3–5 percent	14,260	32	113,400	5	4,520		10		11,200		#
6–10 percent	12,170	47	138,200	9	4,130		16		12,300		1
More than 10 percent	2,960	58	39,400	12	1,080		21		4,700		1
See notes at end of table.

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