Table 32. Mean number of full-time and part-time security staff per school present at least once a week, by type of security staff and selected school characteristics: School year 2007

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Table 32. Mean number of full-time and part-time security staff per school present at least once a week, by type of security staff and selected school characteristics: School year 2007–08
		Security guards or security personnel¹		School resource officers²		Sworn law enforcement officers³
	Total number of schools	Security guards or security personnel¹		School resource officers²		Sworn law enforcement officers³
School characteristic	Total number of schools	Full time	Part time	Full time	Part time	Full time	Part time
All public schools	83,000	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1

Level⁴
Primary	49,200	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	#	0.1
Middle	15,300	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.1
High school	11,900	1.8	0.4	1.0	0.3	0.2	0.2
Combined	6,600	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.2	‡	0.1

Enrollment size
Less than 300	19,200	0.2	#	0.1	0.2	#	0.1
300–499	24,300	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	#	0.1
500–999	30,200	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.3	#	0.1
1,000 or more	9,300	2.0	0.6	0.9	0.4	0.2	0.3

Urbanicity
City	21,300	1.1	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.2
Suburb	23,900	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.2	#	0.1
Town	11,800	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.1
Rural	26,000	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	#	0.1
#Rounds to zero.
‡Reporting standards not met. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 50 percent or more of the estimate's value.
¹ Security guards or security personnel does not include law enforcement.
² School resource officers include all career law enforcement officers with arrest authority, who have specialized training and are assigned to work in collaboration with school organizations.
³ Sworn law enforcement includes sworn law enforcement officers who are not school resource officers.
⁴ 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.
NOTE: All public schools in the 2007–08 SSOCS sample are included in the estimates presented this table. Responses 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), 2007–08 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), 2008.

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