Table 1. Number and percentage of public primary 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 characteristics: School year 2003

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Table 1. Number and percentage of public primary 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 characteristics: School year 2003–04 (Table 1—Continued)

School characteristic		Violent incidents¹				Serious violent incidents²
School characteristic	Total number of schools	Number of schools	Percent of schools	Number of incidents	Rate per 1,000 students	Number of schools	Percent of schools	Number of incidents	Rate per 1,000 students
All public schools	48,765	36,191	74	638,540	28	6,478	13	18,943	1

Enrollment size
Less than 300	12,475	7,926	64	98,364	38	1,481	12	3,317	1
300–499	17,328	13,260	77	208,150	29	2,380	14	6,561	1
500–999	17,606	13,804	78	291,149	26	2,286	13	8,545	1
1,000 or more	1,356	1,201	89	40,878	27	331	24	519	0

Urbanicity
City	13,576	11,288	83	210,087	30	1,757	13	4,394	1
Urban fringe	16,884	11,995	71	230,402	27	2,356	14	6,275	1
Town	5,124	4,088	80	63,106	30	779	15	4,991	2
Rural	13,181	8,819	67	134,946	29	1,587	12	3,283	1

Crime level where students live⁵
High	4,007	3,718	93	106,796	55	964	24	3,327	2
Moderate	9,062	7,646	84	178,029	39	1,916	21	4,430	1
Low	29,169	19,695	68	257,093	20	2,413	8	8,356	1
Mixed	6,527	5,131	79	96,623	30	1,185	18	2,830	1

Percent minority enrollment⁶
Less than 5 percent	9,175	5,966	65	81,687	25	927	10	2,680	1
5 to 20 percent	11,872	7,839	66	103,701	20	1,160	10	4,459	1
20 to 50 percent	10,897	8,385	77	139,228	27	1,647	15	4,279	1
50 percent or more	15,696	13,134	84	299,092	35	2,674	17	7,176	1

Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0–20 percent	10,993	6,252	57	78,966	15	936	9	2,729	1
21–50 percent	15,854	11,797	74	191,435	27	1,722	11	6,479	1
More than 50 percent	21,918	18,143	83	368,139	36	3,820	17	9,735	1

Percent of students below 15th percentile on standardized tests
0–5 percent	15,386	9,978	65	124,773	19	1,549	10	3,298	1
6–15 percent	20,407	15,383	75	285,203	30	2,521	12	9,361	1
More than 15 percent	12,972	10,830	83	228,565	35	2,408	19	6,284	1

Percent of students likely to attend college
0–35 percent	16,258	12,604	78	263,634	36	2,662	16	6,348	1
36–60 percent	13,667	11,131	81	202,413	32	1,712	13	5,445	1
More than 60 percent	18,841	12,456	66	172,493	19	2,105	11	7,150	1

Percent of students who consider academic achievement important
0–25 percent	4,141	3,746	90	87,012	51	942	23	2,481	2
26–50 percent	10,351	8,566	83	139,193	32	1,634	16	2,899	1
51–75 percent	13,426	10,211	76	213,760	34	2,073	15	6,557	1
More than 75 percent	20,848	13,668	66	198,576	20	1,829	9	7,005	1

Percent male enrollment
0–44 percent	3,166	2,111	67	37,989	32	514	16	2,248	2
45–55 percent	39,312	29,683	76	527,417	28	5,277	13	15,056	1
More than 55 percent	6,287	4,397	70	73,134	27	687	11	1,639	1

Student-to-teacher ratio⁷
Less than 12 students	21,112	14,635	69	263,835	33	2,791	13	7,024	1
12–16 students	18,758	14,455	77	245,390	26	2,071	11	8,107	1
More than 16 students	8,895	7,100	80	129,315	25	1,616	18	3,812	1

Number of classroom changes⁸
0–3 changes	19,621	13,814	70	248,117	27	2,560	13	6,372	1
4–6 changes	23,610	17,960	76	313,623	29	3,085	13	9,986	1
More than 6 changes	5,535	4,417	80	76,800	31	834	15	2,585	1

Regular use of law enforcement⁹
Regular use	16,493	12,565	76	259,040	30	2,949	18	8,463	1
No regular use	32,273	23,626	73	379,500	27	3,529	11	10,480	1

Number of serious discipline problems¹⁰
No problems	34,176	23,433	69	310,637	20	3,098	9	7,137	0
1 problem	8,722	7,216	83	156,745	38	1,645	19	6,683	2
2 problems	3,595	3,383	94	86,454	55	938	26	1,514	1
3 or more problems	2,273	2,159	95	84,704	81	798	35	3,609	3

Transfers as a percentage of enrollment¹¹
0 to 6 percent	8,427	5,398	64	73,167	20	908	11	2,302	1
6 to 11 percent	10,534	6,957	66	95,496	19	1,025	10	2,715	1
11 to 21 percent	14,616	10,761	74	164,942	24	1,740	12	6,630	1
21 percent or more	15,189	13,075	86	304,936	44	2,805	18	7,295	1

Prevalence of schoolwide disruptions¹²
No disruptions	47,232	34,863	74	607,277	28	6,293	13	18,376	1
Any disruptions	1,534	1,328	87	31,263	43	185	12	567	1

Percent of students absent on a daily basis
0–2 percent	5,330	3,303	62	40,664	20	415	8	636	0
3–5 percent	29,826	22,043	74	332,545	24	3,656	12	12,136	1
6–10 percent	11,586	9,490	82	221,684	41	2,229	19	5,857	1
More than 10 percent	2,023	1,355	67	43,648	41	177	9	314	0
See notes at end of table.

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