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 school characteristics: School year 2005–06

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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 school characteristics: School year 2005–06—Continued (Return to Table 1)

	Theft³								Other incidents⁴
School characteristic	Num- ber of schools		Per- cent of schools		Num- ber of incidents		Rate per 1,000 students		Num- ber of schools	Per- cent of schools	Num- ber of incidents		Rate per 1,000 students
All public schools	13,500		28		35,960		2		26,590	55	105,760		5

Enrollment size
Less than 300	1,950		16		4,000	!	2		4,830	39	19,530		8
300–499	4,650		27		10,450		2		9,680	56	30,980		4
500–999	6,210		35		18,640		2		11,140	63	48,590		4
1,000 or more	680		55		2,870		2		950	77	6,670		5

Urbanicity
City	4,440		31		13,900		2		8,970	63	45,700		6
Urban fringe	4,890		28		12,570		1		9,990	58	36,470		4
Town	1,060		24		3,160	!	2	!	2,370	54	7,730		5
Rural	3,110		24		6,330		2		5,270	41	15,860		4

Crime level where students live⁵
High	1,640		38		6,610		3		3,010	69	19,260		9
Moderate	3,240		32		8,870		2		6,330	63	34,470		7
Low	7,260		25		16,290		1		14,230	49	41,520		3
Mixed	1,350		25		4,200	!	2	!	3,020	56	10,510		4

Percent minority enrollment⁶
Less than 5 percent	1,950		23		3,690		1		3,820	44	11,770		4
5 to less than 20 percent	2,430		21		5,550		1		5,370	47	21,080		4
20 to less than 50 percent	2,760		26		6,520		1		5,980	56	19,030		4
50 percent or more	6,160		36		19,350		2		10,690	63	51,000		6

Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0–20 percent	2,360		22		4,850		1		4,580	43	16,480		3
21–50 percent	4,570		32		10,550		2		8,200	58	27,520		4
More than 50 percent	6,560		28		20,570		2		13,810	58	61,760		6

Percent of students below 15th percentile on standardized tests
0–5 percent	4,490		24		8,810		1		7,840	43	23,290		3
6–15 percent	5,040		27		14,360		2		11,050	58	43,550		5
More than 15 percent	3,970		35		12,790		2		7,700	68	38,930		7

Percent of students likely to attend college
0–35 percent	4,600		32		12,570		2		9,370	65	44,650		7
36–60 percent	3,950		27		10,780		2		8,190	55	34,500		5
More than 60 percent	4,940		26		12,610		1		9,040	47	26,610		3

Percent of students who consider academic achievement important
0–25 percent	680	!	27	!	2,070	!	2	!	1,600	63	5,940		6
26–50 percent	2,430		29		7,330		2		5,420	64	23,840		6
51–75 percent	4,290		33		9,880		2		8,260	63	33,730		6
More than 75 percent	6,090		25		16,670		1		11,310	47	42,250		4

Percent male enrollment
0–44 percent	570	!	19	!	1,760	!	1	!	1,620	52	5,170		4
45–55 percent	11,370		29		28,730		2		22,280	57	86,000		5
More than 55 percent	1,550		24		5,470	!	2	!	2,700	42	14,590		6

Student-to-FTE ratio⁷
Less than 12 students	5,650		23		13,400		1		11,790	48	45,380		5
12–16 students	4,630		30		11,090		1		8,890	58	30,820		4
More than 16 students	3,210		38		11,460		2		5,920	70	29,560		6

Number of classroom changes⁸
0–3 changes	4,970		24		11,230		1		10,820	53	43,470		5
4–6 changes	6,480		29		18,620		2		12,130	55	48,380		5
More than 6 changes	2,040		35		6,110		2		3,640	62	13,910		5

Regular use of law enforcement⁹
Regular use	4,010		31		14,080		2		7,700	60	35,520		5
No regular use	9,480		26		21,880		1		18,890	53	70,250		5

Number of serious discipline problems¹⁰
No problems	8,960		24		19,800		1		17,020	47	57,460		4
1 problem	2,250		36		6,570		2		4,990	79	21,400		7
2 problems	1,370		40		5,170	!	3		2,770	81	15,450		9
3 or more problems	920		40		4,430	!	4	!	1,820	80	11,460	!	11

Transfers as a percentage of enrollment¹¹
Less than 6 percent	1,260		16		2,930	!	1		3,340	43	13,090		4	!
6 to less than 11 percent	2,960		28		6,500		1		5,620	53	22,190		5
11 to less than 21 percent	3,510		27		9,410		2		6,890	53	27,030		5
21 percent or more	5,760		34		17,120		2		10,740	63	43,450		5

Prevalence of schoolwide disruptions¹²
No disruptions	12,460		27		33,110		2		25,360	54	97,970		5
Any disruptions	1,030		54		2,850		3		1,230	65	7,790	!	8

Percent of students absent on a daily basis
0–2 percent	1,700		28		4,890		2		3,120	51	12,780		5
3–5 percent	7,750		28		19,380		1		14,760	54	56,320		4
6–10 percent	3,090		27		8,370		2		6,560	56	27,510		5
More than 10 percent	970		28		3,330	!	2	!	2,150	62	9,150		6
# 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.
‡ Reporting standards not met. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 50 percent or more 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 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."
⁶ Responding schools that did not have race/ethnicity on the sampling frame (2 percent of schools) are excluded from the base.
⁷ 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.
⁸ Respondents were asked, "How many classroom changes do most students make in a typical day?" Responses exclude morning arrival and afternoon departure.
⁹ 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?"
¹⁰ 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.
¹¹ 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.
¹² 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. Responses were provided by the principal or the person most knowledgeable about crime and safety issues at the school. 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.
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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