Table 2. Number and percentage of public primary 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 primary 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 (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	9,080		19		40,700		2		3,010		6		6,260		#

Enrollment size
Less than 300	1,870		15		7,680	!	3	!	750	!	6	!	1,860	!	1	!
300–499	2,470		14		9,200		1		410	!	2	!	890	!	#
500–999	4,280		24		20,850		2		1,720		10		3,370		#
1,000 or more	450		36		2,970	!	2	!	‡		‡		‡		‡

Urbanicity
City	3,540		25		17,970		2		1,680		12		3,530		#
Urban fringe	2,910		17		13,770		1		680		4		1,380	!	#
Town	900		21		2,870	!	2	!	‡		‡		‡		‡
Rural	1,720		13		6,090	!	1	!	410	!	3	!	‡		‡

Crime level where students live⁵
High	1,530		35		11,520	!	5		860		20		2,140	!	1	!
Moderate	2,750		27		14,090		3		1,050		11		2,220	!	#
Low	3,800		13		11,510		1		830	!	3	!	1,060	!	#
Mixed	1,000		19		3,570	!	1	!	‡		‡		‡		‡

Percent minority enrollment⁶
Less than 5 percent	1,200		14		3,530	!	1	!	‡		‡		‡		‡
5 to less than 20 percent	1,420		12		4,640	!	1	!	450	!	4	!	‡		‡
20 to less than 50 percent	1,860		17		10,020	!	2	!	450	!	4	!	‡		‡
50 percent or more	4,470		26		22,050		2		1,810		11		3,670		#

Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0–20 percent	810	!	8	!	1,870	!	#		210	!	2	!	210	!	#
21–50 percent	2,320		16		7,330		1		670	!	5	!	‡		‡
More than 50 percent	5,950		25		31,500		3		2,130		9		4,740		#

Percent of students below 15th percentile on standardized tests
0–5 percent	2,040		11		7,660	!	1	!	500	!	3	!	620	!	#
6–15 percent	3,750		20		14,850		2		1,170		6		2,870	!	#
More than 15 percent	3,280		29		18,180		3		1,330		12		2,760	!	1	!

Percent of students likely to attend college
0–35 percent	4,040		28		23,320		4		1,590		11		3,600		1
36–60 percent	2,620		18		12,030		2		910		6		2,100	!	#
More than 60 percent	2,420		12		5,350		1		510	!	3	!	560	!	#

Percent of students who consider academic achievement important
0–25 percent	670	!	26	!	2,230	!	2	!	‡		‡		‡		‡
26–50 percent	2,200		26		13,870		4		640	!	8	!	2,160	!	1	!
51–75 percent	3,290		25		12,910		2		870		7		1,050	!	#
More than 75 percent	2,920		12		11,680		1		1,200		5		2,160		#

Percent male enrollment
0–44 percent	530	!	17	!	1,440	!	1	!	‡		‡		‡		‡
45–55 percent	7,590		19		35,550		2		2,320		6		4,560		#
More than 55 percent	960		15		3,700	!	2	!	540	!	9	!	1,390	!	1	!

Student-to-FTE ratio⁷
Less than 12 students	4,380		18		17,550		2		1,460		6		3,130		#
12–16 students	2,770		18		11,460		1		610	!	4	!	1,020	!	#
More than 16 students	1,920		23		11,680		2		930		11		2,100	!	#

Number of classroom changes⁸
0–3 changes	3,100		15		13,890		1		1,110		5		2,090	!	#
4–6 changes	4,310		20		20,430		2		1,630		7		3,350	!	#
More than 6 changes	1,660		28		6,370		3		270	!	5	!	‡		‡

Regular use of law enforcement⁹
Regular use	3,320		26		18,610		3		1,200		9		2,480	!	#
No regular use	5,760		16		22,090		1		1,810		5		3,770	!	#

Number of serious discipline problems¹⁰
No problems	4,970		14		17,800		1		1,290		4		2,080		#
1 problem	1,760		28		9,780		3		630	!	10	!	1,360	!	#
2 problems	1,400		41		8,760	!	5	!	520	!	15	!	‡		‡
3 or more problems	950		42		4,350	!	4	!	560	!	25	!	1,150	!	1	!

Transfers as a percentage of enrollment¹¹
Less than 6 percent	870		11		3,080	!	1	!	470	!	6	!	‡		‡
6 to less than 11 percent	1,610		15		5,880		1		430	!	4	!	600	!	#
11 to less than 21 percent	2,450		19		10,600		2		890	!	7	!	2,310	!	#
21 percent or more	4,140		24		21,140		3		1,220		7		1,970		#

Prevalence of schoolwide disruptions¹²
No disruptions	8,500		18		37,340		2		2,830		6		5,750		#
Any disruptions	580	!	30	!	3,350	!	4	!	‡		‡		‡		‡

Percent of students absent on a daily basis
0–2 percent	1,290		21		5,190	!	2	!	530	!	9	!	530	!	#
3–5 percent	4,230		16		18,490		1		1,270		5		2,470		#
6–10 percent	2,770		24		14,540		3		830	!	7		2,300	!	#
More than 10 percent	780	!	22		‡		‡		‡		11	!	‡		‡
See notes at end of table.

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