Table 24. Number and percentage of public primary schools with a written plan for responding to at least one crisis situation that drilled students on that plan, and the percentage of schools with specified types of crisis response plans that drilled students on that plan, by selected school characteristics: School year 2005

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Table 24. Number and percentage of public primary schools with a written plan for responding to at least one crisis situation that drilled students on that plan, and the percentage of schools with specified types of crisis response plans that drilled students on that plan, by selected school characteristics: School year 2005–06
	Schools with a written plan for responding to at least one crisis that drilled students on that plan		Percentage of schools with specified types of crisis response plans that drilled students on that plan
School characteristic	Number	Percent	Shootings	Natural disasters¹	Hostages	Bomb threats or incidents	Chemical, biological, or radio- logical threats or incidents²
All public schools	43,800	92	52	90	47	59	42

Enrollment size
Less than 300	10,500	91	41	91	38	53	39
300–499	16,000	93	53	90	51	57	39
500–999	16,100	92	57	89	50	63	45
1,000 or more	1,100	91	57	83	54	76	53

Urbanicity
City	12,900	93	54	90	49	63	47
Urban fringe	15,500	90	56	86	51	60	51
Town	3,900	92	61	90	48	59	36
Rural	11,500	94	40	94	42	53	23

Crime level where students live³
High	3,700	89	55	82	44	62	43
Moderate	9,100	94	58	91	50	65	49
Low	25,900	91	48	90	46	55	39
Mixed	5,100	94	58	92	55	64	43

Percent minority enrollment⁴
Less than 5 percent	7,800	96	38	93	41	49	35
5 to less than 20 percent	10,000	88	51	87	51	58	39
20 to less than 50 percent	9,600	91	60	89	51	64	47
50 percent or more	15,400	94	56	89	46	63	46

Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0–20 percent	9,200	87	51	83	48	49	39
21–50 percent	13,400	95	50	94	52	60	45
More than 50 percent	21,100	93	53	90	44	63	41

Percent of students below 15th percentile on standardized tests
0–5 percent	16,800	93	47	90	47	57	40
6–15 percent	16,900	91	56	89	51	61	43
More than 15 percent	10,100	92	52	89	41	60	43

Percent of students likely to attend college
0–35 percent	12,900	95	55	90	45	60	40
36–60 percent	13,900	94	45	94	41	57	31
More than 60 percent	17,000	89	55	86	54	59	51

Percent of students who consider academic achievement important
0–25 percent	2,300	90	50	89	45	65	51
26–50 percent	7,700	95	58	93	54	63	37
51–75 percent	12,000	92	51	89	42	57	38
More than 75 percent	21,800	91	51	89	48	58	44

Percent male enrollment
0–44 percent	2,600	89	54	87	33	53	41
45–55 percent	35,100	92	52	89	49	58	43
More than 55 percent	6,100	96	51	92	44	69	34

Student-to-FTE ratio⁵
Less than 12 students	21,500	91	48	89	43	60	40
12–16 students	14,200	93	55	91	50	58	42
More than 16 students	8,000	94	56	90	54	58	46

Number of classroom changes⁶
0–3 changes	18,700	93	54	91	51	62	44
4–6 changes	19,900	91	54	89	47	59	44
More than 6 changes	5,100	91	38	87	40	46	26

Regular use of law enforcement⁷
Regular use	11,400	92	51	91	52	65	46
No regular use	32,300	92	52	89	46	57	40

Number of serious discipline problems⁸
No problems	32,900	92	53	90	49	60	44
1 problem	5,600	92	46	87	46	55	40
2 problems	3,200	93	48	93	29	57	24
3 or more problems	2,100	93	52	93	43	61	39

Transfers as a percentage of enrollment⁹
Less than 6 percent	7,000	90	52	87	45	55	40
6 to less than 11 percent	9,700	95	46	93	47	62	45
11 to less than 21 percent	11,400	90	54	91	50	53	39
21 percent or more	15,700	93	54	88	47	63	42

Prevalence of schoolwide disruptions¹⁰
No disruptions	41,800	92	52	89	47	58	42
Any disruptions	1,900	100	48	100	64	79	31

Percent of students absent on a daily basis
0–2 percent	5,600	96	57	97	50	69	58
3–5 percent	24,800	92	52	89	50	57	40
6–10 percent	10,200	91	48	88	41	59	39
More than 10 percent	3,200	93	52	90	41	57	41

Prevalence of violent incidents¹¹
No violent incidents	14,100	91	47	87	44	55	40
Any violent incidents	29,600	93	54	91	49	61	42
¹ Examples of natural disasters provided to respondents were earthquakes or tornadoes.
² Examples of chemical, biological, or radiological threats or incidents provided to respondents were the release of mustard gas, anthrax, smallpox, or radioactive materials.
³ 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."
⁴ Responding schools that did not have race/ethnicity on the sampling frame (2 percent of schools) are excluded from the base.
⁵ 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.
⁶ Respondents were asked, "How many classroom changes do most students make in a typical day?" Responses exclude morning arrival and afternoon departure.
⁷ 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?"
⁸ 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.
⁹ 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.
¹⁰ 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.
¹¹ 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.
NOTE: Respondents were included as having a written plan for responding to at least one crisis situation if they reported that they had a written plan that described procedures for any of the following: school shootings; natural disasters; hostages; bomb threats or incidents; or chemical, biological, or radiological threats or incidents. 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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