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Number of public elementary school resource officers, number of public elementary schools, and the number of public elementary schools with school resource officers, by full- and part-time school resource officer status: 2003–04 through 2009–10

 
Characteristic     2003–04   2005–06   2007–08   2009–10  
Elementary school resource officers     11,180   10,860   14,990   12,240  
Full–time school resource officers     2,480   3,470   5,030   3,770  
Part–time school resource officers     8,700   7,390   9,960   8,460  
                     
Elementary schools1     48,770   48,560   49,170   48,910  
Schools with school resource officers     9,910   8,970   11,660   8,800  
Schools with Full–time school resource officers     2,480   3,240   4,190   3,410  
Schools with Part–time school resource officers     8,230   6,680   8,650   6,230  
1Detail may not sum to totals because schools that reported both full-time and part-time school resource officers are only counted once in this total.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. 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. School resource officers includes all career law enforcement officers with arrest authority, who have specialized training and are assigned to work in collaboration with school organizations. In 2003-04, schools reported on school resource officers present at their school on a regular basis. In 2005-06, 2007-08, and 2009-10, schools reported on school resource officers present at their school at least once a week. The number of school resource officers includes both full- and part-time school resource officers. The number of schools with school resource officers is defined as those schools providing a non-zero response to the count of school resource officers question (question 9b).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), 2003–04 through 2009–10.