Table 1. Number and percentage of public middle 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 2003

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Table 1. Number and percentage of public middle 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 2003–04 (Table 1—Continued)

		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	14,493	13,558	94	515,827	52.7	3,533	24	15,704	1.6

Enrollment size
Less than 300	2,152	1,776	83	21,340	39.4	321	15	2,135	3.9
300–499	3,106	2,787	90	97,917	73.1	557	18	862	0.6
500–999	7,062	6,873	97	269,665	52.7	1,854	26	7,074	1.4
1,000 or more	2,173	2,122	98	126,905	45.5	801	37	5,633	2.0

Urbanicity
City	3,385	3,258	96	176,767	64.9	1,252	37	7,828	2.9
Urban fringe	5,392	5,195	96	177,425	43.3	1,395	26	4,792	1.2
Town	2,261	2,083	92	53,979	47.1	390	17	1,079	0.9
Rural	3,455	3,023	87	107,656	59.4	496	14	2,005	1.1

Crime level where students live⁵
High	1,064	1,025	96	59,583	68.4	476	45	3,402	3.9
Moderate	3,216	3,107	97	200,539	87.8	860	27	4,956	2.2
Low	8,057	7,377	92	168,152	33.4	1,611	20	4,670	0.9
Mixed	2,156	2,050	95	87,553	54.8	586	27	2,676	1.7

Percent minority enrollment⁶
Less than 5 percent	2,746	2,339	85	45,217	32.6	472	17	942	0.7
5 to 20 percent	3,682	3,465	94	87,246	35.6	620	17	1,569	0.6
20 to 50 percent	3,322	3,173	96	130,489	54.7	939	28	3,949	1.7
50 percent or more	4,414	4,272	97	245,258	72.6	1,438	33	9,108	2.7

Percent of students ligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0–20 percent	3,387	3,056	90	66,912	26.0	765	23	2,099	0.8
21–50 percent	5,461	5,098	93	163,656	47.6	1,199	22	5,267	1.5
More than 50 percent	5,645	5,405	96	285,259	75.4	1,569	28	8,338	2.2

Percent of students below 15^th percentile on standardized tests
0–5 percent	3,319	3,087	93	65,499	29.6	615	19	1,748	0.8
6–15 percent	6,399	5,961	93	227,549	53.1	1,534	24	7,076	1.7
More than 15 percent	4,774	4,511	94	222,779	67.8	1,384	29	6,880	2.1

Percent of students likely to attend college
0–35 percent	4,661	4,491	96	253,134	82.3	1,198	26	6,807	2.2
36–60 percent	4,425	4,203	95	146,520	48.9	1,079	24	3,854	1.3
More than 60 percent	5,406	4,865	90	116,173	31.3	1,256	23	5,043	1.4

Percent of students who consider academic achievement important
0–25 percent	1,769	1,706	96	125,860	114.0	499	28	2,738	2.5
26–50 percent	3,257	3,143	96	129,460	59.8	819	25	3,304	1.5
51–75 percent	4,787	4,488	94	148,649	46.2	1,240	26	6,634	2.1
More than 75 percent	4,680	4,222	90	111,858	33.9	974	21	3,028	0.9

Percent male enrollment
0–44 percent	860	806	94	28,474	56.7	203	24	1,210	2.4
45–55 percent	12,587	11,818	94	456,986	52.8	3,139	25	12,465	1.4
More than 55 percent	1,047	934	89	30,367	47.9	191	18	2,029	3.2

Student-to-teacher ratio⁷
Less than 12 students	6,123	5,601	91	158,441	47.1	1,326	22	5,434	1.6
12–16 students	5,647	5,311	94	200,269	50.6	1,280	23	6,234	1.6
More than 16 students	2,723	2,646	97	157,118	63.8	926	34	4,036	1.6

Number of classroom changes⁸
0–3 changes	607	555	91	14,749	45.1	108	18	379	1.2
4–6 changes	5,633	5,242	93	224,431	57.3	1,549	28	6,768	1.7
More than 6 changes	8,253	7,762	94	276,647	49.9	1,875	23	8,557	1.5

Regular use of law enforcement⁹
Regular use	9,341	9,028	97	366,163	52.6	2,456	26	12,380	1.8
No regular use	5,152	4,530	88	149,664	53.0	1,077	21	3,324	1.2

Number of serious discipline problems¹⁰
No problems	6,819	6,049	89	168,350	40.6	1,151	17	3,488	0.8
1 problem	2,998	2,945	98	89,059	42.5	869	29	3,955	1.9
2 problems	2,281	2,188	96	105,728	64.5	552	24	2,633	1.6
3 or more problems	2,395	2,376	99	152,690	80.1	961	40	5,628	3.0

Transfers as a percentage of enrollment¹¹
0 to 6 percent	2,868	2,612	91	65,390	32.6	649	23	2,244	1.1
6 to 11 percent	3,235	3,001	93	83,723	41.6	826	26	2,528	1.3
11 to 21 percent	4,577	4,229	92	185,184	62.4	882	19	4,217	1.4
21 percent or more	3,813	3,716	97	181,530	64.9	1,176	31	6,714	2.4

Prevalence of schoolwide disruptions¹²
No disruptions	12,980	12,099	93	454,962	53.0	3,099	24	12,928	1.5
Any disruptions	1,513	1,460	96	60,866	50.8	434	29	2,776	2.3

Percent of students absent on a daily basis
0–2 percent	1,143	996	87	28,179	39.6	177	16	1,038	1.5
3–5 percent	7,800	7,232	93	253,306	48.7	1,743	22	7,496	1.4
6–10 percent	4,896	4,700	96	212,021	61.4	1,398	29	6,470	1.9
More than 10 percent	653	631	97	22,321	53.4	214	33	700	1.7
See notes at end of table.

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