Table 2. Number and percentage of public middle 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 2003

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Table 2. Number and percentage of public middle 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 2003–04 (Table 2—Continued)

School characteristic	Violent incidents reported to police¹				Serious violent incidents reported to police²
School characteristic	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	9,693	67	143,079	14.6	2,971	20	9,186	0.9

Enrollment size
Less than 300	950	44	5,173	9.5	272	13	757	1.4
300–499	1,886	61	25,831	19.3	479	15	733	0.5
500–999	5,078	72	76,760	15.0	1,535	22	4,370	0.9
1,000 or more	1,780	82	35,315	12.7	685	32	3,325	1.2

Urbanicity
City	2,666	79	48,977	18.0	1,098	32	4,646	1.7
Urban fringe	3,701	69	49,572	12.1	1,128	21	2,785	0.7
Town	1,409	62	15,994	13.9	360	16	742	0.6
Rural	1,917	55	28,536	15.7	385	11	1,013	0.6

Crime level where students live⁵
High	864	81	17,025	19.6	397	37	2,360	2.7
Moderate	2,427	75	55,718	24.4	791	25	2,509	1.1
Low	4,900	61	43,022	8.5	1,294	16	2,973	0.6
Mixed	1,503	70	27,314	17.1	489	23	1,343	0.8

Percent minority enrollment⁶
Less than 5 percent	1,536	56	10,630	7.7	337	12	582	0.4
5 to 20 percent	2,305	63	24,405	10.0	480	13	1,019	0.4
20 to 50 percent	2,277	69	37,416	15.7	793	24	2,453	1.0
50 percent or more	3,446	78	68,175	20.2	1,298	29	4,993	1.5

Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0–20 percent	2,043	60	22,247	8.7	571	17	1,493	0.6
21–50 percent	3,665	67	42,846	12.5	1,009	18	2,455	0.7
More than 50 percent	3,986	71	77,986	20.6	1,390	25	5,238	1.4

Percent of students below 15^th percentile on standardized tests
0–5 percent	1,975	60	21,306	9.6	416	13	945	0.4
6–15 percent	4,316	67	58,007	13.5	1,322	21	4,007	0.9
More than 15 percent	3,402	71	63,766	19.4	1,233	26	4,233	1.3

Percent of students likely to attend college
0–35 percent	3,321	71	64,427	20.9	1,078	23	4,282	1.4
36–60 percent	3,176	72	47,304	15.8	945	21	2,489	0.8
More than 60 percent	3,196	59	31,349	8.4	948	18	2,415	0.7

Percent of students who consider academic achievement important
0–25 percent	1,191	67	30,871	28.0	451	25	1,668	1.5
26–50 percent	2,343	72	35,607	16.4	718	22	2,118	1.0
51–75 percent	3,470	72	43,509	13.5	1,040	22	3,536	1.1
More than 75 percent	2,689	57	33,092	10.0	762	16	1,864	0.6

Percent male enrollment
0–44 percent	509	59	8,911	17.8	203	24	835	1.7
45–55 percent	8,574	68	125,156	14.5	2,600	21	7,714	0.9
More than 55 percent	611	58	9,012	14.2	169	16	636	1.0

Student-to-teacher ratio⁷
Less than 12 students	3,914	64	46,588	13.9	1,163	19	3,920	1.2
12–16 students	3,813	68	56,062	14.2	1,007	18	2,580	0.7
More than 16 students	1,967	72	40,429	16.4	801	29	2,686	1.1

Number of classroom changes⁸
0–3 changes	324	53	2,524	7.7	85	14	237	0.7
4–6 changes	3,583	64	61,187	15.6	1,240	22	4,350	1.1
More than 6 changes	5,786	70	79,368	14.3	1,646	20	4,599	0.8

Regular use of law enforcement⁹
Regular use	6,930	74	109,757	15.8	2,190	23	7,556	1.1
No regular use	2,763	54	33,322	11.8	781	15	1,630	0.6

Number of serious discipline problems¹⁰
No problems	3,908	57	42,920	10.4	1,019	15	2,475	0.6
1 problem	2,085	70	21,591	10.3	667	22	1,405	0.7
2 problems	1,766	77	29,322	17.9	451	20	1,374	0.8
3 or more problems	1,935	81	49,246	25.8	834	35	3,931	2.1

Transfers as a percentage of enrollment¹¹
0 to 6 percent	1,712	60	13,944	7.0	511	18	1,174	0.6
6 to 11 percent	2,004	62	25,972	12.9	708	22	1,902	0.9
11 to 21 percent	2,952	64	45,809	15.4	699	15	2,557	0.9
21 percent or more	3,026	79	57,354	20.5	1,054	28	3,553	1.3

Prevalence of schoolwide disruptions¹²
No disruptions	8,535	66	122,336	14.2	2,590	20	7,932	0.9
Any disruptions	1,158	77	20,743	17.3	381	25	1,253	1.0

Percent of students absent on a daily basis
0–2 percent	642	56	7,007	9.8	146	13	733	1.0
3–5 percent	5,066	65	71,419	13.7	1,431	18	4,032	0.8
6–10 percent	3,508	72	57,861	16.8	1,221	25	3,954	1.1
More than 10 percent	478	73	6,793	16.2	174	27	467	1.1
See notes at end of table.

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