Table 4. Number and percentage of public middle schools reporting student threats of physical attack and incidents of robbery that occurred at school, the number of incidents, and the rate of incidents per 1,000 students, by selected school characteristics: School year 2005

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Table 4. Number and percentage of public middle schools reporting student threats of physical attack and incidents of robbery that occurred at school, the number of incidents, and the rate of incidents per 1,000 students, by selected school characteristics: School year 2005–06 (Table 4—Continued)

	Student threat of physical attack with a weapon¹								Student threat of physical attack without a weapon¹
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	1,950		13		5,960		1		10,970	71	188,820		19

Enrollment size
Less than 300	170	!	6	!	‡		‡		1,720	60	14,190		18
300–499	320		10		580	!	#		2,030	65	33,910		26
500–999	990		14		3,180		1		5,300	74	93,000		18
1,000 or more	470		20		1,910	!	1	!	1,920	80	47,710		17

Urbanicity
City	510		14		2,220	!	1	!	2,680	74	61,550		22
Urban fringe	820		14		2,530		1		4,110	71	78,230		18
Town	150	!	8	!	340	!	#		1,390	71	20,470		18
Rural	470		11		870		#		2,790	66	28,560		15

Crime level where students live³
High	150		13		500	!	1	!	890	75	36,120		47
Moderate	490		16		2,190	!	1	!	2,230	74	48,750		23
Low	920		11		2,190		#		5,850	67	65,710		12
Mixed	390		15		1,080		1		2,000	76	38,230		20

Percent minority enrollment⁴
Less than 5 percent	270		10		690	!	1	!	1,720	63	19,770		15
5 to less than 20 percent	560		14				1		2,950	73	33,480		13
20 to less than					1,610
50 percent	420		11		930		#		2,810	76	45,200		18
50 percent or more	710		15		2,720	!	1	!	3,260	70	87,010		25

Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0–20 percent	330		9		910	!	#		2,510	67	23,040		9
21–50 percent	810		14		1,890		#		4,340	76	70,560		18
More than 50 percent	810		13		3,150		1		4,120	68	95,210		26

Percent of students below 15th percentile on standardized tests
0–5 percent	570		12		2,100	!	1	!	3,050	65	37,680		13
6–15 percent	810		13		2,210		1		4,690	72	70,560		17
More than 15 percent	570		13		1,650		1		3,230	74	80,570		27

Percent of students likely to attend college
0–35 percent	530		12		1,510		1		3,000	69	72,780		29
36–60 percent	730		14		2,470	!	1	!	3,840	76	66,140		20
More than 60 percent	700		11		1,980		#		4,120	67	49,890		12

Percent of students who consider academic achievement important
0–25 percent	220		16		680	!	1	!	1,050	74	36,690		42
26–50 percent	490		13		1,140		#		2,880	75	48,120		21
51–75 percent	740		16		2,040		1		3,490	74	56,370		19
More than 75 percent	500		9		2,100	!	1	!	3,550	64	47,630		12

Percent male enrollment
0–44 percent	110	!	11	!	‡		‡		610	66	7,130		14
45–55 percent	1,730		13		4,680		1		9,600	72	172,390		19
More than 55 percent	110	!	9	!	200	!	#		760	62	9,300		15

Student-to-FTE ratio⁵
Less than 12 students	740		10		1,740		#		5,040	68	81,930		20
12–16 students	780		13		2,340		1		4,300	73	75,580		18
More than 16 students	430		20		1,880	!	1	!	1,640	75	31,310		16

Number of classroom changes⁶
0–3 changes	‡		‡		‡		‡		350	57	5,010	!	16	!
4–6 changes	830		14		2,440	!	1	!	4,250	73	69,370		17
More than 6 changes	1,050		11		3,220		1		6,370	70	114,430		20

Regular use of law enforcement⁷
Regular use	1,410		14		4,560		1		7,250	73	142,200		20
No regular use	540		10		1,400		#		3,720	66	46,620		16

Number of serious discipline problems⁸
No problems	460		6		890		#		4,240	60	46,940		11
1 problem	640		16		2,440	!	1	!	2,930	73	41,070		16
2 problems	310		16		790	!	1	!	1,600	84	29,350		22
3 or more problems	550		22		1,840		1		2,210	87	71,460		36

Transfers as a percentage of enrollment⁹
Less than 6 percent	230		8		340		#		2,060	69	25,260		12
6 to less than 11 percent	390		13		1,110	!	1	!	2,030	69	27,390		16
11 to less than 21 percent	560		11		1,720		1		3,420	69	46,920		14
21 percent or more	780		17		2,790	!	1		3,450	74	89,240		29

Prevalence of schoolwide disruptions¹⁰
No disruptions	1,740		12		4,640		1		9,780	69	160,310		18
Any disruptions	210		15		‡		‡		1,190	83	28,500		28

Percent of students absent on a daily basis
0–2 percent	140	!	16	!	180	!	#		520	59	8,230		15
3–5 percent	1,010		12		2,670		#		6,150	71	88,480		16
6–10 percent	640		12		2,690	!	1	!	3,770	71	77,070		23
More than 10 percent	150		20		420	!	1	!	530	70	15,030	!	25	!
See notes at end of table.

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