Table 8. Number and percentage of public middle schools reporting incidents of hate crime, gang-related crime, and gang-related hate crime at school, the number of incidents reported, and the rate of incidents per 1,000 students, by selected school characteristics: School year 2005

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Table 8. Number and percentage of public middle schools reporting incidents of hate crime, gang-related crime, and gang-related hate crime at school, the number of incidents reported, and the rate of incidents per 1,000 students, by selected school characteristics: School year 2005–06

	Hate crime¹								Gang-related crime²								Gang-related hate crime^1,2,3
School characteristic	Num- ber of schools		Per- cent of schools		Num- ber of incidents		Rate per 1,000 students		Num- ber of schools		Per- cent of schools		Num- ber of incidents		Rate per 1,000 students		Num- ber of schools		Per- cent of schools		Num- ber of incidents		Rate per 1,000 students
All public schools	970		6		3,670	!	#		1,660		11		9,080		1		290		2		1,350	!	#

Enrollment size
Less than 300	‡		‡		‡		‡		170	!	6	!	‡		‡		#		#		#		#
300–499	180	!	6	!	610	!	#		190		6		600	!	#		#		#		#		#
500–999	520		7		1,190		#		920		13		4,790		1		160	!	2	!	300	!	#
1,000 or more	210		9		710	!	#		370		16		2,650		1		140		6		‡		‡

Urbanicity
City	400		11		1,260		#		920		26		5,740		2		190		5		1,180	!	#
Urban fringe	380		7		1,050		#		430		7		2,340		1		80	!	1	!	‡		‡
Town	90	!	4	!	120	!	#		190		9		470	!	#		‡		‡		‡		‡
Rural	100	!	2	!	‡		‡		120	!	3	!	‡		‡		#		#		#		#

Crime level where students live⁴
High	160	!	13	!	720	!	1	!	370		32		2,720	!	4		110	!	9	!	420	!	1	!
Moderate	230		8		480	!	#		740		25		4,410		2		100	!	3	!	‡		‡
Low	450		5		‡		‡		280		3		750	!	#		60	!	1	!	‡		‡
Mixed	130	!	5	!	‡		‡		260		10		1,210	!	1	!	‡		‡		‡		‡

Percent minority enrollment⁵
Less than 5 percent	‡		‡		‡		‡		#		#		#		#		‡		‡		‡		‡
5 to less than 20 percent	240		6		750	!	#		80	!	2	!	190	!	#		‡		‡		‡		‡
20 to less than 50 percent	250		7		570		#		330		9		1,000		#		‡		‡		‡		‡
50 percent or more	380		8		1,100	!	#		1,240		27		7,380		2		210		5		740	!	#

Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0–20 percent	220		6		500	!	#		110	!	3	!	330	!	#		‡		‡		‡		‡
21–50 percent	400		7		‡		‡		370		7		1,180		#		‡		‡		‡		‡
More than 50 percent	350		6		1,020	!	#		1,170		19		7,570		2		200		3		1,180	!	#

Percent of students below 15th percentile on standardized tests
0–5 percent	300		6		‡		‡		230		5		1,070	!	#		70	!	1	!	‡		‡
6–15 percent	330		5		700		#		770		12		3,710		1		120	!	2	!	‡		‡
More than 15 percent	340		8		1,120	!	#		650		15		4,310		1		110	!	2	!	‡		‡

Percent of students likely to attend college
0–35 percent	350		8		930	!	#		840		19		5,060		2		100	!	2	!	‡		‡
36–60 percent	280		6		‡		‡		470		9		2,790		1		120	!	2	!	‡		‡
More than 60 percent	340		6		750		#		350		6		1,240	!	#		‡		‡		‡		‡

Percent of students who consider academic achievement important
0–25 percent	130	!	9	!	220	!	#		360		26		2,140	!	2	!	60	!	4	!	‡		‡
26–50 percent	230	!	6	!	‡		‡		540		14		2,550	!	1	!	‡		‡		‡		‡
51–75 percent	250		5		910	!	#		420		9		2,870		1		70	!	2	!	‡		‡
More than 75 percent	350		6		760		#		340		6		1,530		#		110	!	2	!	410	!	#

Percent male enrollment
0–44 percent	‡		‡		‡		‡		160	!	17	!	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
45–55 percent	840		6		3,400	!	#		1,360		10		7,230		1		260		2		1,180	!	#
More than 55 percent	80	!	7	!	‡		‡		140	!	11	!	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡

Student-to-FTE ratio⁶
Less than 12 students	360		5		1,090		#		640		9		2,680		1		‡		‡		‡		‡
12–16 students	400		7		‡		‡		590		10		3,710	!	1	!	110	!	2	!	280	!	#
More than 16 students	200	!	9	!	380	!	#		420		19		2,690		1		100	!	5	!	‡		‡

Number of classroom changes⁷
0–3 changes	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
4–6 changes	350		6		1,010	!	#		720		12		3,120		1		120	!	2	!	490	!	#
More than 6 changes	570		6		2,620	!	#		860		9		5,420		1		160	!	2	!	‡		‡

Regular use of law enforcement⁸
Regular use	640		6		1,790		#		1,380		14		3,120		1		240		2		1,170	!	#
No regular use	330		6		‡		‡		280		5		5,420	!	#		50	!	1	!	‡		‡

Number of serious discipline problems⁹
No problems	290		4		680	!	#		520		7		2,870	!	1	!	80	!	1	!	120	!	#
1 problem	200	!	5		‡		‡		220		5		780	!	#		‡		‡		‡		‡
2 problems	110	!	6	!	‡		‡		260		14		1,270	!	1	!	‡		‡		‡		‡
3 or more problems	360		14		1,260		1		650		26		4,170		2		150	!	6	!	‡		‡

Transfers as a percentage of enrollment¹⁰
Less than 6 percent	210	!	7	!	330	!	#		150	!	5	!	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
6 to less than 11 percent	150	!	5	!	620	!	#		200	!	7		540	!	#		‡		‡		‡		‡
11 to less than 21 percent	230		5		690		#		600		12		2,700		1		100	!	2	!	320	!	#
21 percent or more	370		8		‡		‡		710		15		4,340		1		130	!	3	!	‡		‡

Prevalence of schoolwide disruptions¹¹
No disruptions	800		6		3,120	!	#		1,470		10		8,260		1		230		2		1,140	!	#
Any disruptions	160		11		550	!	1	!	190		13		830	!	1	!	60	!	4	!	‡		‡

Percent of students absent on a daily basis
0–2 percent	60	!	7	!	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
3–5 percent	470		5		1,150		#		670		8		2,030		#		100	!	1	!	170	!	#
6–10 percent	360		7		1,200	!	#		640		12		4,220		1		120	!	2	!	510	!	#
More than 10 percent	80	!	11	!	‡		‡		280		37		2,700	!	4		60	!	‡		‡		‡
# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is from 30 percent to 50 percent of the estimate’s value.
‡ Reporting standards not met. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 50 percent or more of the estimate's value.
¹ A hate crime was defined for respondents as "a criminal offense or threat against a person, property, or society that is motivated, in whole or in part, by the offender's bias against a race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, religion, disability, or sexual orientation."
² Gang was defined for respondents as "an ongoing loosely organized association of three or more persons, whether formal or informal, that has a common name, signs, symbols, or colors, whose members engage, either individually or collectively, in violent or other forms of illegal behavior."
³ This item is new to the 2005–06 School Survey on Crime and Safety.
⁴ 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."
⁵ Responding schools that did not have race/ethnicity on the sampling frame (2 percent of schools) are excluded from the base.
⁶ 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.
⁷ Respondents were asked, "How many classroom changes do most students make in a typical day?" Responses exclude morning arrival and afternoon departure.
⁸ 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?"
⁹ 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.
¹⁰ 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.
¹¹ 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.
NOTE: "At school" was defined for respondents to include activities happening in school buildings, on school grounds, on school buses, and at places that hold school-sponsored events or activities. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Reponses were provided by the principal or the person most knowledgeable about crime and safety issues at the school. 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.
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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