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Number of public middle school resource officers, number of public middle schools, and the number of public middle 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  
Middle school resource officers     11,040   11,720   12,750   13,460  
Full–time school resource officers     5,720   6,240   6,190   7,380  
Part–time school resource officers     5,320   5,480   6,550   6,090  
                     
Middle schools1     14,490   15,550   15,300   15,270  
Schools with school resource officers     7,850   8,340   8,360   7,860  
Schools with Full–time school resource officers     4,970   5,010   4,730   4,620  
Schools with Part–time school resource officers     4,290   4,610   4,610   3,640  
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.