Table 4. Number and percentage of public high 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 2003

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Table 4. Number and percentage of public high 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 2003–04 (Table 4—Continued)

School characteristic	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- ber of schools	Per- cent of schools	Num- ber of incidents	Rate per 1,000 students
All public schools	1,258	12	4,586	0.4	7,734	71	135,937	11.7

Enrollment size
Less than 300	74	5	74	0.2	744	46	3,153	8.6
300–499	69	4	85	0.1	969	62	5,933	8.8
500–999	294	11	736	0.4	2,061	75	31,224	14.9
1,000 or more	822	17	3,691	0.4	3,959	81	95,627	11.2

Urbanicity
City	393	17	1,512	0.4	1,704	72	35,285	10.4
Urban fringe	425	12	2,087	0.4	2,774	79	59,746	11.9
Town	208	12	603	0.5	1,245	71	14,239	10.9
Rural	233	7	385	0.2	2,011	63	26,667	13.8

Crime level where students live³
High	116	21	952	1.3	436	78	17,145	23.5
Moderate	335	15	963	0.4	1,597	72	30,417	11.7
Low	607	9	2,104	0.3	4,573	71	63,525	10.3
Mixed	201	13	567	0.3	1,128	71	24,850	11.6

Percent minority enrollment⁴
Less than 5 percent	172	7	236	0.1	1,832	72	26,480	16.7
5 to 20 percent	393	14	747	0.2	2,170	77	33,422	11.0
20 to 50 percent	199	8	727	0.2	1,709	68	28,178	9.2
50 percent or more	480	17	2,833	0.8	1,885	68	46,506	12.5

Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0–20 percent	403	11	1,563	0.3	2,821	75	46,772	10.1
21–50 percent	484	11	1,356	0.3	3,139	70	54,564	12.1
More than 50 percent	371	15	1,667	0.7	1,774	69	34,602	14.0

Percent of students below 15^th percentile on standardized tests
0–5 percent	239	8	759	0.2	2,000	68	27,646	9.1
6–15 percent	529	11	1,538	0.3	3,607	75	62,690	11.9
More than 15 percent	490	16	2,290	0.7	2,127	69	45,601	13.7

Percent of students likely to attend college
0–35 percent	319	15	1,382	0.7	1,377	66	31,428	15.6
36–60 percent	337	10	1,076	0.3	2,245	70	34,487	10.8
More than 60 percent	602	11	2,128	0.3	4,112	75	70,022	10.9

Percent of students who consider academic achievement important
0–25 percent	126	14	348	0.5	623	71	8,127	12.1
26–50 percent	309	14	1,549	0.7	1,511	70	28,956	13.5
51–75 percent	485	14	1,063	0.3	2,469	72	44,896	12.2
More than 75 percent	338	8	1,628	0.3	3,130	72	53,958	10.5

Percent male enrollment
0–44 percent	145	16	985	1.2	535	59	6,636	8.0
45–55 percent	1,063	12	3,431	0.3	6,639	73	121,698	11.9
More than 55 percent	50	6	170	0.3	559	64	7,603	13.7

Student-to-teacher ratio⁵
Less than 12 students	365	9	587	0.2	2,819	67	27,546	10.0
12–16 students	445	11	2,031	0.4	3,096	76	68,194	13.8
More than 16 students	449	18	1,968	0.5	1,819	71	40,197	10.2

Number of classroom changes⁶
0–3 changes	33	6	62	0.1	306	55	14,270	26.4
4–6 changes	761	15	3,513	0.6	3,932	75	68,706	11.4
More than 6 changes	465	9	1,012	0.2	3,496	69	52,961	10.4

Regular use of law enforcement⁷
Regular use	1,066	14	4,339	0.4	5,881	76	122,641	12.1
No regular use	193	6	248	0.2	1,853	60	13,296	8.8

Number of serious discipline problems⁸
No problems	483	7	1,281	0.2	4,383	65	51,471	8.1
1 problem	302	18	826	0.4	1,361	83	29,518	15.2
2 problems	177	15	361	0.2	938	78	14,130	9.6
3 or more problems	297	24	2,118	1.1	1,052	87	40,818	21.6

Transfers as a percentage of enrollment⁹
0 to 6 percent	284	11	685	0.3	1,830	71	22,306	8.7
6 to 11 percent	258	12	1,120	0.6	1,515	70	33,859	16.8
11 to 21 percent	384	11	2,038	0.5	2,502	74	42,597	11.0
21 percent or more	333	12	743	0.2	1,886	70	37,175	11.6

Prevalence of schoolwide disruptions¹⁰
No disruptions	942	10	2,345	0.2	6,344	69	109,883	11.6
Any disruptions	317	19	2,242	1.0	1,390	85	26,054	12.1

Percent of students absent on a daily basis
0–2 percent	31	5	68	0.1	386	58	3,819	7.5
3–5 percent	427	10	766	0.2	2,791	68	43,518	10.4
6–10 percent	599	12	2,633	0.5	3,727	77	70,301	12.4
More than 10 percent	202	16	1,119	0.9	830	66	18,299	14.7
See notes at end of table.

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