Table 8. Percentage of students ages 12-18 reporting the presence of students on drugs or alcohol, and whether they were offered drugs at school during the previous 6 months, by selected student and school characteristics: 2005

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Table 8. Percentage of students ages 12-18 reporting the presence of students on drugs or alcohol, and whether they were offered drugs at school during the previous 6 months, by selected student and school characteristics: 2005

	Knew for sure that any students were on drugs or alcohol while they were at school		Someone tried to sell or give student an illegal drug other than alcohol or tobacco at school
Student or school characteristic	Yes	No	Yes		No

Total	37.7	62.3	8.2		91.8

Sex
Male	36.7	63.3	9.0		91.0
Female	38.7	61.3	7.4		92.6

Race/ethnicity¹
White, non-Hispanic	40.4	59.6	7.7		92.3
Black, non-Hispanic	35.1	64.9	8.3		91.7
Hispanic	33.0	67.0	10.7		89.3
Other, non-Hispanic	30.4	69.6	6.4		93.6

Grade
6th	11.4	88.6	1.4		98.6
7th	17.9	82.1	3.3		96.7
8th	25.4	74.6	4.5		95.5
9th	43.3	56.7	8.9		91.1
10th	49.8	50.2	11.9		88.1
11th	53.5	46.5	12.6		87.4
12th	57.1	42.9	13.7		86.3

Household income
Less than $7,500	30.7	69.3	6.7		93.3
$7,500–14,999	29.4	70.6	10.0		90.0
$15,000–24,999	34.7	65.3	8.7		91.3
$25,000–34,999	34.3	65.7	9.1		90.9
$35,000–49,999	33.9	66.1	7.9		92.1
$50,000 or more	42.3	57.7	8.1		91.9

Urbanicity²
Urban	37.7	62.3	9.6		90.4
Suburban	37.4	62.6	7.5		92.5
Rural	38.6	61.4	8.4		91.6

Self-report of grades at school³
Mostly A's	34.9	65.1	5.1		94.9
Mostly B's	37.4	62.6	7.6		92.4
Mostly C's	41.7	58.3	13.3		86.7
Mostly D's	53.9	46.1	15.2		84.8
Mostly F's	41.8	58.2	17.2		82.8

Student report of violent victimization at school⁴
Yes	43.1	56.9	11.0	!	89.0
No	37.6	62.4	8.2		91.8

Student report of theft victimization at school⁴
Yes	55.8	44.2	15.5		84.5
No	37.1	62.9	8.0		92.0

Sector
Public	38.9	61.1	8.6		91.4
Private	22.7	77.3	4.1		95.9

! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is from 30 percent to 50 percent of the estimate’s value.
¹ "Other, non-Hispanic" includes Asians, Pacific Islanders, and American Indians (including Alaska Natives). Beginning in 2003, students were given the option of identifying themselves as more than one race. Non-Hispanic students who identified themselves as more than one race in 2005 (1 percent of all respondents) were included in the "other, non-Hispanic" category. Respondents who identified themselves as being of Hispanic origin were classified as Hispanic, regardless of their race.
² Urbanicity refers to the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) status of the respondent's household as defined in 1990 by the U.S. Census Bureau.
³ Students who responded that their schools did not give grades or there was no alphabetical equivalent are not reported.
⁴ Victimization data are taken from the National Crime Victimization Survey Incident Report.
NOTE: "Violent" victimization includes serious violent crimes (rape, sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault) and simple assault. "At school" includes inside the school building, on school property, on a school bus, and on the way to and from school. Population size for students ages 12–18 was 25,811,000 in 2005.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), 2005.

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