Table 3. Percentage of students ages 12–18 reporting the use of selected security measures taken by school administrators to secure school buildings, by selected student and school characteristics: School year 2006

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Table 3. Percentage of students ages 12–18 reporting the use of selected security measures taken by school administrators to secure school buildings, by selected student and school characteristics: School year 2006–07

Student or school characteristic	Locker checks		Metal detectors		Security cameras			Locked entrance or exit doors during the day
	Locker checks		Metal detectors		Security cameras			Locked entrance or exit doors during the day
	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No		Yes	No
Total	53.6	37.5	10.1	84.5	66.0	20.7		60.9	33.1

Sex
Male	54.7	36.2	10.8	83.9	66.5	21.0		60.5	33.7
Female	52.4	38.8	9.5	85.2	65.5	20.4		61.3	32.4

Race/ethnicity
White, not Hispanic or Latino	57.4	33.1	5.2	89.9	66.7	20.3		61.1	33.0
Black, not Hispanic or Latino	50.6	40.0	25.6	69.8	73.9	15.8		60.6	33.0
Hispanic or Latino	45.7	47.6	13.7	79.2	59.6	25.2		62.1	32.4
All other races, not Hispanic or Latino¹	47.0	44.2	9.6	84.0	59.5	23.4		56.8	35.4

Grade
6th	41.0	49.2	8.9	85.2	55.0	26.3		63.0	31.1
7th	52.8	38.6	7.2	85.0	55.5	25.9		61.3	31.0
8th	52.8	39.4	7.5	87.4	59.0	26.0		58.2	34.4
9th	54.1	35.9	11.7	81.3	70.9	16.0		58.8	33.4
10th	57.4	34.0	11.8	83.2	70.1	19.2		59.5	35.9
11th	55.5	35.3	12.0	84.5	74.5	16.8		62.9	32.4
12th	57.0	34.2	11.5	85.6	74.4	16.3		64.0	32.8

Household income
Less than $7,500	55.0	36.6	21.9	74.3	66.0	18.9		63.1	31.5
$7,500-14,999	59.7	29.4	21.6	68.6	69.0	19.5		62.1	31.6
$15,000-24,999	51.8	43.3	13.4	81.5	68.9	22.0		57.8	36.9
$25,000-34,999	52.7	36.5	12.7	80.5	68.4	17.2		55.4	37.8
$35,000-49,999	59.8	32.6	12.4	81.9	68.6	21.0		61.7	33.1
$50,000 or more	53.9	36.8	5.7	89.8	66.4	20.5		62.1	32.5

Urbanicity²
Urban	46.2	44.1	18.1	76.0	60.9	21.9		62.9	31.4
Suburban	52.5	38.1	7.3	87.1	67.3	19.8		62.0	31.9
Rural	68.3	25.3	6.0	90.4	70.1	21.5		54.4	39.3

Self-report of grades in school³
Mostly A's	52.4	38.8	7.8	86.8	64.2	21.4		63.0	31.6
Mostly B's	53.6	36.9	10.9	84.3	67.9	19.6		60.2	33.5
Mostly C's	55.8	37.3	12.1	82.5	66.5	21.6		58.3	35.9
Mostly D's	58.7	32.9	16.0	80.5	68.0	23.2		61.4	33.2
Mostly F's	56.8	37.9	‡	89.5	80.7	13.4	!	66.3	33.7

Student report of violent victimization at school⁴
Yes	56.1	35.7	16.4	81.3	67.7	23.1		65.2	34.8
No	53.5	37.5	10.0	84.6	66.0	20.7		60.8	33.1

Student report of theft victimization at school⁴
Yes	50.5	41.1	15.9	81.3	71.8	16.9		62.2	33.0
No	53.6	37.4	9.9	84.6	65.9	20.8		60.8	33.1

Sector
Public	54.7	36.2	10.7	83.8	67.7	19.3		60.7	33.1
Private	41.3	51.5	3.8	92.8	48.7	36.1		62.5	33.0
! 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 "All other races, not Hispanic or Latino" includes Asians, Pacific Islanders, and American Indians (including Alaska Natives) and respondents of two or more races. For this report, not Hispanic or Latino students who identified themselves as being of two or more races (1 percent of all respondents) were included in the "all other races, not Hispanic or Latino" category. Respondents who identified themselves as being of Hispanic or Latino origin were classified as "Hispanic or Latino," 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 Rates for 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 Incident Report of the National Crime Victimization Survey and appended to the School Crime Supplement (SCS) data file. Readers should note the reference period for the victimization data is "the last 6 months" while the reference period for the SCS is "the last school year."
NOTE: "Violent" victimization includes serious violent crimes (rape, sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault) and simple assault. "Theft" includes attempted and completed purse snatching, completed pickpocketing, and all attempted and completed thefts, excluding motor vehicle theft. Theft does not include robbery, in which the threat or use of force is involved. "At school" includes inside the school building, on school property, on a school bus, and on the way to and from school. Details may not sum to 100 percent because respondent-volunteered "don't know" responses are included in the base for the percentages listed. Population size for students ages 12–18 was 25,967,000 in 2007.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), 2007.

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