Table 9. Percentage of students ages 12–18 reporting availability of crack and other forms of cocaine, LSD, PCP, and heroin at school, by selected student and school characteristics: School year 2006

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Table 9. Percentage of students ages 12–18 reporting availability of crack and other forms of cocaine, LSD, PCP, and heroin at school, by selected student and school characteristics: School year 2006–07
	Crack					Other forms of cocaine					LSD or acid					PCP or angel dust					Heroin or smack
				Don't know drug¹					Don't know drug¹					Don't know drug¹					Don't know drug¹					Don't know drug¹
Student or school characteristic	Yes		No	Don't know drug¹		Yes		No	Don't know drug¹		Yes		No	Don't know drug¹		Yes		No	Don't know drug¹		Yes		No	Don't know drug¹
Total	10.7		71.0	0.9		9.5		71.2	1.1		5.0		71.1	6.4		3.7		69.8	8.4		4.7		74.6	3.3

Sex
Male	10.8		71.5	0.8		9.9		71.6	1.1		5.6		71.8	5.4		3.9		72.2	6.8		4.6		76.0	3.0
Female	10.7		70.6	1.0		9.2		70.7	1.1		4.4		70.3	7.4		3.4		67.4	9.9		4.7		73.2	3.6

Race/ethnicity
White, not Hispanic or Latino	10.5		71.6	0.7		9.8		71.4	0.9		5.7		71.4	5.7		3.4		70.6	8.1		5.0		75.9	2.7
Black, not Hispanic or Latino	11.8		67.3	‡		8.7		68.2	0.9	!	4.5		66.7	7.5		4.3		67.8	7.1		5.0		69.4	3.2
Hispanic or Latino	11.1		72.4	1.4	!	10.7		73.0	1.2	!	3.6		73.4	7.7		3.6		70.5	9.5		3.8		74.9	5.0
All other races, not Hispanic or Latino²	9.4		71.2	1.7	!	6.8		71.2	2.7	!	3.5		72.1	6.8		4.6		66.5	10.5		2.9		73.8	4.4

Grade
6th	2.6	!	83.6	2.5		1.7	!	84.1	3.1	!	1.5	!	74.5	13.2		1.2	!	71.8	15.9		0.8	!	78.8	7.8
7th	4.6		81.8	1.6		4.6		81.6	2.2		1.7		75.6	10.8		1.8		72.2	13.0		2.1		78.2	6.5
8th	6.1		80.9	‡		4.7		80.8	‡		2.0		77.6	7.3		1.6		75.0	10.4		1.6		83.1	2.9
9th	14.0		64.3	0.7	!	10.9		66.8	‡		4.8		68.1	6.3		3.7		68.2	7.0		7.6		70.0	2.4
10th	16.0		62.0	0.8	!	14.3		61.6	1.3	!	8.2		66.3	4.5		6.8		64.9	6.3		7.0		69.3	2.2	!
11th	14.2		64.8	‡		13.7		63.4	‡		7.2		68.7	3.0		4.7		69.8	4.5		6.0		73.5	1.2
12th	15.1		63.4	‡		14.8		63.6	‡		9.0		67.3	1.5	!	5.2		67.2	3.5		6.3		70.5	1.6	!

Household income
Less than $7,500	8.0	!	76.5	‡		4.2	!	82.0	‡		‡		80.0	6.6	!	‡		76.1	7.2		‡		79.9	‡
$7,500-14,999	14.7		65.4	2.5	!	13.4		64.9	‡		5.5	!	70.1	4.5	!	5.0	!	69.6	6.4		4.0	!	70.5	3.7	!
$15,000-24,999	7.0		74.7	‡		8.0		72.6	‡		2.9		73.5	7.1		2.2	!	70.8	10.7		2.3		76.5	4.6	!
$25,000-34,999	12.8		70.2	‡		11.6		70.7	‡		5.3		70.6	6.6		4.1		71.3	8.1		5.0		73.4	3.4
$35,000-49,999	9.6		71.7	1.5	!	7.8		71.2	1.9		4.9		70.9	6.5		2.8		69.7	9.4		3.7		74.8	4.1
$50,000 or more	10.6		71.6	0.5		9.6		71.8	0.7		5.3		71.0	6.2		3.7		69.6	8.3		5.0		75.3	3.0

Urbanicity³
Urban	11.0		68.0	1.3	!	9.3		68.5	1.8	!	4.0		69.1	6.9		3.8		67.2	8.8		4.3		71.0	4.4
Suburban	10.6		71.7	0.7		9.9		71.5	0.7		5.6		71.2	6.1		3.8		70.3	8.0		4.8		75.5	2.8
Rural	10.6		74.0	0.8	!	8.9		74.4	1.1		4.5		73.8	6.6		3.2		72.6	8.9		4.9		77.7	3.1

Self-report of grades at school⁴
Mostly A's	8.6		75.2	1.0		7.6		75.1	1.1		3.9		73.7	6.8		3.0		71.4	9.3		4.1		77.6	3.2
Mostly B's	10.6		70.1	0.7	!	9.3		70.3	0.9		5.1		69.9	5.8		3.5		69.3	7.8		4.3		73.6	3.1
Mostly C's	13.6		66.2	1.2	!	12.6		67.2	1.4	!	5.8		69.2	7.4		4.4		68.5	8.4		5.8		71.3	4.3
Mostly D's	21.5		62.5	‡		18.1		63.6	‡		10.4		67.3	6.0	!	8.4		66.7	8.7		8.6		72.1	3.0	!
Mostly F's	19.6	!	69.5	#		20.1	!	64.8	#		11.1	!	71.8	‡		‡		79.1	‡		‡		77.2	#

Student report of violent victimization at school⁵
Yes	25.3		50.6	‡		27.5		50.2	‡		15.6		63.7	4.4	!	11.2	!	61.0	9.2	!	16.7		61.1	‡
No	10.5		71.4	0.9		9.3		71.5	1.1		4.8		71.2	6.4		3.5		70.0	8.3		4.5		74.8	3.3

Student report of theft victimization at school⁵
Yes	16.5		60.1	#		15.3		59.4	#		8.2		67.2	7.9		4.7	!	66.6	12.1		8.9		69.6	‡
No	10.5		71.4	0.9		9.4		71.6	1.1		4.9		71.2	6.4		3.6		69.9	8.2		4.5		74.8	3.3

Sector
Public	11.4		69.4	0.9		10.1		69.8	1.1		5.3		69.8	6.6		3.9		68.6	8.6		5.0		73.3	3.4
Private	3.5		88.0	‡		3.6		86.3	1.4	!	1.8	!	85.0	4.7		‡		83.5	5.9		1.1	!	88.0	2.5
# 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 "Don't know drug" indicates the student did not know whether a drug was available at school because they were unable to identify the drug in question.
² "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.
³ Urbanicity refers to the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) status of the respondent's household as defined in 1990 by the U.S. Census Bureau.
⁴ Rates for students who responded that their schools did not give grades or there was no alphabetical equivalent are not reported.
⁵ 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 but not shown separately. Students who responded "don't know" were able to identify the drug in question, but did not know if the drug was available at their school. 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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