(187KB)| Table 142. | Percentage of schools with various security measures, by control and selected characteristics: 1999-2000 |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| Total schools | Percent of schools with security measures
|________________________|___________________________________________________________________________________________
| | | | Daily | Random| | |Daily pre-| |
| | Percent-| Required| metal| metal| | | sence of| | Violence
| | age dis-| visitor| detector| detector| Closed| | police or| Video | prevention
Selected school characteristic| Number|tribution| sign-in| checks\1\| checks| lunch\2\|Drug sweeps| security|surveillance| program
______________________________|______________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|__________|____________|___________
1 | 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11
______________________________|______________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|__________|____________|___________
Public total ..............|84,735 (284.6)| 100.0|96.6(0.23)| 1.7(0.14)| 7.7(0.24)|89.7(0.34)| 20.9(0.44)|23.4(0.42)|14.9 (0.40)| 59.2(0.74)
|______________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|__________|____________|___________
School enrollment | | | | | | | | | |
Under 300 ..................|24,626 (444.2)| 29.1|91.1(0.71)| 2.1(0.36)| 5.0(0.43)|82.2(0.96)| 22.0(0.97)|12.7(0.91)| 9.7 (0.76)| 53.0(1.33)
300 to 499 .................|22,733 (479.2)| 26.8|98.5(0.28)| 0.9(0.23)| 5.2(0.44)|91.9(0.57)| 15.2(0.83)|12.5(0.75)|13.1 (0.77)| 59.9(1.31)
500 to 999 .................|28,788 (428.8)| 34.0|99.1(0.18)| 1.3(0.18)| 8.5(0.45)|95.1(0.47)| 19.7(0.65)|25.8(0.73)|15.6 (0.72)| 62.2(1.22)
1,000 to 1,499 .............| 5,454 (217.2)| 6.4|98.3(0.65)| 2.5(0.60)|17.3(1.49)|89.7(0.82)| 35.6(1.57)|66.0(2.43)|30.1 (1.71)| 62.9(2.07)
1,500 or more ..............| 3,133 (109.8)| 3.7|99.4(0.24)| 5.9(1.35)|23.8(1.98)|82.2(1.29)| 38.5(2.40)|90.3(1.76)|35.7 (1.92)| 69.9(1.91)
| | | | | | | | | |
Percent of students eligible | | | | | | | | | |
for free or reduced-price | | | | | | | | | |
school lunch | | | | | | | | | |
Less than 15 ...............|19,877 (454.7)| 23.5|95.1(0.64)| 0.3(0.09)| 3.6(0.36)|84.9(0.78)| 20.4(0.83)|23.4(0.85)|16.7 (0.96)| 54.4(1.61)
15 to 29 ...................|16,634 (458.7)| 19.6|96.7(0.46)| 0.6(0.17)| 4.6(0.45)|88.2(1.00)| 21.1(0.98)|20.5(0.96)|14.9 (0.93)| 55.5(1.47)
30 to 49 ...................|18,188 (449.1)| 21.5|96.9(0.59)| 1.3(0.34)| 6.9(0.65)|89.7(0.84)| 23.0(1.22)|20.1(1.04)|13.0 (0.77)| 61.1(1.61)
50 to 74 ...................|15,758 (405.9)| 18.6|96.7(0.54)| 2.2(0.35)|11.8(0.97)|92.7(0.63)| 19.5(1.17)|21.3(1.08)|13.3 (1.00)| 62.2(1.60)
75 to 100 ..................|14,279 (357.6)| 16.9|97.8(0.41)| 4.9(0.63)|13.4(0.83)|94.6(0.61)| 20.2(1.30)|33.3(1.49)|16.4 (1.12)| 64.5(1.60)
| | | | | | | | | |
Community type | | | | | | | | | |
Central city ...............|20,395 (303.5)| 24.1|98.4(0.30)| 5.0(0.53)|14.2(0.83)|92.8(0.62)| 15.1(0.86)|37.5(1.16)|15.5 (0.81)| 65.8(1.47)
Urban fringe/large town ....|37,786 (412.5)| 44.6|98.2(0.33)| 0.6(0.12)| 4.9(0.32)|91.4(0.55)| 16.7(0.51)|22.6(0.65)|15.0 (0.67)| 57.5(1.01)
Rural/small town ...........|26,555 (352.3)| 31.3|92.8(0.55)| 0.7(0.09)| 6.7(0.35)|84.9(0.66)| 31.3(1.03)|13.8(0.66)|14.1 (0.68)| 56.7(1.20)
| | | | | | | | | |
Level\3\ | | | | | | | | | |
Elementary .................|60,485 (249.8)| 71.4|96.8(0.27)| 0.8(0.14)| 5.0(0.27)|94.4(0.44)| 10.0(0.49)|14.6 0.58 |10.9 (0.51)| 59.2(0.93)
Secondary ..................|20,885 (189.9)| 24.6|96.4(0.50)| 3.1(0.27)|13.9(0.47)|77.3(0.82)| 49.3(0.74)|48.1(0.82)|25.5 (0.65)| 59.1(0.96)
Combined ...................| 3,364 (154.0)| 4.0|93.4(1.15)| 8.5(2.07)|18.9(1.67)|82.0(2.30)| 40.0(2.47)|28.6(2.37)|19.7 (2.17)| 61.1(2.22)
|==============|=========|==========|==========|==========|==========|===========|==========|============|===========
Private total .............|27,223 (238.6)| 100.0 |80.7(1.12)| 0.6(0.21)| 0.8(0.18)|91.6(0.72)| 4.8(0.41)| 4.8(0.47)| 8.1 (0.63)| 23.6(0.96)
|______________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|__________|____________|___________
School enrollment | | | | | | | | | |
Under 300 ..................|21,890 (297.0)| 80.4 |78.2(1.38)| 0.7(0.27)| 0.8(0.21)|91.0(0.90)| 4.2(0.50)| 3.2(0.56)| 6.4 (0.74)| 21.0(1.16)
300 to 499 .................| 3,288 (132.7)| 12.1 |92.8(0.96)| # (†) | # (†) |95.3(0.91)| 4.3(0.73)| 7.1(1.08)|12.8 (1.52)| 34.4(2.03)
500 to 999 .................| 1,752 (96.3)| 6.4 |89.1(1.10)| # (†) | # (†) |92.9(1.33)| 12.4(1.53)|14.2(1.30)|17.0 (1.55)| 33.9(2.03)
1,000 or more ..............| 293 (32.4)| 1.1 |81.7(4.67)| # (†) | # (†) |91.8(5.87)| 6.2(1.42)|42.0(5.40)|31.1 (5.94)| 30.1(3.75)
| | | | | | | | | |
Percent of students eligible | | | | | | | | | |
for free or reduced-price | | | | | | | | | |
school lunch | | | | | | | | | |
Less than 15 ...............|25,898 (280.2)| 95.1 |80.6(1.16)| 0.4(0.12)| 0.7(0.18)|91.8(0.73)| 4.2(0.40)| 5.0(0.49)| 7.9 (0.67)| 22.8(0.92)
15 to 29 ...................| 610 (92.9)| 2.2 |89.3(3.98)| # (†) | # (†) |93.5(3.18)| 14.9(6.60)| # (†) | 5.8 (3.17)| 39.4(7.98)
30 percent or more .........| 715 (117.7)| 2.6 |77.8(7.57)| 7.3(5.53)| 5.5(2.60)|84.2(7.36)| 15.5(5.57)| 1.9(1.13)|17.0 (4.04)| 39.8(7.05)
| | | | | | | | | |
Community type | | | | | | | | | |
Central city ...............|11,534 (241.4)| 42.4 |84.9(1.80)| 0.4(0.40)| 0.6(0.25)|92.5(1.04)| 3.9(0.47)| 6.0(0.68)|10.8 (0.95)| 25.9(1.62)
Urban fringe/large town ....|10,860 (322.2)| 39.9 |83.3(1.63)| 0.9(0.28)| 1.2(0.38)|93.6(1.06)| 4.2(0.61)| 3.7(0.85)| 7.3 (0.95)| 21.3(1.42)
Rural/small town ...........| 4,829 (256.2)| 17.7 |64.9(3.31)| # (†) | # (†) |85.1(2.20)| 8.3(1.25)| 4.3(1.29)| 3.6 (1.42)| 23.3(2.48)
| | | | | | | | | |
Level\3\ | | | | | | | | | |
Elementary .................|16,562 (278.4)| 60.8 |80.7(1.70)| 0.3(0.31)| 0.2(0.11)|94.0(1.13)| 1.3(0.35)| 2.6(0.57)| 7.8 (0.82)| 24.6(1.19)
Secondary ..................| 2,583 (126.4)| 9.5 |80.7(2.08)| # (†) | 3.5(1.52)|84.7(2.64)| 18.8(1.94)|15.9(2.71)|13.1 (2.36)| 31.0(2.59)
Combined ...................| 8,078 (276.2)| 29.7 |80.7(2.11)| 1.1(0.37)| 1.0(0.32)|88.9(1.48)| 7.3(1.01)| 5.7(0.89)| 7.2 (1.01)| 19.1(1.72)
______________________________|______________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|__________|____________|___________ |
|
†Not applicable. #Rounds to zero. \1\All students must pass through a metal detector each day. \2\All or most students are required to stay on school grounds during lunch. \3\Elementary includes schools that have grade 6 or below, with no grade higher than 8; secondary schools have no grade lower than 7; and combined schools have grades lower than 7 and higher than 8. NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Questionnaire," "Private School Questionnaire," 1999-2000; and "Charter School Questionnaire," 1999-2000. (This table was prepared November 2002.)
|