Table 231.70.

Percentage of students ages 12-18 who reported having access to a loaded gun, without adult permission, at school or away from school during the school year, by selected student and school characteristics: Selected years, 2007 through 2017

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Student or school characteristic	2007			2009			2011			2013			2015			2017
1	2			3			4			5			6			7
Total	6.7		(0.40)	5.5		(0.47)	4.7		(0.43)	3.7		(0.38)	4.2		(0.48)	3.4		(0.29)
Sex
Male	8.4		(0.56)	7.6		(0.72)	5.6		(0.59)	3.9		(0.56)	5.3		(0.63)	4.0		(0.43)
Female	5.0		(0.47)	3.4		(0.44)	3.6		(0.44)	3.4		(0.35)	3.1		(0.50)	2.7		(0.33)
Race/ethnicity
White	7.7		(0.55)	6.4		(0.60)	5.3		(0.50)	4.2		(0.45)	5.2		(0.67)	4.2		(0.41)
Black	6.2		(0.98)	3.9		(0.92)	4.1		(0.86)	3.4		(0.78)	3.3		(0.79)	4.1		(0.82)
Hispanic	4.8		(0.79)	4.9		(0.90)	4.1		(0.89)	3.0		(0.71)	2.8		(0.65)	1.7		(0.40)
Asian/Pacific Islander	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Asian	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Pacific Islander	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
American Indian/Alaska Native	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	9.6	!	(4.35)
Two or more races	9.7		(2.67)	5.2	!	(2.44)	‡		(†)	4.5	!	(2.03)	5.9	!	(2.27)	3.4	!	(1.69)
Grade
6th	2.4		(0.64)	0.8	!	(0.40)	2.0	!	(0.89)	‡		(†)	1.7	!	(0.65)	‡		(†)
7th	2.6		(0.56)	3.6		(0.84)	3.0		(0.63)	2.0		(0.50)	3.0		(0.66)	1.1	!	(0.33)
8th	3.2		(0.63)	3.2		(0.63)	2.9		(0.60)	2.4		(0.62)	2.6		(0.58)	2.2		(0.49)
9th	6.8		(0.98)	4.4		(0.80)	4.0		(0.75)	3.3		(0.80)	3.3		(0.72)	3.5		(0.81)
10th	9.2		(1.13)	7.3		(1.02)	5.3		(0.70)	4.7		(0.80)	4.7		(1.07)	4.0		(0.81)
11th	9.9		(1.00)	7.6		(1.16)	6.4		(1.06)	5.9		(0.99)	6.4		(1.10)	4.8		(0.82)
12th	12.3		(1.33)	9.8		(1.44)	8.2		(1.06)	5.8		(0.99)	7.3		(1.08)	5.8		(0.88)
Urbanicity1
Urban	5.8		(0.67)	4.7		(0.72)	4.1		(0.61)	3.2		(0.54)	3.4		(0.73)	2.2		(0.39)
Suburban	6.4		(0.59)	5.5		(0.57)	4.9		(0.55)	3.7		(0.46)	4.4		(0.60)	3.2		(0.34)
Rural	9.1		(1.04)	7.1		(1.39)	4.9		(0.92)	4.6		(0.91)	5.0		(1.20)	6.7		(1.27)
Control of school
Public	6.9		(0.44)	5.8		(0.49)	4.8		(0.42)	3.7		(0.40)	4.4		(0.52)	3.5		(0.30)
Private	4.5		(0.88)	2.3	!	(0.83)	3.2	!	(0.98)	3.6		(1.01)	2.0	!	(0.76)	2.2	!	(0.73)

†Not applicable.

!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.

‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.

1 Refers to the Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) status of the respondent's household as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Categories include "central city of an MSA (Urban)," "in MSA but not in central city (Suburban)," and "not MSA (Rural)."

NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey, 2007 through 2017. (This table was prepared September 2018.)