Table 229.60.

Percentage distribution of public schools, by number of serious violent incidents of crime at school recorded and reported to the police and selected school characteristics: 2017-18

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
School characteristic	Number of serious violent incidents recorded																		Number of serious violent incidents reported to the police
	None			1 incident			2 incidents			3-5 incidents			6-9 incidents			10 or more incidents			None			1 incident			2 incidents			3-5 incidents			6-9 incidents			10 or more incidents
1	2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11			12			13
Total	78.7		(0.98)	10.0		(0.74)	4.7		(0.48)	4.4		(0.44)	1.2		(0.20)	1.0		(0.27)	85.1		(0.86)	7.8		(0.59)	3.7		(0.36)	2.5		(0.28)	0.7		(0.14)	0.2		(0.05)
School level1
Primary	86.1		(1.55)	6.7		(1.09)	3.2		(0.74)	2.6		(0.71)	0.8	!	(0.34)	‡		(†)	92.7		(1.25)	4.3		(0.85)	1.9	!	(0.57)	0.9	!	(0.34)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Middle	67.5		(1.52)	14.1		(1.31)	8.1		(0.78)	6.6		(0.70)	1.4		(0.34)	2.2		(0.43)	74.9		(1.50)	12.5		(1.28)	7.0		(0.81)	4.2		(0.66)	0.7	!	(0.22)	0.7	!	(0.25)
High school	64.5		(1.69)	14.6		(1.32)	7.3		(0.77)	8.7		(0.92)	3.0		(0.41)	1.8		(0.46)	69.2		(1.59)	14.0		(1.34)	7.0		(0.82)	6.7		(0.80)	2.7		(0.40)	0.3	!	(0.15)
Combined	77.1		(5.23)	16.5		(4.90)	2.8	!	(1.23)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	83.6		(3.88)	10.7	!	(3.22)	3.6	!	(1.46)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Enrollment size
Less than 300	86.3		(2.38)	9.7		(2.08)	‡		(†)	1.6	!	(0.63)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	91.4		(1.92)	6.2		(1.63)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
300 to 499	82.1		(1.46)	9.0		(1.25)	3.7		(0.74)	3.5		(0.85)	0.6	!	(0.32)	1.0	!	(0.49)	89.1		(1.12)	6.4		(1.02)	2.8		(0.62)	1.3	!	(0.52)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
500 to 999	78.0		(1.60)	9.4		(0.99)	5.9		(0.86)	5.0		(0.65)	0.9	!	(0.32)	0.8	!	(0.34)	84.7		(1.49)	7.9		(0.89)	4.2		(0.67)	2.5		(0.47)	0.5	!	(0.21)	‡		(†)
1,000 or more	57.2		(2.04)	15.7		(1.58)	10.1		(1.28)	9.6		(1.10)	4.0		(0.57)	3.4		(0.65)	64.0		(1.68)	13.9		(1.38)	9.5		(1.20)	8.1		(0.87)	3.5		(0.54)	1.0	!	(0.32)
Locale
City	76.9		(1.79)	11.6		(1.80)	4.8		(0.86)	4.5		(0.88)	1.1		(0.29)	1.1		(0.24)	84.2		(1.71)	8.4		(1.55)	4.3		(0.82)	1.8		(0.39)	0.9	!	(0.28)	0.5	!	(0.17)
Suburban	78.5		(1.52)	9.4		(1.07)	4.7		(0.72)	4.7		(0.61)	1.4		(0.35)	1.3	!	(0.66)	84.7		(1.30)	8.1		(1.05)	3.1		(0.35)	2.8		(0.46)	1.1	!	(0.33)	0.1	!	(0.07)
Town	79.6		(2.18)	8.3		(1.49)	4.6		(1.28)	5.6		(1.34)	1.4	!	(0.61)	‡		(†)	85.1		(1.66)	7.3		(1.36)	3.7	!	(1.12)	3.3		(0.96)	0.6	!	(0.25)	‡		(†)
Rural	80.5		(2.00)	9.9		(1.27)	4.6		(1.11)	3.2		(0.64)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	86.6		(1.75)	7.0		(1.05)	4.0		(1.03)	2.3		(0.66)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Percent minority enrollment2
0 to 25 percent	80.7		(1.44)	9.6		(1.04)	3.8		(0.69)	4.2		(0.66)	1.0		(0.28)	0.7	!	(0.30)	86.5		(1.13)	6.9		(0.75)	3.5		(0.59)	2.3		(0.39)	0.8	!	(0.37)	‡		(†)
26 to 50 percent	79.1		(2.16)	11.5		(1.58)	4.1		(0.82)	3.8	!	(1.19)	‡		(†)	1.2	!	(0.56)	86.4		(1.66)	7.9		(1.22)	2.3		(0.51)	3.0		(0.66)	0.3	!	(0.16)	‡		(†)
51 to 75 percent	78.1		(2.68)	8.0		(2.16)	6.8		(1.44)	4.7		(1.19)	1.4	!	(0.69)	1.0	!	(0.35)	85.3		(1.96)	5.8		(1.12)	5.1		(0.95)	2.6	!	(0.92)	0.9	!	(0.27)	‡		(†)
76 to 100 percent	76.0		(1.87)	10.5		(1.74)	5.2		(0.96)	4.9		(0.82)	2.0	!	(0.66)	1.4	!	(0.43)	82.1		(1.71)	10.0		(1.68)	4.4		(0.77)	2.2		(0.50)	0.7		(0.18)	0.5	!	(0.17)
Percent of students eligible for      free or reduced-price lunch
0 to 25 percent	82.5		(2.20)	8.8		(1.30)	3.6		(0.83)	4.0		(0.95)	1.0	!	(0.39)	0.2	!	(0.12)	88.9		(1.19)	6.1		(1.02)	2.2		(0.36)	2.2		(0.58)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
26 to 50 percent	78.2		(1.50)	10.7		(1.51)	4.5		(0.75)	4.9		(0.76)	0.8		(0.23)	1.0	!	(0.47)	84.4		(1.38)	7.3		(1.07)	4.0		(0.60)	3.1		(0.55)	1.1	!	(0.48)	‡		(†)
51 to 75 percent	79.8		(1.93)	10.1		(1.40)	4.9		(0.89)	3.6		(0.68)	0.8	!	(0.37)	0.7	!	(0.26)	84.2		(1.68)	8.8		(1.19)	4.3		(0.81)	2.2		(0.50)	0.4	!	(0.13)	‡		(†)
76 to 100 percent	76.1		(1.86)	10.2		(1.30)	5.3		(0.91)	4.8		(0.89)	1.9		(0.54)	1.8		(0.51)	84.3		(1.38)	8.3		(1.14)	4.0		(0.65)	2.4		(0.63)	0.7		(0.17)	0.3	!	(0.13)

†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 Primary schools are defined as schools in which the lowest grade is not higher than grade 3 and the highest grade is not higher than grade 8. Middle schools are defined as schools in which the lowest grade is not lower than grade 4 and the highest grade is not higher than grade 9. High schools are defined as schools in which the lowest grade is not lower than grade 9. Combined schools include all other combinations of grades, including K-12 schools.

2 Percent combined enrollment of Black, Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native students, and students of Two or more races.

NOTE: "Serious violent" incidents include rape, sexual assault other than rape, physical attack or fight with a weapon, threat of physical attack with a weapon, and robbery with or without a weapon. Responses were provided by the principal or the person most knowledgeable about crime and safety issues at the school. "At school" was defined to include activities that happen in school buildings, on school grounds, on school buses, and at places that hold school-sponsored events or activities. Respondents were instructed to include incidents that occurred before, during, or after normal school hours or when school activities or events were in session. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2017–18 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), 2018. (This table was prepared August 2019.)