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Table 233.70a. Percentage of public schools with security staff present at least once a week, by full-time or part-time status and selected school characteristics: 2005-06 through 2015-16
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
School characteristic Full-time Part-time only
2005-06 2007-08 2009-10 2013-141 2015-16 2005-06 2007-08 2009-10 2013-141 2015-16
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
All public schools 27.0 (0.88) 30.4 (0.98) 28.7 (0.97) 23.7   (1.10) 33.6 (1.31) 14.6 (1.06) 15.9   (0.89) 14.1 (0.66) 19.3 (1.18) 22.9 (1.17)
                                             
School level2                                            
Primary 12.5 (1.32) 17.8 (1.37) 15.7 (1.43) 10.4   (1.46) 19.9 (1.74) 13.7 (1.59) 15.3   (1.31) 12.1 (0.89) 18.2 (1.73) 25.5 (1.83)
Middle 44.5 (1.17) 44.9 (1.55) 45.8 (1.39) 36.9   (2.21) 49.9 (2.00) 19.2 (1.18) 20.7   (1.17) 20.6 (1.32) 26.4 (2.17) 23.5 (1.80)
High school/combined 49.6 (2.22) 51.9 (1.98) 49.0 (1.58) 48.1   (2.25) 55.6 (1.88) 13.4 (1.76) 13.5   (1.73) 13.9 (1.68) 16.1 (1.98) 15.7 (1.44)
High school 64.0 (1.53) 66.1 (1.48) 62.0 (1.56)   (†) 67.4 (1.60) 11.2 (1.14) 13.5   (1.42) 14.5 (1.50) (†) 13.6 (1.17)
Combined 26.8 (4.44) 26.2 (4.79) 24.0 (4.49)   (†) 31.0 (4.67) 16.7 (4.13) 13.6 ! (4.15) 12.7 (3.56) (†) 20.2 (3.39)
                                             
Enrollment size                                            
Less than 300 10.8 (1.58) 15.1 (2.09) 15.1 (2.29) 6.8   (1.72) 18.2 (3.09) 11.9 (2.07) 12.5   (2.07) 10.5 (2.20) 14.9 (2.81) 16.6 (2.72)
300 to 499 16.7 (1.93) 19.4 (1.84) 18.0 (1.96) 15.4   (2.12) 25.0 (2.45) 13.0 (1.64) 16.8   (2.05) 15.5 (1.76) 20.0 (2.28) 24.9 (2.39)
500 to 999 31.0 (1.27) 34.0 (1.52) 31.2 (1.34) 26.4   (1.79) 35.5 (1.96) 19.5 (1.62) 18.8   (1.53) 16.1 (1.08) 24.2 (1.91) 29.1 (1.87)
1,000 or more 77.3 (1.61) 79.5 (1.65) 79.3 (1.82) 77.5   (2.66) 83.4 (2.02) 9.7 (1.40) 11.1   (1.83) 10.7 (1.50) 9.8 (2.06) 8.0 (1.49)
                                             
Locale                                            
City 37.7 (2.04) 45.3 (2.24) 39.7 (2.19) 35.0   (2.71) 43.8 (2.87) 11.4 (1.59) 12.0   (1.97) 11.2 (1.69) 10.4 (2.13) 18.1 (2.77)
Suburban 27.1 (1.41) 30.0 (1.64) 31.3 (1.58) 26.2   (1.97) 33.4 (1.95) 15.6 (1.44) 15.4   (1.59) 14.1 (1.50) 21.5 (2.23) 24.6 (2.15)
Town 26.3 (2.88) 26.9 (2.32) 21.2 (2.15) 18.4   (2.63) 34.5 (3.31) 18.1 (2.90) 24.2   (2.75) 17.8 (2.39) 29.6 (3.88) 27.4 (3.69)
Rural 18.6 (1.39) 20.2 (1.67) 20.5 (1.83) 15.3   (1.42) 23.0 (2.04) 15.2 (1.87) 15.7   (1.70) 14.7 (1.51) 20.2 (2.26) 23.7 (2.46)
                                             
Percent combined enrollment of Black,
      Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander,
      and American Indian/Alaska Native
      students, and students of Two or
      more races
                                           
Less than 5 percent 12.4 (1.60) 16.9 (2.70) 13.6 (2.41) 8.7 ! (2.72) 20.1 (3.87) 16.0 (1.81) 18.7   (2.56) 16.8 (2.51) 26.9 (5.40) 24.6 (5.31)
5 percent to less than 20 percent 23.9 (1.73) 23.1 (1.63) 19.9 (2.26) 13.7   (1.66) 27.3 (2.20) 15.0 (1.98) 19.9   (1.93) 16.6 (1.71) 21.2 (2.41) 27.0 (2.24)
20 percent to less than 50 percent 28.3 (1.94) 29.1 (2.21) 27.8 (1.69) 25.3   (2.28) 27.3 (1.82) 13.3 (1.75) 15.5   (1.93) 14.1 (1.50) 21.5 (2.48) 22.7 (2.31)
50 percent or more 37.3 (1.91) 43.8 (2.16) 41.3 (2.09) 33.3   (2.09) 43.3 (2.37) 14.0 (1.81) 11.6   (1.68) 11.2 (1.33) 14.6 (1.73) 20.4 (2.08)
                                             
Percent of students eligible for free
      or reduced-price lunch3
                                           
0 to 25 percent 24.9 (1.70) 29.7 (2.01) 27.9 (2.17) 21.0   (2.20) 30.4 (2.74) 13.0 (1.33) 16.8   (1.52) 11.3 (1.21) 20.6 (3.01) 22.6 (2.80)
26 to 50 percent 26.4 (1.63) 24.2 (2.01) 21.5 (1.52) 17.7   (1.87) 26.6 (2.00) 15.7 (2.01) 16.6   (1.65) 18.5 (1.37) 21.8 (2.64) 24.2 (2.55)
51 to 75 percent 25.7 (1.85) 29.7 (2.34) 29.0 (2.04) 24.3   (2.00) 34.3 (2.38) 13.7 (1.90) 16.4   (2.34) 13.3 (1.45) 20.2 (2.38) 24.4 (2.15)
76 to 100 percent 33.0 (2.49) 42.1 (3.17) 37.6 (2.66) 31.3   (2.86) 41.8 (3.02) 16.8 (2.07) 12.9   (2.17) 12.2 (1.84) 14.6 (2.37) 20.4 (2.70)
—Not available.
†Not applicable.
!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.
1 Data for 2013-14 were collected using the Fast Response Survey System (FRSS), while data for all other years were collected using the School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS). The 2013-14 FRSS survey was designed to allow comparisons with SSOCS data. However, respondents to the 2013-14 survey could choose either to complete the survey on paper (and mail it back) or to complete the survey online, whereas respondents to SSOCS did not have the option of completing the survey online. The 2013-14 survey also relied on a smaller sample. The smaller sample size and difference in survey administration may have impacted the 2013-14 results.
2 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 and the highest grade is not higher than grade 12. Combined schools include all other combinations of grades, including K-12 schools. Separate data on high schools and combined schools are not available for 2013-14.
3 Because the 2013-14 survey did not collect data on the percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, the classification of schools by the percentage of eligible students was computed based on data obtained from the Common Core of Data.
NOTE: Security staff include security guards, security personnel, School Resource Officers (SROs), and sworn law enforcement officers who are not SROs. "Security guards" and "security personnel" do not include law enforcement. SROs include all career law enforcement officers with arrest authority who have specialized training and are assigned to work in collaboration with school organizations. Responses were provided by the principal or the person most knowledgeable about crime and safety issues at the school.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2005-06, 2007-08, 2009-10, and 2015-16 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2016; Fast Response Survey System (FRSS), "School Safety and Discipline: 2013-14," FRSS 106, 2014; and Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2013-14. (This table was prepared September 2017.)

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