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| School characteristic | Inadequate access to licensed mental health professionals1 | Inadequate funding | Potential legal issues for school or district2 | Concerns about reactions from parents | Lack of community support for providing mental health services to students in their school | Written or unwritten policies regarding the school's requirement to pay for the diagnostic mental health assessment or treatment of students3 | Reluctance to label students with mental health disorders to avoid stigmatizing the child | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 39.1 | (1.24) | 39.0 | (1.36) | 12.4 | (1.00) | 9.5 | (0.79) | 9.3 | (0.66) | 13.9 | (0.79) | 8.3 | (0.74) | |||||||
| School level | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Elementary | 40.1 | (1.90) | 40.1 | (1.95) | 12.9 | (1.61) | 10.1 | (1.30) | 10.0 | (1.06) | 14.6 | (1.14) | 9.1 | (1.09) | |||||||
| Middle | 39.8 | (1.39) | 38.5 | (1.81) | 10.3 | (0.88) | 8.5 | (1.03) | 8.9 | (1.13) | 14.6 | (1.29) | 6.9 | (0.93) | |||||||
| Secondary/high | 35.3 | (1.80) | 36.5 | (1.59) | 12.4 | (1.21) | 8.5 | (0.85) | 7.1 | (0.73) | 11.0 | (0.94) | 7.1 | (0.92) | |||||||
| Combined/other | 41.9 | (5.34) | 34.8 | (6.16) | 15.7 | (3.78) | 10.6 | (2.80) | 11.9 | ! | (3.70) | 12.9 | (3.74) | 8.3 | ! | (2.64) | |||||
Enrollment size | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Less than 300 | 40.3 | (3.43) | 40.6 | (3.24) | 14.2 | (2.74) | 9.5 | (2.09) | 10.3 | (1.97) | 13.7 | (2.36) | 10.3 | (2.21) | |||||||
| 300 to 499 | 42.7 | (2.75) | 41.9 | (2.37) | 12.1 | (1.49) | 10.1 | (1.42) | 8.7 | (1.23) | 13.2 | (1.56) | 7.9 | (1.48) | |||||||
| 500 to 999 | 37.7 | (1.92) | 36.9 | (1.89) | 11.4 | (1.16) | 9.6 | (1.17) | 10.2 | (1.14) | 15.0 | (1.25) | 8.3 | (1.07) | |||||||
| 1,000 or more | 31.1 | (1.73) | 34.3 | (1.84) | 12.8 | (1.20) | 7.4 | (1.23) | 5.7 | (0.94) | 12.3 | (1.36) | 5.3 | (1.01) | |||||||
Locale | |||||||||||||||||||||
| City | 37.4 | (2.52) | 38.8 | (2.47) | 14.0 | (1.85) | 11.2 | (1.66) | 10.8 | (1.53) | 14.4 | (1.38) | 9.6 | (1.25) | |||||||
| Suburban | 36.5 | (2.37) | 37.7 | (1.88) | 12.2 | (1.49) | 8.0 | (1.12) | 8.2 | (1.18) | 14.4 | (1.69) | 5.3 | (1.07) | |||||||
| Town | 41.8 | (3.75) | 36.5 | (3.51) | 8.3 | (1.89) | 9.8 | (2.02) | 13.0 | (2.62) | 11.1 | (2.00) | 6.9 | (1.60) | |||||||
| Rural | 42.8 | (3.05) | 41.9 | (3.22) | 12.8 | (2.27) | 9.5 | (1.88) | 7.5 | (1.48) | 14.0 | (2.06) | 11.3 | (1.91) | |||||||
Percent of students who are American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black, Hispanic, Pacific Islander, or of Two or more races | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 to 25 percent | 43.2 | (2.04) | 38.1 | (2.22) | 10.3 | (1.66) | 8.9 | (1.44) | 8.2 | (1.31) | 12.5 | (1.55) | 7.5 | (1.29) | |||||||
| 26 to 50 percent | 37.4 | (2.65) | 43.1 | (2.70) | 10.2 | (1.43) | 7.8 | (1.35) | 8.7 | (1.38) | 15.2 | (1.93) | 6.2 | (1.35) | |||||||
| 51 to 75 percent | 38.7 | (2.97) | 41.7 | (3.79) | 15.1 | (2.34) | 9.0 | (1.65) | 7.4 | (1.21) | 10.7 | (1.53) | 9.4 | (1.86) | |||||||
| 76 to 100 percent | 35.9 | (2.26) | 35.2 | (2.03) | 14.9 | (2.01) | 11.9 | (1.54) | 12.3 | (1.80) | 16.6 | (1.68) | 10.3 | (1.49) | |||||||
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 to 25 percent | 33.5 | (2.51) | 35.4 | (2.82) | 10.7 | (1.84) | 11.1 | (2.18) | 9.7 | (1.91) | 13.6 | (1.78) | 9.6 | (1.99) | |||||||
| 26 to 50 percent | 38.9 | (2.47) | 39.2 | (2.76) | 12.2 | (2.08) | 5.9 | (0.96) | 4.2 | (0.73) | 12.1 | (1.83) | 6.6 | (1.38) | |||||||
| 51 to 75 percent | 45.0 | (2.43) | 44.8 | (2.76) | 12.1 | (2.41) | 7.9 | (2.00) | 10.3 | (1.90) | 13.0 | (2.15) | 4.8 | (1.07) | |||||||
| 76 to 100 percent | 38.7 | (2.47) | 37.3 | (2.04) | 13.6 | (1.72) | 12.1 | (1.46) | 11.8 | (1.35) | 15.7 | (1.41) | 10.9 | (1.41) | |||||||
| !Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1Licensed mental health professionals include psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioners, psychiatric/mental health nurses, clinical social workers, and professional counselors. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2Examples of legal issues provided to respondents were malpractice, insufficient supervision, and confidentiality. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3A diagnostic mental health assessment is an evaluation conducted by a mental health professional that identifies whether an individual has one or more mental health diagnoses. Treatment is a clinical intervention--which may include psychotherapy, medication, and/or counseling--addressed at lessening or eliminating the symptoms of a mental health disorder. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Respondents were asked to indicate the extent to which each factor limited the school's efforts to provide mental health services to students. For each factor, they could select "limits in major way," "limits in minor way," or "does not limit." Estimates in this table represent only those schools reporting that a factor limited their efforts in a major way. Responses were provided by the principal or the person most knowledgeable about school crime and policies to provide a safe environment. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2021-22 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), 2022. (This table was prepared November 2023.) | |||||||||||||||||||||
