Twelfth graders who agree or strongly agree with statements about their school: 1992

Table 151.

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                           |                                Percent of 12th graders
         Students'         |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         response          |  All  |    Sex       |         Race/ethnicity               |  Socioeconomic     |Control of school attended
                           | 12th  |              |--------------------------------------|    status/1/       |--------------------------
                           |graders|--------------|      |      |        |      |American|--------------------|      |         |  Other
                           |       | Male |Female |White |Black |Hispanic|Asian | Indian | Low  |Middle| High |Public|Catholic | private
---------------------------|-------|------|-------|------|------|--------|------|--------|------|------|------|------|---------|---------
             1             |   2   |  3   |   4   |  5   |  6   |   7    |  8   |   9    |  10  |  11  |  12  |  13  |   14    |   15
---------------------------|-------|------|-------|------|------|--------|------|--------|------|------|------|------|---------|---------
Teaching is good           |       |      |       |      |      |        |      |        |      |      |      |      |         |
  at school ...............|  83.5 | 82.5 |  84.6 | 83.5 | 81.7 |   85.7 | 85.1 |   84.9 | 84.6 | 82.1 | 85.5 | 83.1 |    88.9 |    92.5
                           |       |      |       |      |      |        |      |        |      |      |      |      |         |
Teachers are interested    |       |      |       |      |      |        |      |        |      |      |      |      |         |
  in students .............|  79.7 | 78.8 |  80.7 | 80.2 | 75.8 |   81.1 | 80.3 |   81.2 | 78.9 | 78.4 | 82.7 | 79.0 |    89.9 |    93.9
                           |       |      |       |      |      |        |      |        |      |      |      |      |         |
Do not feel safe           |       |      |       |      |      |        |      |        |      |      |      |      |         |
  at school ...............|  10.7 | 11.1 |  10.2 |  8.8 | 16.0 |   14.7 | 15.8 |   11.7 | 12.5 | 10.9 |  8.3 | 10.8 |     5.1 |     4.4
                           |       |      |       |      |      |        |      |        |      |      |      |      |         |
Disruptions impede         |       |      |       |      |      |        |      |        |      |      |      |      |         |
  learning ................|  33.6 | 32.2 |  35.2 | 31.5 | 37.5 |   40.1 | 40.9 |   45.9 | 39.2 | 35.2 | 26.2 | 34.4 |    25.4 |    23.0
                           |       |      |       |      |      |        |      |        |      |      |      |      |         |
Grading is fair ...........|  76.8 | 76.7 |  76.8 | 77.9 | 71.1 |   76.4 | 76.7 |   73.3 | 74.0 | 75.4 | 81.2 | 75.8 |    82.9 |    90.1
                           |       |      |       |      |      |        |      |        |      |      |      |      |         |
There is cheating          |       |      |       |      |      |        |      |        |      |      |      |      |         |
  at school ...............|  57.8 | 54.9 |  60.7 | 58.6 | 56.6 |   51.9 | 63.2 |   59.8 | 55.4 | 58.7 | 58.1 | 59.4 |    56.9 |    29.5
                           |       |      |       |      |      |        |      |        |      |      |      |      |         |
Discipline is fair ........|  66.5 | 64.7 |  68.4 | 66.2 | 58.9 |   73.5 | 74.5 |   74.3 | 65.7 | 65.5 | 68.5 | 65.6 |    68.8 |    74.7
---------------------------|-------|------|-------|------|------|--------|------|--------|------|------|------|------|---------|---------

/1/Socioeconomic status was measured by a composite score on parental education and occupations and family income. The "Low" SES group is the lowest quartile; the "Middle" SES group is the middle two quartiles; and the "High" SES group is the upper quartile.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 Second Followup" survey. (This table was prepared July 1996.)

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