Table 22a. Percentage of high school students who reported that they were threatened or injured with a weapon on school property, carried a weapon to school, or engaged in a physical fight on school property, by race/ethnicity: 2005

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Table 22a.

Percentage of high school students who reported that they were threatened or injured with a weapon on school property, carried a weapon to school, or engaged in a physical fight on school property, by race/ethnicity: 2005

Race/ethnicity	Were threatened or injured with a weapon ¹	Carried a weapon ²	Engaged in a physical fight ¹
Total	7.9	6.5	13.6
White	7.2	6.1	11.6
Black	8.1	5.1	16.9
Hispanic	9.8	8.2	18.3
Asian	4.6 !	2.8 !	5.9 !
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	14.5 !	15.4 !	24.5 !
American Indian/Alaska Native	9.8 !	7.2 !	22.0
More than one race	10.7 !	11.9 !	15.8
! Interpret with caution. ¹ In the past 12 months. ² On one or more of the past 30 days. NOTE: High school students are defined as students enrolled in grades 9 through 12. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic origin. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2006 (NCES 2007-003), tables 4.1, 13.1, and 14.1, data from U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey, 2005.