Table 22b. Percentage of students ages 12 to 18 who reported that street gangs were present at school during previous 6 months, by locale and race/ethnicity: 2005

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Table 22b.

Percentage of students ages 12 to 18 who reported that street gangs were present at school during previous 6 months, by locale and race/ethnicity: 2005

Race/ethnicity	Total	Central city	Urban fringe/ large town	Rural/ small town
Total	23.8	35.6	20.5	16.3
White	16.6	23.3	15.8	14.0
Black	36.6	41.2	34.8	23.9
Hispanic	38.4	48.1	32.1	25.7
Other ¹	22.5	27.0	21.6	14.4 !
! Interpret data with caution. ¹ Other includes Asians, Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders, American Indians (including Alaska Natives), and more than one race. NOTE: School locale categories differ from those in table 7.1. The four CCD locales are collapsed into three, with large towns included in the urban fringe category and small towns included in the rural category. See Appendix C: Guide to Sources for more information. 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), table 8.1, data from U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey, 2005.