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| Table 9. Percentage of students ages 12 through 18 who agree or strongly agree with statements about school discipline, by student behaviors and unfavorable school conditions: School year 2016–17 | ||||||||||||
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| Student behaviors and unfavorable school conditions |
Estimated number of students |
The school rules are fair |
The punishment for breaking school rules is the same no matter who you are |
The school rules are strictly enforced |
If a school rule is broken students know what kind of punishment will follow |
Teachers treat students with respect |
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| All students | 25,023,000 | 94.6 | 88.4 | 88.5 | 89.9 | 94.2 | ||||||
| Student behaviors | ||||||||||||
| Skipped class in the last 4 weeks | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,212,000 | 86.3 | 74.2 | 75.1 | 82.6 | 83.2 | ||||||
| No | 23,243,000 | 95.0 | 89.1 | 89.2 | 90.3 | 94.8 | ||||||
| Been in a physical fight at school | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 808,000 | 82.0 | 72.7 | 79.5 | 75.2 | 79.1 | ||||||
| No | 23,868,000 | 95.0 | 88.9 | 88.8 | 90.3 | 94.7 | ||||||
| Brought a weapon to school1 | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 487,000 | 84.5 | 77.4 | 85.6 | 85.2 | 84.4 | ||||||
| No | 24,127,000 | 94.8 | 88.6 | 88.5 | 90.0 | 94.4 | ||||||
| School conditions | ||||||||||||
| Gangs at school | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 2,110,000 | 85.6 | 72.1 | 72.9 | 82.1 | 78.4 | ||||||
| No | 17,620,000 | 95.5 | 89.7 | 90.3 | 90.1 | 95.6 | ||||||
| Seen other student with gun at school | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 176,000 | 82.1 | 62.3 | 79.9 | 72.3 | 72.5 | ||||||
| No | 24,377,000 | 94.7 | 88.5 | 88.5 | 90.0 | 94.3 | ||||||
| 1 Includes guns, knives, or objects that can be used as weapons. | ||||||||||||
| NOTE: Tabular data include only students who reported being enrolled in grades 6 through 12 and not receiving any of their education through homeschooling during the school year reported. Population size based on the 2017 SCS for all students meeting the age, grade, and school criteria is 25,023,000. | ||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey, 2017. | ||||||||||||
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