Table 4. Number and percentage of public schools reporting student threats of physical attack and incidents of robbery that occurred at school, the number of incidents, and the rate of incidents per 1,000 students, by selected school characteristics: School year 2005

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Table 4. Number and percentage of public schools reporting student threats of physical attack and incidents of robbery that occurred at school, the number of incidents, and the rate of incidents per 1,000 students, by selected school characteristics: School year 2005–06 (Table 4—Continued)

	Student threat of physical attack with a weapon¹							Student threat of physical attack without a weapon¹
School characteristic	Num- ber of schools		Per- cent of schools		Num- ber of incidents		Rate per 1000 students	Num- of schools	Per- cent of schools	Num- ber of incidents	Rate per 1000 students
All public schools	7,330		9		24,770		1	43,420	52	532,600	11

Level⁵
Primary	3,360		7		13,080	!	1	20,260	42	186,220	8
Middle	1,950		13		5,960		1	10,970	71	188,820	19
High school	1,490		13		4,680		#	8,290	71	123,840	10
Combined	530	!	7	!	1,060	!	#	3,900	53	33,730	11

Enrollment size
Less than 300	1,360		7		‡		‡	8,240	40	44,350	10
300–499	1,600		7		2,360		#	11,830	50	110,800	12
500–999	2,880		10		8,890		#	16,110	55	227,390	12
1,000 or more	1,490		16		5,410		#	7,250	78	150,070	11

Urbanicity
City	2,530		12		14,750	!	1	11,610	55	188,900	13
Urban fringe	2,240		8		6,050		#	14,710	53	190,270	10
Town	540		7		920		#	4,520	55	47,710	12
Rural	2,020		8		3,060		#	12,580	48	105,720	11

Crime level where students live⁶
High	1,120		17		‡		‡	3,980	61	102,880	26
Moderate	1,520		10		5,360		1	9,930	62	136,460	14
Low	3,520		7		6,890		#	23,490	47	218,780	8
Mixed	1,170		11		2,550		#	6,010	57	74,480	11

Percent minority enrollment⁷
Less than 5 percent	1,120		7		2,590		#	7,790	47	60,780	9
5 to 20 percent	1,810		9		4,970		#	9,850	48	95,650	8
20 to 50 percent	1,470		8		‡		‡	10,360	56	117,800	10
50 percent or more	2,850		11		8,180		#	14,130	55	242,040	14

Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0–20 percent	1,180		6		2,630		#	8,680	45	73,700	6
21–50 percent	2,770		10		6,300		#	15,340	55	184,210	11
More than 50 percent	3,380		9		15,840	!	1	19,400	53	274,690	15

Percent of students below 15th per- centile on stan- dardized tests
0–5 percent	1,900		6		4,480		#	13,170	45	114,850	7
6–15 percent	2,890		9		6,920		#	17,430	53	190,850	10
More than 15 percent	2,550		12		13,370	!	1	12,820	61	226,910	17

Percent of students likely to attend college
0–35 percent	2,450		11		12,610	!	1	13,640	60	210,780	18
36–60 percent	2,510		10		6,600		#	12,950	52	156,720	11
More than 60 percent	2,370		7		5,570		#	16,830	47	165,110	7

Percent of students who consider academic achieve- ment important
0–25 percent	650		11		2,460		1	3,570	62	69,410	24
26–50 percent	1,760		11		3,730		#	9,510	60	118,640	14
51–75 percent	2,760		11		6,370		#	14,600	60	175,500	13
More than 75 percent	2,170		6		‡		‡	15,750	42	169,050	8

Percent male enrollment
0–44 percent	370	!	7	!	2,450	!	1	2,710	48	28,370	10
45–55 percent	6,320		9		20,850	!	1	36,700	54	460,160	11
More than 55 percent	650		7		1,470		#	4,010	43	44,070	11

Student-to-FTE ratio⁸
Less than 12 students	3,250		8		7,010		#	19,870	47	215,430	12
12–16 students	2,260		8		‡		‡	14,950	55	190,270	11
More than 16 students	1,830		13		5,850		#	8,600	61	126,910	11

Number of class- room changes⁹
0–3 changes	1,370		6		‡		‡	7,470	33	80,550	8
4–6 changes	3,770		10		9,920		#	20,180	56	238,600	11
More than 6 changes	2,200		9		6,520		#	15,770	63	213,450	14

Regular use of law enforcement¹⁰
Regular use	4,000		12		11,580		#	21,980	63	338,690	13
No regular use	3,330		7		13,190	!	1	21,440	44	193,910	9

Number of serious discipline pro- blems¹¹
No problems	3,130		6		5,220		#	23,730	42	185,170	6
1 problem	1,540		12		4,720		1	8,720	66	115,910	14
2 problems	1,130		16		2,370		#	5,300	76	79,830	16
3 or more problems	1,540		23		‡		‡	5,660	83	151,690	29

Transfers as a per- centage of enroll- ment¹²
0 to 6 percent	1,040		7		2,530		#	6,380	40	69,570	8
6 to 11 percent	1,280		7		2,900		#	8,470	47	80,710	8
11 to 21 percent	2,000		9		5,050		#	12,650	56	137,700	11
21 percent or more	3,010		11		14,280	!	1	15,920	59	244,620	15

Prevalence of school- wide disruptions¹³
No disruptions	6,710		9		22,380		1	39,360	51	453,220	10
Any disruptions	620		11		2,390	!	1	4,060	74	79,390	18

Percent of students absent on a daily basis
0–2 percent	640	!	7		810		#	3,380	39	24,860	6
3–5 percent	3,460		8		7,800		#	21,830	50	231,580	9
6–10 percent	2,490		10		13,860	!	1	14,650	60	221,720	14
More than 10 percent	740		11		2,300		1	3,570	55	54,440	14
See notes at end of table.

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