Table 23. Number and percentage of public schools with a written plan for responding to at least one crisis situation, and the percentage of schools with specified types of crisis response plans, by selected school characteristics: School year 2005

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Table 23. Number and percentage of public schools with a written plan for responding to at least one crisis situation, and the percentage of schools with specified types of crisis response plans, by selected school characteristics: School year 2005–06
	Schools with a written plan for responding to at least one crisis situation		Percentage of schools with specified types of crisis response plans
School characteristic	Number	Percent	Shootings	Natural disasters¹	Hostages	Bomb threats or incidents	Chemical, biological, or radio- logical threats or incidents²
All public schools	81,500	98	79	95	73	94	71

Level³
Primary	47,500	98	75	95	71	94	69
Middle	15,500	99	84	97	75	97	74
High school	11,600	99	87	95	77	97	72
Combined	7,000	95	88	93	75	93	72

Enrollment size
Less than 300	19,600	94	74	89	68	89	68
300–499	23,600	99	78	97	76	96	70
500–999	29,000	99	82	97	73	96	72
1,000 or more	9,300	99	86	96	78	97	73

Urbanicity
City	20,600	98	76	94	66	94	69
Urban fringe	27,500	100	81	96	77	97	76
Town	8,100	98	81	95	69	96	65
Rural	25,400	96	79	94	75	92	68

Crime level where students live⁴
High	6,300	97	76	96	62	92	67
Moderate	15,500	97	78	93	71	93	68
Low	49,300	98	80	95	75	95	72
Mixed	10,400	99	81	96	75	94	68

Percent minority enrollment⁵
Less than 5 percent	16,000	97	77	92	75	94	76
5 to 20 percent	20,300	98	82	96	79	95	73
20 to 50 percent	18,500	99	82	97	76	96	71
50 percent or more	24,900	97	76	94	65	93	66

Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0–20 percent	18,900	98	81	96	76	95	76
21–50 percent	27,400	99	82	96	76	97	73
More than 50 percent	35,300	97	77	94	69	93	66

Percent of students below 15^th per- centile on stan- dardized tests
0–5 percent	28,900	98	79	94	74	95	74
6–15 percent	32,200	98	82	96	74	95	70
More than 15 percent	20,500	98	76	95	71	93	67

Percent of students likely to attend college
0–35 percent	22,000	97	78	93	69	91	66
36–60 percent	24,600	99	82	97	74	96	72
More than 60 percent	35,000	98	78	95	75	96	73

Percent of students who consider academic achieve- ment important
0–25 percent	5,700	99	83	95	80	96	76
26–50 percent	15,500	97	77	95	67	91	66
51–75 percent	24,000	99	81	96	71	96	66
More than 75 percent	36,300	97	79	95	76	95	74

Percent male enrollment
0–44 percent	5,400	96	75	93	66	94	70
45–55 percent	66,900	98	80	95	74	95	71
More than 55 percent	9,200	99	75	96	70	94	70

Student-to-FTE ratio⁶
Less than 12 students	40,700	96	77	93	73	93	71
12–16 students	26,800	99	83	97	74	96	71
More than 16 students	14,000	100	80	97	70	96	67

Number of class- room changes⁷
0–3 changes	21,900	97	73	94	70	92	68
4–6 changes	35,500	99	81	96	74	96	71
More than 6 changes	24,200	97	83	94	74	95	72

Regular use of law enforcement⁸
Regular use	34,200	99	83	95	77	96	72
No regular use	47,400	98	77	95	70	93	69

Number of serious discipline pro- blems⁹
No problems	55,200	98	80	95	75	95	72
1 problem	12,700	97	77	94	65	92	67
2 problems	6,900	99	81	96	73	96	70
3 or more problems	6,700	99	76	98	70	94	67

Transfers as a per- centage of enroll- ment¹⁰
0 to 6 percent	15,500	98	78	94	74	95	75
6 to 11 percent	17,400	97	79	95	74	94	70
11 to 21 percent	21,900	98	79	94	73	93	70
21 percent or more	26,800	99	81	97	72	96	69

Prevalence of school- wide disruptions¹¹
No disruptions	76,100	98	79	95	73	94	70
Any disruptions	5,500	100	86	97	75	100	79

Percent of students absent on a daily basis
0–2 percent	8,100	95	70	91	65	91	66
3–5 percent	43,200	99	84	97	77	96	73
6–10 percent	23,900	97	76	94	71	93	68
More than 10 percent	6,300	98	76	93	65	96	69

Prevalence of violent incidents¹²
No violent incidents	17,900	97	77	94	78	91	72
Any violent incidents	63,600	98	80	95	72	95	70
¹ Examples of natural disasters provided to respondents were earthquakes or tornadoes.
² Examples of chemical, biological, or radiological threats or incidents provided to respondents were the release of mustard gas, anthrax, smallpox, or radioactive materials.
³ Primary schools are defined as schools in which the lowest grade is not higher than grade 3 and the highest grade is not higher than grade 8. Middle schools are defined as schools in which the lowest grade is not lower than grade 4 and the highest grade is not higher than grade 9. High schools are defined as schools in which the lowest grade is not lower than grade 9 and the highest grade is not higher than grade 12. Combined schools include all other combinations of grades, including K–12 schools.
⁴ Respondents were asked, "How would you describe the crime level in the area(s) in which your students live?" Response options included "high level of crime," "moderate level of crime," "low level of crime," and "students come from areas with very different levels of crime."
⁵ Responding schools that did not have race/ethnicity on the sampling frame (2 percent of schools) are excluded from the base.
⁶ Student-to-FTE ratio was calculated by dividing the total number of students enrolled in the school by the total number of full-time-equivalent teachers and aides. The total number of full-time-equivalent teachers and aides is a combination of the full-time and part-time teachers and aides, including special education teachers and aides, with an adjustment to compensate for the part-time status.
⁷ Respondents were asked, "How many classroom changes do most students make in a typical day?" Responses exclude morning arrival and afternoon departure.
⁸ Respondents were asked, "During the 2005–2006 school year, did you have any sworn law enforcement officers, security guards, or security personnel present at your school at least once a week?"
⁹ Serious discipline problems include student racial tensions, student bullying, student sexual harassment of other students, student verbal abuse of teachers, widespread disorder in classrooms, student acts of disrespect for teachers, gang activities, and cult or extremist group activities. If a respondent reported that any of these problems occurred daily or weekly in their school, each was counted once in the total number of serious discipline problems.
¹⁰ Transfers as a percentage of enrollment combines the number of students who were transferred to a school and the number of students who were transferred from a school divided by the total number of students enrolled in the school.
¹¹ Schoolwide disruptions include actions that disrupted school activities such as death threats, bomb threats, and chemical, biological, or radiological threats. Respondents were instructed to exclude all fire alarms, including false alarms.
¹² Violent incidents include rape or attempted rape, sexual battery other than rape, physical attack or fight with or without a weapon, threat of physical attack with or without a weapon, and robbery with or without a weapon.
NOTE: Respondents were included as having a written plan for responding to at least one crisis situation if they reported that they had a written plan that described procedures for any of the following: school shootings; natural disasters; hostages; bomb threats or incidents; or chemical, biological, or radiological threats or incidents. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Responses were provided by the principal or the person most knowledgeable about crime and safety issues at the school.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), 2005–06 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), 2006.

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