Table 21. Percentage distribution of public schools reporting selected percentages of students with a parent or guardian who attended special subject-area events or volunteered at school or served on a committee, by selected school characteristics: School year 2009

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Table 21. Percentage distribution of public schools reporting selected percentages of students with a parent or guardian who attended special subject-area events or volunteered at school or served on a committee, by selected school characteristics: School year 2009–10


	Percent of students with a parent or guardian who attended special subject-area events¹							Percent of students with a parent or guardian who volunteered at school or served on a committee
School characteristic	0–25 percent	26–50 percent	51–75 percent	76–100 percent		School does not offer		0–25 percent	26–50 percent	51–75 percent		76–100 percent		School does not offer
All public schools	11.2	20.6	35.2	29.8		3.1		53.9	29.1	10.4		5.1		1.6

Level^²
Primary	6.6	16.5	36.0	38.0		2.9		43.6	34.6	13.6		7.3		‡
Middle	13.3	24.9	38.0	21.6		2.2		69.5	20.9	6.0		1.9		1.6
High school	22.8	31.1	29.7	11.7		4.8		70.4	20.1	4.0		2.3		3.2
Combined	19.9	22.2	32.9	21.2		‡		63.7	23.2	8.7	!	‡		‡

Enrollment size
Less than 300	12.4	15.2	31.4	34.9		6.1		52.9	28.5	11.8		3.3	!	3.5	!
300–499	8.8	18.4	38.8	31.4		2.5	!	51.5	31.1	9.9		6.7		0.8	!
500–999	10.0	23.3	35.6	28.8		2.3		53.6	28.7	10.4		6.1		1.2	!
1,000 or more	19.9	29.3	31.7	18.1		1.0	!	63.6	25.6	8.8		1.1	!	0.9	!

Urbanicity
City	13.4	23.1	36.1	25.9		1.5	!	57.3	24.3	12.1		5.4		1.0	!
Suburb	7.6	22.6	33.6	33.7		2.4		44.2	33.9	13.7		7.5		0.6	!
Town	11.0	17.8	35.2	30.1		6.0		62.3	26.5	6.8	!	2.7	!	1.6	!
Rural	12.9	18.1	36.0	29.4		3.7		56.0	29.8	7.5		3.7		3.0	!

Crime level where students live³
High	18.2	28.1	25.1	26.9		1.7	!	67.5	19.0	9.5	!	‡		‡
Moderate	15.0	29.5	36.4	16.2		2.8	!	67.5	24.4	4.6	!	2.4	!	1.1	!
Low	7.8	16.6	36.0	36.1		3.5		46.4	32.6	12.6		6.4		2.1
Mixed	16.3	19.0	35.4	26.8		2.5	!	56.2	26.9	11.1		5.6		‡

Percent of combined Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native students
Less than 5 percent	11.5	15.7	35.2	32.3		5.3	!	52.9	33.7	6.8	!	‡		4.3	!
5 to less than 20 percent	7.1	15.7	32.7	41.5		3.1	!	43.4	31.6	13.6		9.2		2.2	!
20 to less than 50 percent	8.8	20.2	37.9	30.1		3.0	!	49.9	32.0	12.2		5.5		0.4	!
50 percent or more	15.6	26.3	35.2	20.6		2.3		64.1	23.5	8.4		3.1		0.9	!

Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0–20 percent	4.6	10.6	31.7	52.0		1.1	!	28.0	31.7	24.3		13.2		2.7	!
21–50 percent	8.2	16.8	35.7	35.0		4.2		47.3	34.1	12.0		5.4		1.2	!
More than 50 percent	15.2	26.1	36.0	19.6		3.0		66.1	25.1	5.0		2.3		1.5

Percent of students below 15th percentile on standardized tests
0–5 percent	8.9	16.5	33.5	37.9		3.2		43.8	32.4	13.5		8.4		1.9
6–15 percent	11.2	21.0	37.6	27.4		2.9		58.8	28.8	8.7		2.8	!	0.9	!
More than 15 percent	15.1	27.2	34.4	20.1		3.2	!	63.3	23.7	7.8		3.1	!	2.1	!

Percent of students likely to attend college
0–35 percent	18.8	26.1	35.0	16.4		3.8	!	67.9	24.3	4.5		‡		2.6	!
36–60 percent	13.2	22.2	37.1	24.5		3.1		62.3	27.9	5.0		2.9	!	2.0	!
More than 60 percent	6.7	17.3	34.3	38.9		2.8		42.7	31.9	16.1		8.3		0.9	!

Percent of students who consider academic achievement important
0–25 percent	25.4	20.9	31.4	17.4		4.9	!	70.5	19.2	‡		‡		‡
26–50 percent	17.4	26.7	34.6	15.7		5.7	!	68.6	24.6	3.5	!	‡		‡
51–75 percent	12.1	26.5	39.3	20.3		1.7	!	62.0	29.8	6.0		0.6	!	1.6	!
More than 75 percent	7.4	15.7	33.6	40.4		2.9		43.4	31.0	15.4		9.1		1.0

Percent male enrollment
0–44 percent	12.4	19.7	31.4	30.5		6.1		52.5	23.9	12.8		8.0		‡
45–55 percent	10.7	22.0	34.6	29.5		3.1		54.2	29.4	10.4		4.6		1.3
More than 55 percent	13.8	10.9	43.4	31.4		‡		52.3	31.3	7.6	!	5.9	!	‡

Student-to-FTE ratio^⁴
Less than 12 students	11.7	18.7	35.6	30.3		3.7	!	60.9	23.5	6.9		2.8	!	5.9	!
12–16 students	10.2	23.8	36.1	26.9		3.0		55.9	30.0	9.4		4.0		0.7	!
More than 16 students	11.9	18.5	34.3	32.2		3.0		49.8	30.1	12.4		6.8		1.0

Number of classroom changes⁵
0–3 changes	9.3	16.0	34.1	36.4		4.2	!	44.0	30.5	14.5		8.5		2.4	!
4–6 changes	10.2	21.6	35.7	30.9		1.6	!	50.6	32.0	11.3		5.2		0.9	!
More than 6 changes	14.0	22.6	35.3	23.7		4.4		65.5	23.9	6.2		2.5		1.9

Regular use of law enforcement⁶
Regular use	16.9	25.1	35.3	20.0		2.7		63.4	25.7	7.5		2.3		1.2
No regular use	7.0	17.3	35.1	37.2		3.4		46.8	31.6	12.6		7.2		1.9

Number of serious discipline problems⁷
No problems	9.4	19.0	34.6	33.9		3.1		48.7	31.3	12.0		6.3		1.7
1 problem	14.7	22.0	35.7	23.5		4.2		63.7	25.7	6.9		2.5	!	1.1	!
2 problems	15.2	23.8	44.6	14.5		‡		70.9	19.0	7.7	!	‡		1.3	!
3 or more problems	20.2	34.4	33.7	10.7		‡		75.2	19.2	‡		‡		1.2	!

Transfers as a percentage of enrollment⁸
Less than 6 percent	7.3	14.6	31.8	42.2		4.1	!	41.1	29.6	16.9		9.8		2.6	!
6 to less than 11 percent	8.1	20.2	39.3	30.0		2.4		51.4	32.7	9.6		5.4		1.0	!
11 to less than 21 percent	13.3	20.3	34.6	27.5		4.2		54.8	31.6	8.0		3.8		1.7	!
21 percent or more	15.3	27.0	35.4	20.7		1.7	!	66.8	22.8	7.5		1.8	!	1.1	!

Prevalence of schoolwide disruptions⁹
No disruptions	10.7	20.6	35.5	30.2		3.0		53.3	29.6	10.5		5.1		1.5
Any disruptions	21.1	21.3	29.5	24.0		4.1	!	65.2	19.0	7.8		‡		‡

Percent of students absent on a daily basis
0–2 percent	9.7	10.2	28.3	50.5		‡		38.4	34.3	14.3		8.1	!	‡
3–5 percent	8.8	19.4	36.2	32.3		3.3		48.8	33.9	11.1		5.4		0.9
6–10 percent	13.6	25.5	35.0	23.3		2.5		65.4	20.4	8.2		3.9		2.1	!
More than 10 percent	25.6	19.9	34.4	14.0	!	‡		63.9	18.6	10.2	!	‡		‡

Prevalence of violent incidents¹⁰
No violent incidents	4.8	11.6	34.0	44.5		5.1		37.4	28.9	18.1		12.2		3.4	!
Any violent incidents	13.5	23.8	35.6	24.6		2.4		59.7	29.1	7.7		2.6		0.9
!Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is from 30 percent to 50 percent of the estimate’s value.
‡Reporting standards not met. The standard error represents more than 50 percent of the estimate.
¹Examples of special subject-area events provided to respondents were science fairs or concerts.
²Primary 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.
³Respondents 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."
⁴Student-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.
⁵Respondents were asked, "How many classroom changes do most students make in a typical day?" Responses exclude morning arrival and afternoon departure.
⁶Respondents were asked, "During the 2009–10 school year, did you have any security guards, security personnel, or sworn law enforcement officers present at your school at least once a week?"
⁷Serious discipline problems include student racial/ethnic tensions, student bullying, student sexual harassment of other students, student verbal abuse of teachers, widespread disorder in classrooms, student acts of disrespect for teachers other than verbal abuse, 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.
⁸Transfers 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.
⁹Schoolwide 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.
¹⁰Violent 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: 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, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), 2009–10 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS).

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