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Table 34.  Number and percentage of public schools reporting the absence of security staff at school at least once a week, by type of security staff and selected school characteristics: School year 2009–10

 
      No security guards or security personnel1 No school resource officers1   No sworn law enforcement officers1   School does not have any security staff present at least once a week2,3
School characteristic Total number of schools   Number of schools   Percent of schools   Number of schools   Percent of schools   Number of schools   Percent of schools   Number of schools   Percent of schools
All public schools 82,800   64,800   78.3   57,000   68.9   75,900   91.7   47,400   57.2
                                   
Level4                                  
Primary 48,900   42,000   85.8   40,100   82.0   46,900   95.9   35,300   72.3
Middle 15,300   11,000   72.1   7,400   48.5   13,500   88.3   5,100   33.6
High school 12,200   6,700   54.6   4,900   39.9   9,900   81.0   2,900   23.6
Combined 6,400   5,200   81.5   4,600   72.8   5,600   88.8   4,000   63.4
                                   
Enrollment size                                  
Less than 300 18,900   16,800   88.9   15,600   82.9   17,600   93.4   14,000   74.4
300–499 25,200   21,300   84.5   19,800   78.6   23,700   94.1   16,700   66.5
500–999 29,800   23,200   77.8   19,300   64.7   27,600   92.5   15,700   52.7
1,000 or more 8,900   3,600   40.4   2,300   25.9   7,000   78.8   900   10.0
                                   
Urbanicity                                  
City 21,500   14,100   65.4   14,100   65.7   19,300   89.8   10,600   49.1
Suburb 23,800   17,800   74.7   16,500   69.1   21,800   91.5   13,000   54.6
Town 12,100   10,600   87.8   7,900   65.4   11,400   94.7   7,400   61.0
Rural 25,300   22,400   88.3   18,500   73.1   23,300   92.1   16,400   64.8
1Estimates presented here include both schools that responded "zero" to the number of specified security staff present at their school at least once a week and schools that were not offered the questionnaire item because they reported that their school did not have any security staff present at school at least once a week. Respondents were asked to record both the number of full-time and part-time security staff.
2Estimates presented here include only schools that were not offered the questionnaire items because they reported that their school did not have any security staff present at school at least once a week.
3Security staff includes security guards, security personnel, or sworn law enforcement officers.
4Primary 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.
NOTE: "At school" was defined for respondents to include activities happening in school buildings, on school grounds, on school buses, and at places that hold school-sponsored events or activities. 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), 2009–10 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS).