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Table 2. Number and percentage of public primary schools reporting incidents of crime that occurred at school to police, the number of incidents reported to police, and the rate of incidents reported to police per 1,000 students, by incident type and selected school characteristics: School year 2003–04 (Table 2—Continued)
School characteristic | Violent incidents reported to police1 | Serious violent incidents reported to police2 | |||||||
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Number of schools | Percent of schools | Number of incidents | Rate per 1,000 students | Number of schools | Percent of schools | Number of incidents | Rate per 1,000 students | ||
All public schools | 13,601 | 28 | 63,542 | 3 | 3,711 | 8 | 5,970 | 0 | |
Enrollment size | |||||||||
Less than 300 | 2,209 | 18 | 16,496 | 6 | 634 | 5 | 1,139 | 0 | |
300–499 | 4,929 | 28 | 19,109 | 3 | 1,281 | 7 | 1,707 | 0 | |
500–999 | 5,726 | 33 | 24,350 | 2 | 1,565 | 9 | 2,792 | 0 | |
1,000 or more | 737 | 54 | 3,587 | 2 | 231 | 17 | 331 | 0 | |
Urbanicity | |||||||||
City | 4,439 | 33 | 23,209 | 3 | 1,281 | 9 | 1,566 | 0 | |
Urban fringe | 4,496 | 27 | 21,608 | 3 | 1,374 | 8 | 2,307 | 0 | |
Town | 1,693 | 33 | 8,596 | 4 | 315 | 6 | 962 | 1 | |
Rural | 2,973 | 23 | 10,128 | 2 | 741 | 6 | 1,135 | 0 | |
Crime level where students live5 | |||||||||
High | 1,823 | 45 | 16,551 | 9 | 596 | 15 | 966 | 1 | |
Moderate | 3,373 | 37 | 16,741 | 4 | 1,232 | 14 | 2,158 | 1 | |
Low | 6,108 | 21 | 23,181 | 2 | 1,089 | 4 | 1,601 | 0 | |
Mixed | 2,297 | 35 | 7,068 | 2 | 793 | 12 | 1,245 | 0 | |
Percent minority enrollment6 | |||||||||
Less than 5 percent | 2,167 | 24 | 10,487 | 3 | 403 | 4 | 403 | 0 | |
5 to 20 percent | 2,250 | 19 | 8,438 | 2 | 507 | 4 | 944 | 0 | |
20 to 50 percent | 3,416 | 31 | 10,880 | 2 | 900 | 8 | 1,215 | 0 | |
50 percent or more | 5,574 | 36 | 33,195 | 4 | 1,830 | 12 | 3,058 | 0 | |
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch | |||||||||
0–20 percent | 1,922 | 17 | 8,723 | 2 | 460 | 4 | 1,028 | 0 | |
21–50 percent | 4,134 | 26 | 14,190 | 2 | 853 | 5 | 969 | 0 | |
More than 50 percent | 7,544 | 34 | 40,628 | 4 | 2,399 | 11 | 3,973 | 0 | |
Percent of students below 15th percentile on standardized tests | |||||||||
0–5 percent | 2,871 | 19 | 10,967 | 2 | 812 | 5 | 1,148 | 0 | |
6–15 percent | 5,486 | 27 | 21,662 | 2 | 1,027 | 5 | 1,557 | 0 | |
More than 15 percent | 5,245 | 40 | 30,913 | 5 | 1,872 | 14 | 3,265 | 1 | |
Percent of students likely to attend college | |||||||||
0–35 percent | 5,367 | 33 | 29,498 | 4 | 1,733 | 11 | 2,911 | 0 | |
36–60 percent | 3,970 | 29 | 20,118 | 3 | 860 | 6 | 1,314 | 0 | |
More than 60 percent | 4,264 | 23 | 13,926 | 2 | 1,118 | 6 | 1,745 | 0 | |
Percent of students who consider academic achievement important | |||||||||
0–25 percent | 1,921 | 46 | 9,637 | 6 | 331 | 8 | 1,179 | 1 | |
26–50 percent | 3,457 | 33 | 19,450 | 4 | 1,318 | 13 | 1,695 | 0 | |
51–75 percent | 3,897 | 29 | 16,588 | 3 | 1,056 | 8 | 1,610 | 0 | |
More than 75 percent | 4,326 | 21 | 17,867 | 2 | 1,006 | 5 | 1,485 | 0 | |
Percent male enrollment | |||||||||
0–44 percent | 848 | 27 | 3,979 | 3 | 247 | 8 | 290 | 0 | |
45–55 percent | 10,761 | 27 | 51,646 | 3 | 3,126 | 8 | 5,004 | 0 | |
More than 55 percent | 1,993 | 32 | 7,917 | 3 | 338 | 5 | 676 | 0 | |
Student-to-teacher ratio7 | |||||||||
Less than 12 students | 5,711 | 27 | 29,757 | 4 | 1,412 | 7 | 2,513 | 0 | |
12–16 students | 5,080 | 27 | 21,908 | 2 | 1,219 | 7 | 1,680 | 0 | |
More than 16 students | 2,810 | 32 | 11,877 | 2 | 1,079 | 12 | 1,777 | 0 | |
Number of classroom changes8 | |||||||||
0–3 changes | 5,059 | 26 | 22,487 | 3 | 1,626 | 8 | 2,727 | 0 | |
4–6 changes | 6,605 | 28 | 25,816 | 2 | 1,617 | 7 | 2,607 | 0 | |
More than 6 changes | 1,937 | 35 | 15,238 | 6 | 467 | 8 | 635 | 0 | |
Regular use of law enforcement9 | |||||||||
Regular use | 6,051 | 37 | 33,197 | 4 | 1,781 | 11 | 2,926 | 0 | |
No regular use | 7,550 | 23 | 30,345 | 2 | 1,929 | 6 | 3,044 | 0 | |
Number of serious discipline problems10 | |||||||||
No problems | 7,961 | 23 | 31,147 | 2 | 1,959 | 6 | 3,044 | 0 | |
1 problem | 2,822 | 32 | 10,905 | 3 | 826 | 9 | 1,290 | 0 | |
2 problems | 1,526 | 42 | 13,409 | 9 | 603 | 17 | 749 | 1 | |
3 or more problems | 1,292 | 57 | 8,082 | 8 | 323 | 14 | 886 | 1 | |
Transfers as a percentage of enrollment11 | |||||||||
0 to 6 percent | 1,446 | 17 | 5,332 | 1 | 299 | 4 | 299 | 0 | |
6 to 11 percent | 2,133 | 20 | 8,143 | 2 | 603 | 6 | 790 | 0 | |
11 to 21 percent | 4,155 | 28 | 16,720 | 2 | 990 | 7 | 1,954 | 0 | |
21 percent or more | 5,867 | 39 | 33,346 | 5 | 1,819 | 12 | 2,928 | 0 | |
Prevalence of schoolwide disruptions12 | |||||||||
No disruptions | 13,043 | 28 | 59,710 | 3 | 3,583 | 8 | 5,603 | 0 | |
Any disruptions | 558 | 36 | 3,832 | 5 | 127 | 8 | 367 | 1 | |
Percent of students absent on a daily basis | |||||||||
0–2 percent | 1,176 | 22 | 5,921 | 3 | 181 | 3 | 181 | 0 | |
3–5 percent | 7,327 | 25 | 28,648 | 2 | 1,936 | 6 | 3,187 | 0 | |
6–10 percent | 4,469 | 39 | 26,042 | 5 | 1,498 | 13 | 2,449 | 1 | |
More than 10 percent | 630 | 31 | 2,930 | 3 | 97 | 5 | 153 | 0 | |
See notes at end of table. |
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