Table 4. Number and percentage of public primary 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 2003

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Table 4. Number and percentage of public primary 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 2003–04 (Table 4—Continued)

School characteristic	Student threat of physical attack with a weapon¹				Student threat of physical attack without a weapon¹
School characteristic	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	3,424	7	8,564	0	22,125	45	199,252	9

Enrollment size
Less than 300	535	4	750	0	4,236	34	27,830	11
300–499	1,201	7	3,513	1	8,899	51	72,099	10
500–999	1,356	8	3,914	0	8,064	46	82,809	7
1,000 or more	331	24	387	0	926	68	16,514	11

Urbanicity
City	1,242	9	3,122	0	6,863	51	70,412	10
Urban fringe	1,262	7	3,659	0	7,585	45	73,756	9
Town	379	7	790	0	1,978	39	18,107	9
Rural	541	4	993	0	5,699	43	36,977	8

Crime level where students live³
High	599	15	2,340	1	2,806	70	42,948	22
Moderate	978	11	1,744	0	4,754	52	48,416	11
Low	1,045	4	2,827	0	11,493	39	75,717	6
Mixed	802	12	1,653	1	3,071	47	32,172	10

Percent minority enrollment⁴
Less than 5 percent	418	5	550	0	4,170	45	25,661	8
5 to 20 percent	626	5	1,750	0	4,117	35	21,532	4
20 to 50 percent	834	8	2,613	1	5,622	52	49,884	10
50 percent or more	1,546	10	3,651	0	7,684	49	96,767	11

Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0–20 percent	617	6	1,859	0	3,773	34	22,938	4
21–50 percent	727	5	2,072	0	7,332	46	54,623	8
More than 50 percent	2,080	9	4,633	0	11,020	50	121,691	12

Percent of students below 15th percentile on standardized tests
0–5 percent	957	6	2,052	0	5,744	37	31,944	5
6–15 percent	1,223	6	3,486	0	9,606	47	90,320	10
More than 15 percent	1,244	10	3,025	1	6,775	52	76,988	12

Percent of students likely to attend college
0–35 percent	1,490	9	2,888	0	7,759	48	85,673	12
36–60 percent	850	6	1,628	0	6,494	48	62,163	10
More than 60 percent	1,084	6	4,048	0	7,872	42	51,416	6

Percent of students who consider academic achievement important
0–25 percent	386	9	658	0	2,294	55	30,304	18
26–50 percent	893	9	1,225	0	4,912	47	43,038	10
51–75 percent	921	7	2,172	0	6,525	49	61,450	10
More than 75 percent	1,224	6	4,509	0	8,394	40	64,461	6

Percent male enrollment
0–44 percent	180	6	1,790	2	1,058	33	12,757	11
45–55 percent	2,942	7	6,357	0	18,189	46	162,454	9
More than 55 percent	301	5	417	0	2,878	46	24,042	9

Student-to-teacher ratio⁵
Less than 12 students	1,351	6	2,327	0	8,806	42	85,741	11
12–16 students	1,344	7	4,162	0	8,929	48	74,513	8
More than 16 students	729	8	2,074	0	4,390	49	38,998	8

Number of classroom changes⁶
0–3 changes	1,240	6	2,453	0	8,635	44	80,989	9
4–6 changes	1,818	8	5,671	1	10,845	46	95,974	9
More than 6 changes	366	7	439	0	2,645	48	22,289	9

Regular use of law enforcement⁷
Regular use	1,698	10	2,872	0	8,601	52	80,842	9
No regular use	1,726	5	5,692	0	13,524	42	118,410	9

Number of serious discipline problems⁸
No problems	1,570	5	2,218	0	13,007	38	87,922	6
1 problem	1,016	12	3,161	1	5,166	59	56,108	14
2 problems	412	11	554	0	2,469	69	23,194	15
3 or more problems	426	19	2,631	3	1,483	65	32,028	31

Transfers as a percentage of enrollment⁹
0 to 6 percent	509	6	641	0	3,010	36	22,438	6
6 to 11 percent	553	5	1,317	0	4,280	41	30,396	6
11 to 21 percent	923	6	3,003	0	6,362	44	44,746	6
21 percent or more	1,438	9	3,603	1	8,473	56	101,672	15

Prevalence of schoolwide disruptions¹⁰
No disruptions	3,424	7	8,564	0	21,203	45	188,998	9
Any disruptions	#	#	#	#	922	60	10,254	14

Percent of students absent on a daily basis
0–2 percent	162	3	162	0	1,580	30	8,974	5
3–5 percent	1,858	6	4,376	0	13,264	44	99,504	7
6–10 percent	1,347	12	3,913	1	6,347	55	76,201	14
More than 10 percent	56	3	112	0	934	46	14,572	14
See notes at end of table.

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