Table 19. Percentage of public elementary schools reporting the use of selected practices to involve parents in school discipline, by selected school characteristics: School year 2009

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Table 19. Percentage of public elementary schools reporting the use of selected practices to involve parents in school discipline, by selected school characteristics: School year 2009–10


School characteristic	Have a formal process to obtain parent input on policies related to school crime and discipline	Provide training or technical assistance to parents in dealing with students' problem behavior	Have a program that involves parents at school helping to maintain school discipline
All public elementary schools	53.2	60.0	21.5

Enrollment size
Less than 300	53.4	52.2	13.7
300–499	52.1	61.3	22.9
500–999	54.0	64.7	25.1
1,000 or more	55.1	42.1	20.4	!

Urbanicity
City	59.5	67.6	29.4
Suburb	52.7	62.2	20.3
Town	41.6	56.5	12.9	!
Rural	52.4	50.9	18.6

Crime level where students live¹
High	69.0	77.3	48.9
Moderate	59.3	63.8	22.5
Low	48.1	55.9	16.7
Mixed	56.1	62.5	26.9

Percent of combined Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native students
Less than 5 percent	47.6	54.0	15.1	!
5 to less than 20 percent	41.8	54.5	15.6
20 to less than 50 percent	53.7	55.4	19.5
50 percent or more	61.6	68.2	28.5

Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0–20 percent	43.7	57.9	23.1
21–50 percent	51.3	54.4	15.7
More than 50 percent	56.8	63.4	23.9

Percent of students below 15th percentile on standardized tests
0–5 percent	52.5	60.1	19.9
6–15 percent	52.0	56.1	19.1
More than 15 percent	56.1	65.9	28.3

Percent of students likely to attend college
0–35 percent	51.5	59.5	17.7
36–60 percent	54.7	60.5	21.9
More than 60 percent	53.1	60.1	23.2

Percent of students who consider academic achievement important
0–25 percent	40.2	61.2	‡
26–50 percent	58.6	57.8	20.4
51–75 percent	53.5	59.4	21.6
More than 75 percent	53.0	60.7	22.2

Percent male enrollment
0–44 percent	61.7	61.7	26.1
45–55 percent	50.1	59.5	21.5
More than 55 percent	67.3	62.3	17.6

Student-to-FTE ratio²
Less than 12 students	58.2	61.3	17.0
12–16 students	55.1	64.0	21.2
More than 16 students	50.2	56.4	23.0

Number of classroom changes^³
0–3 changes	55.6	57.3	23.5
4–6 changes	51.1	62.8	21.6
More than 6 changes	54.1	57.3	16.6

Regular use of law enforcement⁴
Regular use	55.4	66.3	27.3
No regular use	52.3	57.6	19.3

Number of serious discipline problems⁵
No problems	54.2	61.0	21.4
1 problem	53.2	54.3	21.0
2 problems	48.1	54.0	19.7	!
3 or more problems	35.3	69.4	28.0	!

Transfers as a percentage of enrollment⁶
Less than 6 percent	58.6	54.3	18.8
6 to less than 11 percent	44.3	67.7	19.7
11 to less than 21 percent	52.1	56.7	25.4
21 percent or more	55.8	62.2	21.9

Prevalence of schoolwide disruptions⁷
No disruptions	53.4	59.6	21.9
Any disruptions	47.6	71.3	‡

Percent of students absent on a daily basis
0–2 percent	49.0	65.9	19.6
3–5 percent	53.4	58.1	20.9
6–10 percent	52.1	65.7	23.0
More than 10 percent	64.2	42.8	27.1	!

Prevalence of violent incidents⁸
No violent incidents	53.9	55.1	22.1
Any violent incidents	52.8	62.8	21.2
!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.
¹Respondents 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."
²Student-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.
³Respondents were asked, "How many classroom changes do most students make in a typical day?" Responses exclude morning arrival and afternoon departure.
⁴Respondents 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?"
⁵Serious 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.
⁶Transfers 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.
⁷Schoolwide 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.
⁸Violent 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 schools may have reported using more than one of these practices. Responses were provided by the principal or the person most knowledgeable about crime and safety issues at the school. Elementary schools are defined as schools in which the lowest grade is not higher than grade 3 & the highest grade is not higher than grade 8. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
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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