Table 3. Number and percentage of public middle schools reporting physical assaults with the number of incidents reported, by selected school characteristics: 1999

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Table 3. Number and percentage of public middle schools reporting physical assaults with the number of incidents reported, by selected school characteristics: 1999–2000

School characteristic	Rape or attempted rape¹			Sexual battery other than rape²			Physical attack or fight³ with a weapon⁴			Physical attack or fight³ without a weapon⁴
School characteristic	Num- ber of schools	Per- cent of schools	Num- ber of incidents	Num- ber of schools	Per- cent of schools	Num- ber of incidents	Num- ber of schools	Per- cent of schools	Num- ber of incidents	Num- ber of schools	Per- cent of schools	Num- ber of incidents
All public middle schools	126	1	143	582	4	1,141	1,150	7	3,779	12,215	80	246,958

Enrollment size
Less than 300	#	#	#	131	5	131	155	6	243	1,822	66	13,806
300–499	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	146	4	457	2,662	79	27,967
500–999	57	1	57	333	5	692	640	9	2,174	6,100	84	156,699
1,000 or more	51	3	51	105	5	293	208	11	906	1,632	84	48,485

Urbanicity
City	‡	‡	‡	262	8	673	358	10	713	2,984	87	78,580
Urban fringe	110	2	127	200	4	316	322	6	1,146	4,297	80	89,372
Town	#	#	#	52	2	52	170	7	185	2,010	82	37,148
Rural	#	#	#	68	2	101	299	7	1,736	2,924	71	41,858

Crime level where students live⁵
High	#	#	#	‡	‡	‡	148	20	391	696	92	26,800
Moderate	‡	‡	‡	276	11	577	354	14	641	2,076	81	55,790
Low	74	1	92	136	1	136	387	4	532	7,607	77	109,581
Mixed	‡	‡	‡	151	7	373	261	13	2,215	1,769	86	54,520

Percent minority enrollment⁵
0–5 percent	‡	‡	‡	78	2	78	198	5	489	3,232	74	39,037
6–20 percent	#	#	#	95	2	232	264	7	379	3,178	81	55,479
21–50 percent	85	2	85	178	5	281	253	7	1,998	2,959	85	65,997
More than 50 percent	#	#	#	231	7	550	435	13	913	2,717	79	82,711

Percent of students eligible for free/reduced-price lunch
0–20 percent	‡	‡	‡	92	2	109	179	4	264	3,599	77	47,054
21–50 percent	91	1	91	224	4	413	500	8	2,391	5,093	80	102,113
More than 50 percent	#	#	#	265	6	619	471	11	1,124	3,522	81	97,791

Percent of students below 15^th percentile on standardized tests
0–5 percent	‡	‡	‡	66	2	84	181	4	198	3,157	74	52,373
6–15 percent	58	1	75	280	4	635	482	7	1,045	5,313	80	89,112
More than 15 percent	‡	‡	‡	236	5	422	487	11	2,536	3,746	84	105,473

Percent of students likely to attend college
0–35 percent	57	1	57	216	5	570	458	11	885	3,545	82	90,057
36–60 percent	#	#	#	272	5	459	455	8	2,013	4,503	79	88,547
More than 60 percent	69	1	86	94	2	111	237	4	881	4,183	78	68,354

Percent of students who consider academic achievement important
0–25 percent	#	#	#	56	3	68	198	12	1,349	1,330	81	27,228
26–50 percent	‡	‡	‡	153	5	459	304	9	1,300	2,735	82	70,511
51–75 percent	‡	‡	‡	174	3	361	523	10	920	4,250	82	83,321
More than 75 percent	69	1	69	199	4	253	123	2	210	3,899	75	65,898

Percent male enrollment
0–44 percent	‡	‡	‡	116	6	146	156	8	814	1,368	66	27,473
45–55 percent	108	1	126	366	3	895	847	7	2,819	9,761	82	209,013
More than 55 percent	#	#	#	100	8	100	146	11	146	1,086	82	10,472

Student/teacher ratio⁵,⁶
Less than 12	‡	‡	‡	124	3	194	280	6	765	3,662	79	60,789
12–16	#	#	#	260	5	527	365	6	2,215	4,610	81	104,854
More than 16	92	2	92	197	5	420	417	10	657	3,411	80	62,604

Number of classroom changes⁵
0–3 changes	‡	‡	‡	#	#	#	66	7	101	533	55	7,281
4–6 changes	‡	‡	‡	255	5	491	401	7	1,721	4,252	78	78,096
More than 6 changes	‡	‡	‡	292	4	565	548	8	1,724	5,950	83	139,121

Use of paid law enforcement⁷
Regular use	108	1	126	448	4	1,007	967	9	3,583	8,676	83	196,480
No regular use	‡	‡	‡	134	3	134	182	4	196	3,539	72	50,478

Number of serious discipline problems⁸
No problems	‡	‡	‡	153	3	171	101	2	217	3,634	66	37,249
1 problem	‡	‡	‡	111	3	161	306	8	730	3,230	86	52,017
2 problems	51	2	51	147	6	348	225	10	1,473	1,872	81	42,863
3 or more problems	‡	‡	‡	171	4	461	518	14	1,360	3,478	93	114,828

Transfers as percentage of enrollment⁵,⁹
0 to 6 percent	#	#	#	‡	‡	‡	159	4	373	2,929	76	38,964
6 to 11 percent	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	260	8	835	2,692	79	44,112
11 to 21 percent	68	2	86	147	4	404	268	7	733	3,063	82	63,556
21 percent or more	‡	‡	‡	315	8	584	412	10	1,741	3,269	82	93,441

Prevalence of schoolwide disruptions⁵,¹⁰
No disruptions	57	#	57	314	3	705	788	7	1,775	9,440	79	177,708
Any disruptions	69	3	87	221	9	388	292	12	832	2,147	87	60,719

Percent of students absent without excuses
None	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	121	4	188	2,043	74	27,455
1–2 percent	‡	‡	‡	122	2	324	355	6	574	4,907	78	89,560
3–5 percent	68	2	85	196	5	419	382	10	2,257	2,982	82	68,139
6–10 percent	‡	‡	‡	191	9	309	236	11	683	1,820	87	39,102
More than 10 percent	#	#	#	‡	‡	‡	56	10	77	463	87	22,701
# Rounds to zero.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
¹ Rape was defined for respondents as, "forced sexual intercourse (vaginal, anal, or oral penetration). This includes penetration from a foreign object."
² Sexual battery was defined for respondents as an, "incident that includes threatened rape, fondling, indecent liberties, child molestation, or sodomy. Classification of these incidents should take into consideration the age and developmentally appropriate behavior of the offender(s)."
³ Physical attack or fight was defined for respondents as an, "actual and intentional touching or striking of another person against his or her will, or the intentional causing of bodily harm to an individual."
⁴ Weapon was defined for respondents as, "any instrument or object used with the intent to threaten, injure, or kill. Includes look-alikes if they are used to threaten others."
⁵ Some schools are omitted from these categories because of missing data on their school characteristics. For this reason, the detailed results do not sum to the totals. See appendix J of 2000 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS) Detailed Data Documentation (NCES 2004-307) for further information.
⁶ Student/teacher ratio was calculated by dividing the total number of students enrolled in the school by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. The total number of full-time equivalent teachers is a combination of the full-time and part-time teachers, including special education teachers, with an adjustment to compensate for the part-time status.
⁷ Schools were included as regularly using paid law enforcement if they reported the use of paid law enforcement during any of the following times: at any time during school hours, while students were arriving or leaving, at selected school activities (e.g., athletic and social events, open houses, science fairs), or at any other time that the respondent specified.
⁸ Serious discipline problems is a count of discipline problems reported by principals. These discipline problems include student racial tensions, student bullying, student verbal abuse of teachers, widespread disorder in classrooms, and student acts of disrespect for teachers. If a principal 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. Undesirable gang activities and undesirable cult or extremist group activities were also counted once as a problem if the principal reported that these events occurred at all in their school.
⁹ Transfers 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.
¹⁰ Schoolwide disruptions include actions that disrupted school activities such as bomb threats or anthrax threats. Respondents were instructed to exclude all fire alarms, including false alarms.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. "At school/at your school" was defined for respondents as including activities happening in school buildings, on school grounds, on school buses, and at places that are holding school-sponsored events or activities. Respondents were instructed to, unless the survey specified otherwise, only respond for those times that were during normal school hours or when school activities/events were in session. 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.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), 2000.

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