Table 1. Number and percentage of public middle schools reporting incidents of crime that occurred at school, the number of incidents, and the rate of incidents per 1,000 students, by incident type and selected school characteristics: School year 2005

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Table 1. Number and percentage of public middle schools reporting incidents of crime that occurred at school, the number of incidents, and the rate of incidents per 1,000 students, by incident type and selected school characteristics: School year 2005–06 (Table 1—Continued)

		Violent incidents¹					Serious violent incidents²
School characteristic	Total number of schools	Num- ber of schools	Per- cent of schools	Num- ber of incidents		Rate per 1,000 students	Num- of schools		Per- cent of schools		Num- ber of incidents		Rate per 1,000 students
All public schools	15,550	14,680	94	522,200		52	3,910		25		18,900		2

Enrollment size
Less than 300	2,840	2,630	93	45,200		57	480		17		1,400	!	2
300–499	3,140	2,810	89	78,200		59	580		18		2,400	!	2	!
500–999	7,170	6,890	96	259,300		51	1,930		27		9,900		2
1,000 or more	2,390	2,350	98	139,500		48	930		39		5,100		2

Urbanicity
City	3,610	3,480	96	192,100		69	1,110		31		7,300		3
Urban fringe	5,770	5,400	94	202,100		46	1,530		27		7,900		2
Town	1,960	1,860	95	52,000		46	350		18		1,100		1
Rural	4,210	3,950	94	76,000		41	920		22		2,500		1

Crime level where students live⁵
High	1,190	1,170	99	89,900		116	450		38		4,300	!	6	!
Moderate	3,000	2,910	97	147,300		71	880		29		4,900		2
Low	8,720	8,070	93	177,400		33	1,830		21		6,000		1
Mixed	2,640	2,520	96	107,500		56	750		28		3,700		2

Percent minority enrollment⁶
Less than 5 percent	2,740	2,490	91	48,400		37	540		20		1,900		1
5 to less than 20 percent	4,060	3,770	93	91,100		36	930		23		3,900		2
20 to less than 50 percent	3,710	3,580	96	127,600		51	910		25		2,600		1
50 percent or more	4,640	4,470	96	242,100		70	1,480		32		10,300		3

Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0–20 percent	3,770	3,460	92	63,400		24	720		19		2,300		1
21–50 percent	5,670	5,370	95	191,900		50	1,440		25		5,100		1
More than 50 percent	6,100	5,840	96	266,800		73	1,750		29		11,400		3

Percent of students below 15th percentile on standardized tests
0–5 percent	4,670	4,270	91	108,900		36	1,060		23		4,300		1
6–15 percent	6,480	6,210	96	206,300		50	1,610		25		6,200		2
More than 15 percent	4,400	4,200	95	207,000		69	1,240		28		8,300		3

Percent of students likely to attend college
0–35 percent	4,340	4,170	96	191,000		75	1,340		31		7,700		3
36–60 percent	5,040	4,840	96	186,500		56	1,340		27		6,200		2
More than 60 percent	6,170	5,660	92	144,700		34	1,240		20		5,000		1

Percent of students who consider academic achievement important
0–25 percent	1,420	1,350	95	91,900		104	550		39		4,900	!	6	!
26–50 percent	3,860	3,720	96	132,000		58	1,110		29		3,600		2
51–75 percent	4,700	4,510	96	157,200		53	1,190		25		5,300		2
More than 75 percent	5,570	5,110	92	141,100		35	1,060		19		5,000		1

Percent male enrollment
0–44 percent	7,450	880	95	31,600	!	61	220	!	23		‡		‡
45–55 percent	5,900	12,600	94	454,600		51	3,440		26		14,600		2
More than 55 percent	2,190	1,200	98	36,000		57	260		21		‡		‡

Student-to-FTE ratio⁷
Less than 12 students	7,450	6,950	93	212,400		52	1,610		22		8,900		2
12–16 students	5,900	5,610	95	218,700		53	1,560		26		6,500		2
More than 16 students	2,190	2,120	97	91,000		47	740		34		3,500	!	2	!

Number of classroom changes⁸
0–3 changes	610	500	81	18,700	!	59	120	!	20	!	‡		‡
4–6 changes	5,830	5,510	95	206,200		51	1,530		26		5,800		1
More than 6 changes	9,110	8,670	95	297,300		52	2,260		25		12,500		2

Regular use of law enforcement⁹
Regular use	9,910	9,500	96	404,900		56	2,850		29		14,300		2
No regular use	5,640	5,180	92	117,300		41	1,060		19		4,600		2

Number of serious discipline problems¹⁰
No problems	7,100	6,380	90	152,100		35	1,120		16		3,100		1
1 problem	4,020	3,900	97	105,900		42	1,150		29		5,200		2
2 problems	1,890	1,890	100	87,800		67	600		31		3,500	!	3	!
3 or more problems	2,540	2,500	99	176,400		90	1,040		41		7,100		4

Transfers as a percentage of enrollment¹¹
Less than 6 percent	2,990	2,740	92	66,500		31	610		20		2,900	!	1	!
6 to less than 11 percent	2,970	2,750	92	65,100		39	660		22		2,400		1
11 to less than 21 percent	4,950	4,650	94	148,600		46	1,260		25		5,400		2
21 percent or more	4,640	4,530	98	242,000		80	1,390		30		8,100		3

Prevalence of schoolwide disruptions¹²
No disruptions	14,120	13,250	94	449,700		49	3,470		25		12,900		1
Any disruptions	1,430	1,430	100	72,500		70	440		31		5,900	!	6	!

Percent of students absent on a daily basis
0–2 percent	880	800	91	19,500		36	250		28		1,100	!	2	!
3–5 percent	8,610	8,150	95	235,500		42	1,880		22		6,300		1
6–10 percent	5,300	4,980	94	212,400		64	1,450		27		9,700		3
More than 10 percent	760	760	100	54,800		90	330		44		1,700		3
See notes at end of table.

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