Table 24. Number and percentage of public middle schools with a written plan for responding to at least one crisis situation that drilled students on that plan, and the percentage of schools with specified types of crisis response plans that drilled students on that plan, by selected school characteristics: School year 2005

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Table 24. Number and percentage of public middle schools with a written plan for responding to at least one crisis situation that drilled students on that plan, and the percentage of schools with specified types of crisis response plans that drilled students on that plan, by selected school characteristics: School year 2005–06
	Schools with a written plan for responding to at least one crisis that drilled students on that plan		Percentage of schools with specified types of crisis response plans that drilled students on that plan
School characteristic	Number	Percent	Shootings	Natural disasters¹	Hostages	Bomb threats or incidents	Chemical, biological, or radio- logical threats or incidents²
All public schools	14,080	91	52	88	45	60	40

Enrollment size
Less than 300	2,550	91	35	87	28	52	34
300–499	2,700	87	45	82	39	52	32
500–999	6,610	93	58	91	53	65	44
1,000 or more	2,220	93	62	89	52	68	46

Urbanicity
City	3,420	95	59	90	56	69	50
Urban fringe	5,280	92	59	90	48	64	42
Town	1,800	92	44	86	36	52	28
Rural	3,590	85	40	84	38	51	35

Crime level where students live³
High	1,070	90	59	84	55	67	52
Moderate	2,810	94	53	91	45	68	43
Low	7,660	89	49	86	42	55	38
Mixed	2,550	97	57	92	52	65	39

Percent minority enrollment⁴
Less than 5 percent	2,370	87	36	84	30	46	28
5 to less than 20 percent	3,600	90	51	85	44	56	36
20 to less than 50 percent	3,490	94	55	93	48	64	40
50 percent or more	4,260	92	57	87	52	69	52

Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0–20 percent	3,370	91	52	88	44	58	37
21–50 percent	5,160	91	51	87	44	59	38
More than 50 percent	5,550	91	53	88	48	64	45

Percent of students below 15th percentile on standardized tests
0–5 percent	4,250	93	49	88	42	57	41
6–15 percent	5,760	89	52	87	45	60	39
More than 15 percent	4,070	93	55	88	49	64	42

Percent of students likely to attend college
0–35 percent	3,870	89	51	87	46	59	38
36–60 percent	4,600	91	54	88	49	65	49
More than 60 percent	5,610	92	51	88	42	58	35

Percent of students who consider academic achievement important
0–25 percent	1,230	87	50	85	44	55	33
26–50 percent	3,490	90	45	88	39	56	37
51–75 percent	4,140	88	53	84	45	58	39
More than 75 percent	5,220	95	57	91	51	66	45

Percent male enrollment
0–44 percent	890	95	63	87	61	79	57
45–55 percent	12,190	91	52	88	44	59	38
More than 55 percent	1,010	84	48	81	48	62	47

Student-to-FTE ratio⁵
Less than 12 students	6,570	89	49	84	45	59	39
12–16 students	5,440	93	53	91	46	62	41
More than 16 students	2,070	94	58	93	46	61	45

Number of classroom changes⁶
0–3 changes	560	92	53	86	39	59	42	!
4–6 changes	5,340	92	58	88	51	65	47
More than 6 changes	8,190	91	48	88	43	57	36

Regular use of law enforcement⁷
Regular use	9,030	91	57	87	50	63	42
No regular use	5,060	91	43	89	36	55	36

Number of serious discipline problems⁸
No problems	6,350	90	53	87	47	61	42
1 problem	3,670	92	51	88	42	62	40
2 problems	1,780	94	52	90	44	60	47
3 or more problems	2,290	90	50	88	48	56	30

Transfers as a percentage of enrollment⁹
Less than 6 percent	2,630	89	48	83	42	56	36
6 to less than 11 percent	2,640	90	47	89	42	53	35
11 to less than 21 percent	4,600	93	57	89	48	67	46
21 percent or more	4,210	91	52	89	47	61	40

Prevalence of schoolwide disruptions¹⁰
No disruptions	12,740	91	51	88	45	58	40
Any disruptions	1,350	94	57	88	49	85	40

Percent of students absent on a daily basis
0–2 percent	760	88	38	86	31	47	27
3–5 percent	7,870	92	51	89	44	60	39
6–10 percent	4,770	90	54	86	48	60	41
More than 10 percent	690	91	69	87	68	76	59

Prevalence of violent incidents¹¹
No violent incidents	800	94	60	87	43	68	43
Any violent incidents	13,290	91	51	88	46	60	40
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is from 30 percent to 50 percent of the estimate’s value.
¹ Examples of natural disasters provided to respondents were earthquakes or tornadoes.
² Examples of chemical, biological, or radiological threats or incidents provided to respondents were the release of mustard gas, anthrax, smallpox, or radioactive materials.
³ Respondents 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."
⁴ Responding schools that did not have race/ethnicity on the sampling frame (2 percent of schools) are excluded from the base.
⁵ Student-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.
⁶ Respondents were asked, "How many classroom changes do most students make in a typical day?" Responses exclude morning arrival and afternoon departure.
⁷ Respondents were asked, "During the 2005–2006 school year, did you have any sworn law enforcement officers, security guards, or security personnel present at your school at least once a week?"
⁸ Serious discipline problems include student racial tensions, student bullying, student sexual harassment of other students, student verbal abuse of teachers, widespread disorder in classrooms, student acts of disrespect for teachers, 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.
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 death threats, bomb threats, and chemical, biological, or radiological threats. Respondents were instructed to exclude all fire alarms, including false alarms.
¹¹ Violent 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: Respondents were included as having a written plan for responding to at least one crisis situation if they reported that they had a written plan that described procedures for any of the following: school shootings; natural disasters; hostages; bomb threats or incidents; or chemical, biological, or radiological threats or incidents. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Responses were provided by the principal or the person most knowledgeable about crime and safety issues at the school. 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 (NCES), 2005–06 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), 2006.

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