| Require visitors to sign or check in | 100 |
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| Control access to school buildings during school hours1 | 84 |
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| Control access to school grounds during school hours2 | 35 |
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| Require students to pass through metal detectors each day | 2 |
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| Require visitors to pass through metal detectors | 2 |
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| Perform one or more random metal detector checks on students | 9 |
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| Close the campus for most or all students during lunch | 78 |
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| Use one or more random dog sniffs to check for drugs | 41 |
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| Perform one or more random sweeps for contraband, but not including dog sniffs3 | 22 |
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| Require drug testing for athletes | 7 |
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| Require drug testing for students in extracurricular activities other than athletics | 5 |
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| Require drug testing for any other students | 4 |
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| Require students to wear uniforms | 14 |
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| Enforce a strict dress code | 73 |
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| Provide school lockers to students | 80 |
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| Require clear book bags or ban book bags on school grounds | 13 |
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| Require students to wear badges or picture IDs | 10 |
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| Require faculty and staff to wear badges or picture IDs | 52 |
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| Use one or more security cameras to monitor the school | 52 |
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| Provide telephones in most classrooms | 67 |
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| Provide two-way radios to any staff | 71 |
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| Prohibit all tobacco use on school grounds | 93 |
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| 1 Examples of controlled access to school buildings provided to respondents were locked or monitored doors. |
| 2 Examples of controlled access to school grounds provided to respondents were locked or monitored gates. |
| 3 Examples of contraband provided to respondents were drugs or weapons. |
| NOTE: 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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