Table 2. Number and percentage of public secondary schools reporting violent and other incidents to police with the number of incidents reported, by selected school characteristics: 1999

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Table 2. Number and percentage of public secondary schools reporting violent and other incidents to police with the number of incidents reported, by selected school characteristics: 1999–2000

School characteristic	Violent incidents¹			Serious violent incidents ²			Theft³			Other incidents⁴
School characteristic	Number of schools	Percent of schools	Number of incidents	Number of schools	Percent of schools	Number of incidents	Number of schools	Percent of schools	Number of incidents	Number of schools	Percent of schools	Number of incidents
All public secondary schools	8,445	71	116,407	3,322	28	12,672	7,543	64	58,471	10,145	86	137,137

Enrollment size
Less than 300	775	40	4,519	193	10	472	994	51	2,550	1,195	61	4,645
300-499	1,095	58	6,520	464	25	1,382	993	53	4,658	1,480	79	8,171
500-999	2,304	72	20,928	650	20	1,308	1,918	60	10,089	2,732	86	22,955
1,000 or more	4,270	88	84,439	2,015	42	9,510	3,638	75	41,174	4,737	98	101,366

Urbanicity
City	1,956	83	41,932	955	40	6,035	1,515	64	17,847	2,106	89	45,681
Urban fringe	3,123	82	49,244	1,334	35	4,915	2,821	74	26,121	3,652	95	55,295
Town	1,314	73	10,280	456	25	825	1,074	60	6,520	1,490	83	14,481
Rural	2,052	53	14,950	577	15	898	2,134	55	7,983	2,897	75	21,679

Crime level where students live⁵
High	434	93	9,512	260	56	1,957	233	50	2,228	445	96	9,082
Moderate	1,506	79	27,490	774	41	3,219	1,099	58	9,038	1,649	87	26,949
Low	5,292	67	54,818	1,736	22	4,239	5,125	64	37,484	6,655	84	73,745
Mixed	1,153	78	21,602	512	35	2,870	1,039	70	8,985	1,336	90	25,330

Percent minority enrollment⁵
0-5 percent	2,184	59	15,587	633	17	1,341	2,272	62	11,285	2,992	81	24,256
6-20 percent	2,021	74	21,879	698	25	1,600	1,816	66	17,113	2,437	89	32,086
21-50 percent	1,925	75	30,405	879	34	2,584	1,706	67	13,954	2,241	88	33,834
More than 50 percent	2,146	81	46,105	1,091	41	7,087	1,621	61	15,790	2,305	87	45,960

Percent of students eligible for free/reduced-price lunch
0-20 percent	3,568	74	44,142	1,208	25	4,010	3,432	71	28,996	4,439	92	57,584
21-50 percent	3,173	67	42,629	1,284	27	4,757	2,796	59	21,521	3,810	81	46,594
More than 50 percent	1,704	73	29,635	830	36	3,906	1,315	57	7,954	1,896	82	32,959

Percent of students below 15th percentile on standardized tests
0-5 percent	2,190	63	22,461	692	20	1,376	2,078	60	15,443	2,808	81	31,206
6-15 percent	3,907	71	49,805	1,438	26	5,574	3,639	66	29,649	4,596	84	60,204
More than 15 percent	2,349	81	44,141	1,192	41	5,723	1,826	63	13,379	2,741	94	45,727

Percent of students likely to attend college
0-35 percent	1,881	71	26,956	661	25	2,284	1,502	57	7,754	2,335	89	27,164
36-60 percent	2,746	74	43,538	1,224	33	5,235	2,289	62	16,748	3,150	85	45,580
More than 60 percent	3,818	69	45,913	1,437	26	5,153	3,753	68	33,970	4,659	85	64,392

Percent of students who consider academic achievement important
0-25 percent	610	69	9,274	195	22	510	563	64	2,523	833	94	9,715
26-50 percent	1,873	75	19,911	798	32	2,688	1,390	55	9,068	2,165	86	26,533
51-75 percent	2,844	71	45,605	1,083	27	5,164	2,654	66	20,913	3,508	87	52,348
More than 75 percent	3,119	70	41,617	1,247	28	4,310	2,937	66	25,966	3,639	82	48,541

Percent male enrollment
0-44 percent	716	64	9,716	250	23	539	567	51	3,906	947	85	10,121
45-55 percent	7,091	72	100,000	2,840	29	11,278	6,367	65	51,830	8,556	87	118,889
More than 55 percent	639	67	6,691	232	24	855	608	64	2,735	642	67	8,127

Student/teacher ratio⁵,⁶
Less than 12	2,030	57	21,732	805	23	2,107	2,024	57	10,375	2,647	74	20,906
12-16	3,162	76	41,431	1,004	24	3,054	2,735	66	22,216	3,744	91	50,310
More than 16	2,773	80	45,626	1,244	36	6,063	2,413	70	24,255	3,129	91	59,808

Number of classroom changes⁵
0-3 changes	357	74	3,720	164	34	345	360	74	2,313	446	92	6,733
4-6 changes	4,522	78	63,795	1,776	31	7,267	3,709	64	33,001	5,106	88	75,395
More than 6 changes	3,069	64	41,144	1,161	25	3,796	2,924	61	19,862	4,039	84	47,378

Use of paid law enforcement⁷
Regular use	8,015	76	115,213	3,218	30	12,516	6,953	66	56,888	9,374	89	134,728
No regular use	430	33	1,194	104	8	157	591	46	1,583	771	60	2,409

Number of serious discipline problems⁸
No problems	2,695	55	18,467	704	14	1,384	2,722	56	13,252	3,742	76	29,849
1 problem	2,008	77	25,020	862	33	3,367	1,712	65	13,364	2,385	91	34,384
2 problems	1,720	85	32,635	696	35	3,217	1,490	74	14,053	1,795	89	30,414
3 or more problems	2,022	87	40,285	1,060	45	4,704	1,619	69	17,802	2,223	95	42,489

Transfers as percentage of enrollment⁵,⁹
0 to 6 percent	2,433	62	27,325	841	21	2,646	2,312	59	16,983	3,268	83	36,414
6 to 11 percent	1,792	67	21,626	685	26	2,945	1,591	60	12,596	2,182	82	27,098
11 to 21 percent	1,825	77	22,590	777	33	2,390	1,659	70	11,343	2,003	85	27,531
21 percent or more	1,914	82	37,365	790	34	3,479	1,535	66	13,445	2,166	93	38,237

Prevalence of schoolwide disruptions⁵,¹⁰
No disruptions	5,613	68	64,992	1,987	24	5,850	5,120	62	34,075	6,862	83	82,422
Any disruptions	2,283	80	42,299	1,097	39	5,810	1,931	68	20,291	2,534	89	42,220

Percent of students absent without excuses
None	560	53	3,792	163	15	550	501	47	4,349	781	74	4,889
1-2 percent	2,496	63	25,589	756	19	2,047	2,667	67	16,094	3,305	83	35,910
3-5 percent	2,711	76	32,101	1,042	29	2,781	2,188	62	18,604	3,106	88	42,858
6-10 percent	1,802	78	36,356	887	38	4,775	1,541	66	13,791	1,986	86	36,851
More than 10 percent	877	90	18,568	475	49	2,519	647	66	5,633	966	99	16,630
¹ Violent incidents include 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.
² Serious violent incidents include rape, sexual battery other than rape, physical attack or fight with a weapon, threat of physical attack with a weapon, and robbery with or without a weapon.
³ Theft/larceny (taking things over $10 without personal confrontation) was defined for respondents as, "the unlawful taking of another person's property without personal confrontation, threat, violence, or bodily harm. Included are pocket picking, stealing purse or backpack (if left unattended or no force was used to take it from owner), theft from a building, theft from a motor vehicle or motor vehicle parts or accessories, theft of bicycles, theft from vending machines, and all other types of thefts."
⁴ Other incidents include possession of a firearm or explosive device, possession of a knife or sharp object, distribution of illegal drugs, possession or use of alcohol or illegal drugs, sexual harassment, or vandalism.
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. Secondary schools are defined as schools in which the lowest grade is not lower than grade 9 and the highest grade is not higher than grade 12.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), 2000.

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