Table 22. Percentage of public high schools reporting the use of selected violence prevention program components, by selected school characteristics: School year 2009

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Table 22. Percentage of public high schools reporting the use of selected violence prevention program components, by selected school characteristics: School year 2009–10


	Percentage of schools using selected violence prevention program components
School characteristic	Prevention curriculum, instruction, or training for students¹	Behavioral or behavior modification intervention for students	Counseling, social work, psychological, or therapeutic activity for students	Individual attention, mentoring, tutoring, or coaching of students by students²	Individual attention, mentoring, tutoring, or coaching of students by adults³	Recreational, enrichment, or leisure activities for students	Students’ involvement in resolving student conduct problems⁴	Programs to promote a sense of community or social integration among students
All public high schools	73.1	84.6	90.1	66.4	89.7	80.3	52.5	77.6

Enrollment size
Less than 300	66.9	74.7	83.4	56.0	83.9	71.7	47.0	66.5
300–499	76.7	85.9	87.8	57.5	85.6	77.4	43.0	71.4
500–999	67.2	82.8	88.0	65.9	88.4	81.1	48.7	77.2
1,000 or more	77.6	89.3	94.9	74.0	94.2	84.4	60.2	84.5

Urbanicity
City	82.0	84.0	92.6	73.7	93.9	86.0	60.2	84.8
Suburb	75.8	90.8	91.9	73.6	94.5	83.5	65.4	85.6
Town	63.7	84.0	91.4	69.1	92.4	79.0	44.4	77.0
Rural	69.1	80.4	86.2	53.6	81.3	74.0	40.8	66.0

Crime level where students live⁵
High	77.6	84.6	93.5	72.9	93.1	82.0	56.6	83.6
Moderate	76.6	87.1	91.0	68.2	90.4	85.6	57.1	84.1
Low	71.9	85.2	89.5	64.4	88.8	79.4	51.9	73.7
Mixed	70.6	79.7	89.4	67.6	90.2	76.4	47.5	80.3

Percent of combined Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native students
Less than 5 percent	70.2	82.6	87.5	60.5	82.2	78.3	43.2	70.2
5 to less than 20 percent	71.1	82.7	89.9	70.6	89.0	77.8	49.6	79.1
20 to less than 50 percent	73.6	85.7	89.9	64.8	91.2	82.7	51.6	77.3
50 percent or more	75.5	86.3	91.8	67.2	92.8	81.3	59.9	80.2

Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0–20 percent	78.2	88.6	91.4	71.9	91.3	83.3	55.1	83.8
21–50 percent	69.4	81.7	89.5	66.5	90.0	78.2	49.7	76.3
More than 50 percent	74.4	85.8	90.2	63.3	88.6	81.0	54.4	75.7

Percent of students below 15th percentile on standardized tests
0–5 percent	73.7	86.9	90.6	67.1	89.2	82.3	50.4	81.7
6–15 percent	72.6	80.4	88.7	62.2	88.2	77.5	50.7	70.9
More than 15 percent	72.8	87.9	91.8	71.7	92.5	81.7	58.1	82.0

Percent of students likely to attend college
0–35 percent	65.4	76.8	86.2	57.9	84.9	73.1	45.7	73.1
36–60 percent	71.7	85.4	91.7	66.6	87.5	78.2	49.9	76.7
More than 60 percent	76.2	86.8	90.7	69.0	92.2	83.5	55.9	79.4

Percent of students who consider academic achievement important
0–25 percent	59.6	73.0	91.0	56.2	89.0	70.1	35.0	66.3
26–50 percent	71.2	83.2	85.4	67.5	85.8	71.7	47.0	74.5
51–75 percent	71.2	84.1	90.9	61.6	87.1	80.6	50.2	76.4
More than 75 percent	77.1	87.4	91.5	70.5	93.0	85.3	59.1	81.4

Percent male enrollment
0–44 percent	81.7	83.8	92.7	64.4	90.0	78.4	60.9	82.1
45–55 percent	71.6	85.0	90.2	65.9	89.5	79.6	50.9	76.8
More than 55 percent	74.7	82.4	86.1	73.6	91.3	88.8	56.3	78.2

Student-to-FTE ratio⁶
Less than 12 students	64.5	82.2	91.1	53.3	84.2	73.3	43.7	69.6
12–16 students	78.0	87.1	92.5	65.8	91.6	80.6	55.4	80.8
More than 16 students	71.9	83.5	88.2	70.4	89.9	82.0	52.9	77.4

Number of classroom changes ⁷
0–3 changes	72.3	92.3	84.0	58.4	91.0	70.1	51.0	79.0
4–6 changes	75.4	85.8	90.2	66.1	91.5	79.7	49.8	75.6
More than 6 changes	70.7	82.4	90.9	67.6	87.6	82.2	55.6	79.4

Regular use of law enforcement ⁸
Regular use	76.4	86.5	92.1	69.4	90.8	81.7	57.3	80.2
No regular use	62.1	78.4	83.9	56.7	86.1	75.6	37.1	68.8

Number of serious discipline problems⁹
No problems	72.1	84.7	90.0	65.7	88.9	79.4	50.7	76.0
1 problem	76.7	84.8	89.4	69.9	91.3	84.0	56.7	83.2
2 problems	79.8	87.0	92.4	72.5	93.0	84.2	55.8	83.3
3 or more problems	67.1	81.2	91.1	58.6	89.9	76.3	56.4	73.7

Transfers as a percentage of enrollment¹⁰
Less than 6 percent	76.1	85.9	88.3	67.3	87.7	84.2	54.1	77.9
6 to less than 11 percent	75.2	84.8	92.6	66.5	92.9	82.9	53.0	79.2
11 to less than 21 percent	69.4	81.5	90.4	65.3	86.0	75.4	48.6	73.0
21 percent or more	72.9	87.6	89.0	66.9	93.7	80.5	56.2	82.1

Prevalence of schoolwide disruptions¹¹
No disruptions	72.6	84.0	89.9	66.2	89.0	80.6	51.4	76.9
Any disruptions	78.0	91.3	93.3	68.1	97.3	76.8	65.5	85.4

Percent of students absent on a daily basis
0–2 percent	76.2	82.4	93.0	56.1	86.9	80.1	50.3	80.2
3–5 percent	72.0	87.2	88.3	64.6	90.5	78.5	48.6	76.0
6–10 percent	73.7	83.3	90.6	70.4	88.5	81.2	55.5	76.4
More than 10 percent	72.5	82.7	92.7	61.2	92.9	82.0	54.2	85.1

Prevalence of violent incidents¹²
No violent incidents	62.7	81.1	89.6	63.4	88.7	69.5	48.0	69.9
Any violent incidents	74.1	85.0	90.2	66.7	89.8	81.4	53.0	78.3
¹For example, social skills training.
^2,3These items are new to the 2009–10 School survey on Crime and Safety. Prior to the 2009–10 survey, these two items were combined into one.
⁴For example, conflict resolution, peer mediation, or student court.
⁵Respondents 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."
⁶Student-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.
⁷Respondents were asked, "How many classroom changes do most students make in a typical day?" Responses exclude morning arrival and afternoon departure.
⁸Respondents were asked, "During the 2009–10 school year, did you have any security guards, security personnel, or sworn law enforcement officers present at your school at least once a week?"
⁹Serious discipline problems include student racial/ethnic tensions, student bullying, student sexual harassment of other students, student verbal abuse of teachers, widespread disorder in classrooms, student acts of disrespect for teachers other than verbal abuse, 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.
¹⁰Transfers 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.
¹¹Schoolwide 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.
¹²Violent 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: Detail may not sum to totals because schools may have reported using more than one of these violence prevention program components. Responses were provided by the principal or the person most knowledgeable about crime and safety issues at the school. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), 2009–10 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS).

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