Table 28. Mean number of practices for monitoring students used per school, and the percentage of public high schools that monitored students in specified ways, by selected school characteristics: School year 2009

School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS)

Publications & Products|SSOCS & SCS Table Library|Staff

Back

Download Excel

(28 KB)

Download SE Excel

( 20 KB)

Table 28. Mean number of practices for monitoring students used per school, and the percentage of public high schools that monitored students in specified ways, by selected school characteristics: School year 2009–10


		Percentage of schools that monitored students in specified ways
School characteristic	Mean number of practices for monitoring students used per school¹	Require students to wear uniforms		Enforce a strict dress code	Provide electronic notification to parents in case of a school-wide emergency	Provide anonymous threat reporting system	Require faculty and staff to wear badges or picture IDs	Provide telephones in most classrooms	Provide two-way radios to any staff
All public high schools	3.9	9.7		62.5	66.6	45.6	58.3	77.8	72.3

Enrollment size
Less than 300	3.1	12.2		60.7	46.6	27.2	31.4	73.0	54.0
300–499	3.6	9.4	!	68.2	57.0	31.7	52.9	73.8	71.1
500–999	4.0	10.5		62.6	71.8	45.3	62.1	78.1	73.7
1,000 or more	4.3	8.4		61.3	75.4	58.2	69.3	81.0	79.4

Urbanicity
City	4.1	21.5		59.0	64.8	50.9	58.2	78.2	75.0
Suburb	4.1	8.1		56.5	75.8	51.0	68.3	79.6	75.6
Town	3.8	4.3	!	64.0	62.7	43.5	57.7	82.5	70.2
Rural	3.7	5.1		69.3	62.7	38.5	50.9	73.5	68.6

Crime level where students live²
High	3.9	35.5		61.1	48.4	38.7	59.5	65.4	77.2
Moderate	4.0	12.4		65.1	68.2	54.6	58.8	74.9	69.9
Low	3.8	3.0		60.5	67.6	41.5	56.6	79.9	70.8
Mixed	4.3	16.0		67.4	71.4	53.4	63.5	80.5	77.4

Percent of combined Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native students
Less than 5 percent	3.7	‡		62.3	64.9	34.2	53.9	88.9	67.0
5 to less than 20 percent	3.9	‡		55.9	73.4	42.0	61.4	81.0	71.6
20 to less than 50 percent	4.0	4.6	!	64.0	69.5	53.8	60.3	72.6	70.8
50 percent or more	4.1	25.0		66.5	60.3	48.0	56.8	73.7	76.4

Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0–20 percent	4.1	1.8	!	56.7	78.8	44.6	66.3	84.1	74.7
21–50 percent	3.9	5.3		59.5	71.9	45.8	57.6	81.8	69.5
More than 50 percent	3.9	18.8		68.9	54.4	45.9	55.1	70.1	74.0

Percent of students below 15th percentile on standardized tests
0–5 percent	3.9	8.5		61.7	69.2	45.7	61.1	78.7	68.9
6–15 percent	3.9	4.8		60.8	67.8	46.2	54.2	79.8	73.5
More than 15 percent	4.0	18.8		66.2	61.3	44.7	60.9	73.6	74.9

Percent of students likely to attend college
0–35 percent	3.8	16.6		69.8	51.9	38.3	59.4	68.6	71.8
36–60 percent	3.9	10.0		63.8	65.5	46.8	56.5	78.3	69.7
More than 60 percent	4.0	7.4		59.6	71.8	47.4	58.9	80.5	73.6

Percent of students who consider academic achievement important
0–25 percent	3.5	17.9	!	49.4	47.9	24.9	58.4	73.5	81.6
26–50 percent	3.7	9.0		72.9	61.1	36.5	54.6	72.2	65.9
51–75 percent	3.9	9.2		60.2	66.1	47.0	53.7	81.4	70.0
More than 75 percent	4.1	9.1		61.7	72.2	51.9	62.8	78.6	74.8

Percent male enrollment
0–44 percent	3.9	17.8		60.9	61.6	45.9	57.2	74.0	69.6
45–55 percent	4.0	7.6		63.2	69.2	47.0	59.9	79.4	73.9
More than 55 percent	3.3	18.9		58.1	49.2	32.4	45.9	68.4	60.5

Student-to-FTE ratio³
Less than 12 students	3.4	12.6		67.8	55.1	33.0	45.8	64.9	65.7
12–16 students	4.0	9.6		63.7	71.8	44.4	64.5	74.6	71.4
More than 16 students	4.0	9.1		60.2	66.1	50.0	57.4	83.6	74.7

Number of classroom changes⁴
0–3 changes	3.8	10.8	!	69.9	57.8	37.4	50.8	82.3	67.2
4–6 changes	4.1	12.0		63.9	70.3	45.2	59.7	80.6	73.8
More than 6 changes	3.8	7.3		60.1	63.9	47.1	58.0	74.3	71.4

Regular use of law enforcement ⁵
Regular use	4.1	10.8		63.1	70.4	51.9	64.0	78.1	76.1
No regular use	3.2	6.3	!	60.8	54.4	25.1	39.9	76.8	59.8

Number of serious discipline problems⁶
No problems	3.9	9.1		64.7	67.1	45.2	56.9	75.8	71.0
1 problem	3.8	9.0	!	56.6	64.7	45.0	54.6	79.1	72.6
2 problems	4.3	13.7	!	60.4	73.6	55.2	71.2	81.4	72.7
3 or more problems	4.1	13.4		57.7	60.3	42.0	68.3	89.2	82.8

Transfers as a percentage of enrollment⁷
Less than 6 percent	3.9	10.1		62.8	68.0	45.6	57.2	77.2	67.4
6 to less than 11 percent	3.9	7.2		56.8	71.1	43.4	59.3	78.6	75.9
11 to less than 21 percent	4.0	8.0		64.0	68.1	50.8	59.8	76.8	70.6
21 percent or more	3.9	14.8		66.3	58.0	40.4	56.4	78.9	75.8

Prevalence of schoolwide disruptions⁸
No disruptions	3.9	9.6		61.8	66.2	44.8	57.4	77.3	71.5
Any disruptions	4.4	11.0	!	70.9	71.9	55.1	69.5	83.9	80.6

Percent of students absent on a daily basis
0–2 percent	4.1	‡		67.5	70.7	50.0	64.4	82.8	65.9
3–5 percent	3.9	6.9		64.0	69.4	43.9	56.3	80.9	71.3
6–10 percent	4.0	9.5		61.9	70.3	49.7	62.6	76.2	72.7
More than 10 percent	3.5	20.8		58.8	44.0	34.3	46.7	72.7	76.2

Prevalence of violent incidents⁹
No violent incidents	3.7	16.7	!	74.3	61.5	29.7	51.0	76.3	64.2
Any violent incidents	3.9	9.0		61.3	67.1	47.2	59.1	77.9	73.1
!Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is from 30 percent to 50 percent of the estimate’s value.
‡Reporting standards not met. The standard error represents more than 50 percent of the estimate.
¹Data represent the mean number of "yes" responses to the practices listed.
²Respondents 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."
³Student-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.
⁴Respondents were asked, "How many classroom changes do most students make in a typical day?" Responses exclude morning arrival and afternoon departure.
⁵Respondents 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?"
⁶Serious 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.
⁷Transfers 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.
⁸Schoolwide 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.
⁹Violent 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: Responses were provided by the principal or the person most knowledgeable about crime and safety issues at the school. Detail may not sum to totals because schools may have reported using more than one of these practices. 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).

Back

Download Excel

(28 KB)

Download SE Excel

( 20 KB)