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Number of public high school resource officers, number of public high schools, and the number of public high schools with school resource officers, by full- and part-time school resource officer status: 2003–04 through 2009–10

 
Characteristic     2003–04   2005–06   2007–08   2009–10  
High school resource officers     9,680   10,440   15,820   12,350  
Full–time school resource officers     6,670   7,610   11,760   8,730  
Part–time school resource officers     3,010   2,820   4,060   3,630  
                     
High schools1     10,830   11,690   11,920   12,240  
Schools with school resource officers     6,520   7,190   7,510   7,350  
Schools with Full–time school resource officers     5,370   5,740   5,800   5,590  
Schools with Part–time school resource officers     2,390   2,250   2,710   2,330  
1Detail may not sum to totals because schools that reported both full-time and part-time school resource officers are only counted once in this total.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Primary schools are defined as schools in which the lowest grade is not higher than grade 3 and the highest grade is not higher than grade 8. 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. High 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. Combined schools include all other combinations of grades, including K–12 schools. School resource officers includes all career law enforcement officers with arrest authority, who have specialized training and are assigned to work in collaboration with school organizations. In 2003-04, schools reported on school resource officers present at their school on a regular basis. In 2005-06, 2007-08, and 2009-10, schools reported on school resource officers present at their school at least once a week. The number of school resource officers includes both full- and part-time school resource officers. The number of schools with school resource officers is defined as those schools providing a non-zero response to the count of school resource officers question (question 9b).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), 2003–04 through 2009–10.