Table 9. Percentage of students ages 12–18 reporting the ease of availability of crack and other forms of cocaine, LSD, PCP, and heroin at school during the previous 6 months, by selected student and school characteristics: 2003

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Table 9. Percentage of students ages 12–18 reporting the ease of availability of crack and other forms of cocaine, LSD, PCP, and heroin at school during the previous 6 months, by selected student and school characteristics: 2003

	Crack				Other forms of cocaine				LSD or acid				PCP or angel dust				Heroin or smack
Student or school characteristic	Easy		Hard		Easy		Hard		Easy		Hard		Easy		Hard		Easy		Hard
Total	50.6		49.4		47.8		52.2		43.9		56.1		44.3		55.7		43.6		56.4

Sex
Male	45.4		54.6		42.0		58.0		42.2		57.8		45.5		54.5		41.0		59.0
Female	55.9		44.1		53.5		46.5		46.1		53.9		43.0		57.0		46.4		53.6

Race/ethnicity¹
White, non-Hispanic	47.8		52.2		43.1		56.9		40.2		59.8		37.5		62.5		39.8		60.2
Black, non-Hispanic	61.6		38.4		61.8		38.2		56.5		43.5		56.3		43.7		59.8		40.2
Hispanic	55.5		44.5		55.6		44.4		51.2		48.8		56.2		43.8		48.4		51.6
Other, non-Hispanic	38.1		61.9		44.4		55.6		54.3		45.7		70.7		29.3	!	36.2	!	63.8

Grade
6th	66.4		33.6	!	69.4		30.6	!	51.6	!	48.4	!	58.0	!	42.0	!	56.4		43.6	!
7th	37.5		62.5		35.7		64.3		27.6	!	72.4		42.7		57.3		31.5	!	68.5
8th	47.3		52.7		62.5		37.5		46.2		53.8		35.0		65.0		41.5		58.5
9th	51.2		48.8		43.6		56.4		47.6		52.4		43.5		56.5		45.8		54.2
10th	53.2		46.8		50.7		49.3		44.1		55.9		49.9		50.1		48.6		51.4
11th	50.7		49.3		44.6		55.4		36.7		63.3		41.3		58.7		36.9		63.1
12th	51.7		48.3		48.2		51.8		49.6		50.4		44.9		55.1		44.8		55.2

Household income
Less than $7,500	60.4		39.6		58.3	!	41.7	!	‡		71.2		‡		89.8		‡		72.2
$7,500–14,999	62.3		37.7		59.3		40.7		58.6		41.4	!	56.9		43.1		64.1		35.9	!
$15,000–24,999	49.4		50.6		50.3		49.7		38.6		61.4		34.7		65.3		37.6		62.4
$25,000–34,999	53.0		47.0		52.6		47.4		53.6		46.4		59.0		41.0		42.6		57.4
$35,000–49,999	57.5		42.5		51.5		48.5		46.5		53.5		49.6		50.4		52.9		47.1
$50,000 or more	43.8		56.2		41.3		58.7		41.6		58.4		37.1		62.9		40.8		59.2

Urbanicity²
Urban	50.7		49.3		48.7		51.3		43.3		56.7		43.1		56.9		48.9		51.1
Suburban	48.1		51.9		44.7		55.3		43.3		56.7		43.7		56.3		41.5		58.5
Rural	64.4		35.6		57.7		42.3		47.7		52.3		50.5		49.5		39.2		60.8

Self-report of grades at school³
Mostly A's	47.6		52.4		43.7		56.3		39.4		60.6		34.9		65.1		35.1		64.9
Mostly B's	49.7		50.3		47.6		52.4		41.4		58.6		45.7		54.3		43.6		56.4
Mostly C's	54.2		45.8		50.9		49.1		50.1		49.9		52.5		47.5		52.8		47.2
Mostly D's	62.2		37.8		52.8		47.2		52.0		48.0		44.3		55.7		39.8	!	60.2
Mostly F's	39.9	!	60.1		49.3	!	50.7	!	47.2	!	52.8	!	43.7	!	56.3		‡		70.4	!

Student report of violent victimization at school⁴
Yes	70.4		29.6	!	80.4		19.6	!	50.1		49.9		75.2		24.8	!	76.3		23.7	!
No	50.0		50.0		46.7		53.3		43.7		56.3		43.3		56.7		42.3		57.7

Student report of theft victimization at school⁴
Yes	44.7		55.3		43.8		56.2		35.4		64.6		45.2		54.8		44.2		55.8
No	51.0		49.0		48.0		52.0		44.5		55.5		44.3		55.7		43.6		56.4

Sector
Public	51.6		48.4		49.0		51.0		44.0		56.0		45.5		54.5		44.8		55.2
Private	31.5		68.5		22.7	!	77.3		41.1		58.9		‡		82.0		‡		83.8
! Interpret with caution.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
¹ "Other, non-Hispanic" includes Asians, Pacific Islanders, and American Indians (including Alaska Natives). Beginning in 2003, students were given the option of identifying themselves as more than one race. Non-Hispanic students who identified themselves as more than one race in 2003 (1 percent of all respondents) were included in the "other, non-Hispanic" category. Respondents who identified themselves as being of Hispanic origin were classified as Hispanic, regardless of their race.
² Urbanicity refers to the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) status of the respondent's household as defined in 1990 by the U.S. Census Bureau.
³ Students who responded that their schools did not give grades or there was no alphabetical equivalent are not reported.
⁴ Victimization data are taken from the National Crime Victimization Survey Incident Report.
NOTE: "Violent" victimization includes serious violent crimes (rape, sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault) and simple assault. "At school" includes inside the school building, on school property, on a school bus, and on the way to and from school. Estimates include only the respondents who indicated that it was possible to obtain the specified substance at school. Population size for students ages 12–18 was 25,684,000 in 2003. Response options to the 2003 SCS questionnaire item include easy, fairly easy, hard, fairly hard, and not applicable. For purposes of presenting the data in this table, "easy" includes "easy" and "fairly easy," and "hard" includes "hard" and "fairly hard." Detail may not sum to 100 percent because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), 2003.

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