Table 10. Percentage of students ages 12–18 reporting attendance at drug education classes, the presence of students on drugs or alcohol, and whether they were offered drugs at school during the previous 6 months, by selected student and school characteristics: 2003

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Table 10. Percentage of students ages 12–18 reporting attendance at drug education classes, the presence of students on drugs or alcohol, and whether they were offered drugs at school during the previous 6 months, by selected student and school characteristics: 2003

	Attended any drug education classes in school		Knew for sure that any students were on drugs or alcohol while they were at school		Someone tried to sell or give student an illegal drug other than alcohol or tobacco at school
Student or school characteristic	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes		No
Total	30.3	68.3	35.8	64.2	9.0		91.0

Sex
Male	29.8	68.7	33.8	66.2	10.5		89.5
Female	30.9	68.0	37.9	62.1	7.5		92.5

Race/ethnicity¹
White, non-Hispanic	31.1	67.6	38.3	61.7	8.9		91.1
Black, non-Hispanic	30.2	68.2	31.6	68.4	8.2		91.8
Hispanic	28.0	70.7	32.5	67.5	10.9		89.1
Other, non-Hispanic	29.1	69.3	29.8	70.2	7.0		93.0

Grade
6th	43.0	53.9	7.6	92.4	1.4	!	98.6
7th	41.5	56.9	19.5	80.5	3.3		96.7
8th	36.0	62.2	27.1	72.9	5.6		94.4
9th	32.9	66.3	41.3	58.7	11.4		88.6
10th	26.4	73.1	48.7	51.3	13.3		86.7
11th	16.4	82.8	49.3	50.7	12.8		87.2
12th	17.2	81.5	50.4	49.6	13.9		86.1

Household income
Less than $7,500	24.6	73.9	32.4	67.6	6.0	!	94.0
$7,500–14,999	25.3	73.2	27.7	72.3	9.7		90.3
$15,000–24,999	29.4	69.9	32.9	67.1	9.3		90.7
$25,000–34,999	30.1	68.1	37.2	62.8	8.5		91.5
$35,000–49,999	31.3	67.2	38.6	61.4	10.7		89.3
$50,000 or more	32.5	66.4	38.4	61.6	8.6		91.4

Urbanicity²
Urban	30.3	68.5	34.8	65.2	9.4		90.6
Suburban	29.6	69.0	36.2	63.8	9.1		90.9
Rural	32.6	66.1	36.1	63.9	8.2		91.8

Self-report of grades at school³
Mostly A's	33.9	64.5	34.2	65.8	5.8		94.2
Mostly B's	29.5	69.5	34.4	65.6	8.7		91.3
Mostly C's	28.1	70.7	39.9	60.1	12.6		87.4
Mostly D's	24.6	74.9	44.5	55.5	19.7		80.3
Mostly F's	15.2	82.5	53.3	46.7	32.6		67.4

Student report of violent victimization at school⁴
Yes	28.5	71.5	61.8	38.2	30.5		69.5
No	30.3	68.3	35.4	64.6	8.7		91.3

Student report of theft victimization at school⁴
Yes	31.7	68.0	55.2	44.8	16.1		83.9
No	30.3	68.3	35.0	65.0	8.7		91.3

Sector
Public	30.3	68.3	36.8	63.2	9.4		90.6
Private	30.5	69.3	25.5	74.5	5.2		94.8
! Interpret with caution.
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. Population size for students ages 12–18 was 25,684,000 in 2003. Detail may not sum to 100 percent because of "don't know" responses or 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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