Table 22. Percentage of students ages 12–18 who reported the presence of street gangs and frequency of gang activities at school, by selected student and school characteristics: School year 2006

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Table 22. Percentage of students ages 12–18 who reported the presence of street gangs and frequency of gang activities at school, by selected student and school characteristics: School year 2006–07
			Frequency of gang-related fights, attacks, or other violence at school¹										Gangs involved in the sale of drugs at school¹
	Gangs at school												Gangs involved in the sale of drugs at school¹
					Once or twice in last 6 months		Once or twice a month		Once or twice a week
											Almost every day
Student or school characteristic	Yes	No	Never								Almost every day		Yes		No
Total	23.2	63.6	25.9		23.3		12.9		5.1		3.8		20.3		34.7

Sex
Male	25.1	62.5	27.1		24.3		12.8		4.3		4.1		22.4		35.1
Female	21.3	64.7	24.5		22.2		13.1		6.0		3.5		18.1		34.3

Race/ethnicity
White, not Hispanic or Latino	16.0	71.3	27.4		24.3		10.2		4.1		1.7		20.2		34.2
Black, not Hispanic or Latino	37.6	48.9	22.7		18.5		16.5		6.4		7.4		21.6		34.3
Hispanic or Latino	36.1	49.4	24.1		26.7		15.6		6.5		4.7		20.6		37.9
All other races, not Hispanic or Latino²	21.5	64.9	31.5		20.0		11.5		3.6	!	3.3	!	16.6		28.9

Grade
6th	15.3	75.1	38.4		13.4		8.0		4.6	!	5.3	!	13.8		47.8
7th	17.4	68.7	28.1		19.7		10.3		5.8		4.1	!	11.4		48.0
8th	20.6	67.6	28.4		20.9		11.9		6.7		3.1	!	16.3		46.5
9th	28.0	59.0	22.6		23.9		12.7		5.6		5.7		22.4		29.7
10th	28.1	57.1	25.5		27.7		15.4		4.0		3.2	!	27.1		27.4
11th	25.9	59.8	21.5		23.7		15.2		5.2		2.4	!	22.8		27.0
12th	24.4	62.1	25.3		26.8		13.3		3.9	!	3.4	!	21.5		29.3

Household income
Less than $7,500	27.6	57.9	17.6	!	21.0		10.6	!	‡		10.8	!	12.8	!	44.1
$7,500-14,999	34.0	53.7	20.9		26.6		15.4		6.8	!	7.0	!	20.9		28.0
$15,000-24,999	27.9	57.0	26.6		18.2		16.6		6.2		3.6	!	14.6		42.7
$25,000-34,999	27.2	59.1	21.1		28.2		16.4		4.8	!	5.0	!	20.1		39.1
$35,000-49,999	25.7	58.4	22.5		22.8		15.3		5.9		3.5	!	23.9		28.0
$50,000 or more	18.8	69.0	29.5		24.8		9.9		4.7		1.6		20.4		35.7

Urbanicity³
Urban	32.3	52.6	22.8		23.1		15.3		5.9		4.4		19.0		34.2
Suburban	21.0	65.8	29.1		23.9		11.9		4.7		3.2		21.8		34.6
Rural	15.5	74.5	22.2		21.4		10.3		4.8		4.5	!	18.1		36.8

Self-report of grades in school⁴
Mostly A's	15.1	72.7	30.3		24.8		10.1		3.2		2.0	!	16.8		36.7
Mostly B's	24.0	61.8	26.2		24.8		12.5		4.8		3.4		20.8		32.6
Mostly C's	35.1	52.5	21.4		21.1		17.1		6.9		5.3		23.2		37.6
Mostly D's	36.5	51.4	21.1		19.5		13.0		5.1	!	12.2	!	27.0		35.6
Mostly F's	45.4	46.0	24.0	!	‡		21.4	!	28.9	!	‡		21.6	!	37.7	!

Student report of violent victimization at school⁵
Yes	49.0	42.2	22.9		16.4	!	22.5		13.2	!	‡		44.5		27.8
No	22.8	63.9	25.9		23.5		12.7		4.9		3.8		19.7		34.9

Student report of theft victimization at school⁵
Yes	32.1	54.5	30.7		25.2		11.1	!	7.6	!	‡		25.0		33.1
No	22.9	63.9	25.7		23.2		13.0		5.0		3.8		20.1		34.8

Sector
Public	24.9	61.0	25.6		23.1		13.1		5.1		3.8		20.5		34.2
Private	5.2	91.2	38.4		29.1		‡		‡		‡		10.1	!	57.6
! 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 for this estimate is equal to 50 percent or more of the estimate's value.
¹ Estimates of "Frequency of gang-related fights, attacks, or other violence at school" and "Gangs involved in the sale of drugs at school" were derived from the full sample of students.
² "All other races, not Hispanic or Latino" includes Asians, Pacific Islanders, and American Indians (including Alaska Natives) and respondents of two or more races. For this report, not Hispanic or Latino students who identified themselves as being of two or more races (1 percent of all respondents) were included in the "all other races, not Hispanic or Latino" category. Respondents who identified themselves as being of Hispanic or Latino origin were classified as "Hispanic or Latino," regardless of their race.
³ Urbanicity refers to the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) status of the respondent's household as defined in 1990 by the U.S. Census Bureau.
⁴ Rates for students who responded that their schools did not give grades or there was no alphabetical equivalent are not reported.
⁵ Victimization data are taken from the Incident Report of the National Crime Victimization Survey and appended to the School Crime Supplement (SCS) data file. Readers should note the reference period for the victimization data is "the last 6 months" while the reference period for the SCS is "the last school year."
NOTE: "Violent" victimization includes serious violent crimes (rape, sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault) and simple assault. "Theft" includes attempted and completed purse snatching, completed pickpocketing, and all attempted and completed thefts, excluding motor vehicle theft. Theft does not include robbery, in which the threat or use of force is involved. "At school" includes the school building, on school property, on a school bus, and going to and from school. Details may not sum to 100 percent because respondent-volunteered "don't know" responses are included in the base for the percentages listed. Population size for students ages 12–18 was 25,967,000 in 2007.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), 2007.

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