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Table 25. Number and percent of students ages 12 through 18 who reported positive school experiences, by selected student characteristics: School year 2008–09

 
Characteristic   Number Positive attitude about school rules1 Involved in at least one school activity Grades mostly A's or B's
All students   25,383,000 46.4 66.0 81.2
           
Sex          
Male   12,884,000 46.2 64.6 76.9
Female   12,499,000 46.7 67.3 85.6
           
Race/ethnicity2          
White, not Hispanic or Latino   15,166,000 47.0 69.9 84.9
Black, not Hispanic or Latino   3,847,000 46.6 61.2 73.2
Hispanic or Latino   4,747,000 44.3 56.4 74.9
Asian, not Hispanic or Latino   1,014,000 48.8 70.2 86.5
All other races, not Hispanic or Latino   608,000 44.8 65.7 77.8
           
Grade          
6th   2,330,000 55.3 63.2 82.4
7th   3,801,000 47.8 69.1 83.7
8th   3,906,000 45.3 66.7 82.2
9th   3,832,000 44.6 61.6 76.9
10th   4,006,000 45.0 65.1 76.9
11th   3,673,000 43.5 66.4 80.3
12th   3,834,000 47.1 68.4 86.7
           
Household income3          
Less than $7,500   634,000 49.0 60.3 78.6
$7,500–14,999   885,000 44.9 53.2 72.8
$15,000–24,999   1,901,000 45.2 47.5 69.0
$25,000–34,999   2,175,000 45.7 54.9 77.1
$35,000–49,999   2,969,000 43.5 63.0 76.3
$50,000 or more   11,666,000 50.5 75.7 87.9
1 Includes respondents who said "strongly agree" to any of the following statements:
The school rules are fair; The punishment for breaking school rules is the same no matter who you are; The school rules are strictly enforced; If a school rule is broken, students know what kind of punishment will follow.
2Respondents who were reported as being of Hispanic or Latino origin were classified as "Hispanic or Latino," regardless of their race. "Black, not Hispanic or Latino" includes African Americans. "All other races, not Hispanic or Latino" includes Native Hawaiians or Other Pacific Islanders, American Indians or Alaska Natives, and respondents of Two or more races (3 percent of all respondents selected Two or more races).
3 Caution should be used in interpreting analyses using the household income variable. Overall weighted item response rate for household income was 80.0 percent. The 20.0 percent of the respondents with missing data represent 4,938,000 students ages 12 to 18 whose household income is not explicitly accounted for in the data.
NOTE: Tabular data include only students who reported being enrolled in grades 6 through 12 and not receiving any of their education through homeschooling during the school year reported. The weighted population estimate for all students meeting the criteria for inclusion in this table is 25,383,000. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and missing data.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), 2009.