Table 26.1 Percentage of public schools that monitored campus in specified ways, by selected school characteristics: School year 2015

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Table 26.1 Percentage of public schools that monitored campus in specified ways, by selected school characteristics: School year 2015–16

	Percentage of schools that monitored access to campus in specified ways
School characteristic	Require visitors to sign or check in and wear badges	Control access to school buildings during school hours¹	Control access to school grounds during school hours²	Equip classrooms with locks so that doors can be locked from the inside³	Close the campus for most students during lunch	Provide school lockers to students
All public schools	93.5	94.1	49.9	66.7	69.6	50.4

Level⁴
Primary	94.9	95.6	55.4	66.6	66.7	29.7
Middle	96.4	94.4	45.3	68.5	78.7	75.8
High school	91.0	89.6	45.3	64.9	66.1	80.3
Combined	80.8	90.2	26.7	67.0	77.4	89.4

Enrollment size
Less than 300	81.7	89.9	38.6	65.3	66.3	55.9
300–499	94.8	95.5	48.0	66.6	68.7	46.4
500–999	98.1	96.0	55.9	68.0	71.0	44.3
1,000 or more	98.2	91.8	57.1	65.4	74.2	72.9

Locale
City	95.4	95.7	60.2	65.5	72.3	44.4
Suburb	96.7	95.5	51.7	67.4	68.9	42.5
Town	95.3	92.8	46.0	66.1	69.9	54.0
Rural	87.0	91.4	39.1	67.4	67.6	64.5

Crime level where students live⁵
High	94.0	94.0	73.1	68.5	71.3	36.6
Moderate	95.4	95.9	57.0	66.9	73.8	42.9
Low	92.9	93.7	44.2	66.7	68.0	54.6
Mixed	93.4	93.0	48.1	64.9	69.2	53.7

Percent combined enrollment of Black, Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander, and American Indian/ Alaska Native students, and students of Two or more races
Less than 5 percent	86.0	97.3	35.0	69.9	64.9	75.9
5 to less than 20 percent	91.0	93.2	34.5	65.5	69.8	66.3
20 to less than 50 percent	96.1	93.3	45.4	69.7	66.4	51.2
50 percent or more	94.6	94.7	64.3	65.1	72.2	36.5

Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0–25 percent	95.8	94.3	43.6	70.9	65.8	57.5
26–50 percent	91.8	93.5	40.6	64.6	70.9	58.8
51–75 percent	93.9	92.9	50.8	67.4	68.1	52.4
More than 75 percent	93.6	95.7	62.0	65.6	72.1	35.8

Percent of students below 15th percentile on standardized tests
0–5 percent	92.5	93.4	45.3	68.5	71.6	54.7
6–15 percent	94.0	94.1	45.8	65.6	68.8	52.7
More than 15 percent	93.7	94.6	58.0	66.7	69.1	44.7

Percent of students likely to attend college
0–35 percent	89.8	92.4	53.9	58.6	75.9	43.6
36–60 percent	93.8	94.4	50.4	68.8	62.9	47.6
More than 60 percent	94.7	94.5	48.3	68.6	70.5	54.1

Percent of students who consider academic achievement very important
0–25 percent	80.6	90.1	46.2	61.5	75.2	47.1
26–50 percent	93.1	90.6	51.8	63.1	68.5	47.3
51–75 percent	94.8	95.7	54.8	64.1	70.8	52.1
More than 75 percent	94.3	94.7	46.7	70.0	68.7	50.8

Percent male enrollment
0–44 percent	82.9	92.1	56.2	68.9	62.4	53.2
45–55 percent	94.5	94.3	49.5	66.8	70.2	50.4
More than 55 percent	93.4	93.8	48.3	64.3	70.1	48.8

Student-to-FTE ratio⁶
Less than 12 students	88.2	94.0	31.6	65.3	64.8	67.6
12–16 students	94.0	95.1	45.9	63.8	66.1	53.7
More than 16 students	94.6	93.4	57.4	69.0	73.3	43.7

Number of classroom changes⁷
0–3 changes	95.2	94.4	55.2	67.7	69.4	19.8
4–6 changes	94.0	94.7	53.2	65.5	66.3	46.7
More than 6 changes	91.7	93.0	41.3	67.7	74.4	78.7

Regular use of security staff⁸
Regular use	96.2	95.3	54.0	67.1	68.3	52.7
No regular use	90.1	92.5	44.6	66.3	71.3	47.5

Number of serious discipline problems⁹
No problems	93.2	93.9	49.5	67.0	68.3	47.7
1 problem	94.3	95.1	49.2	66.3	73.3	63.3
2 problems	98.4	97.0	53.2	69.2	80.2	51.4
3 or more problems	91.7	90.1	57.5	54.9	72.1	71.0

Transfers as a percentage of enrollment¹⁰
Less than 6 percent	94.8	93.7	49.1	70.9	71.4	52.5
6 to less than 11 percent	93.0	92.8	48.0	60.9	70.9	54.5
11 to less than 21 percent	92.5	94.1	45.9	66.1	67.6	54.2
21 percent or more	93.7	95.9	57.7	68.1	68.5	39.0

Prevalence of schoolwide disruptions¹¹
No disruptions	93.3	94.2	48.9	66.5	69.4	50.5
Any disruptions	96.2	93.4	61.0	68.5	71.9	49.7

Percent of students absent on a daily basis
0–2 percent	89.5	89.4	45.4	67.2	72.6	45.5
3–5 percent	94.7	94.2	49.5	67.6	70.1	48.7
6–10 percent	94.5	95.0	50.7	63.0	68.7	56.4
More than 10 percent	85.7	95.9	56.2	73.5	65.6	47.6

Prevalence of violent incidents ¹²
No violent incidents	91.4	93.1	50.3	64.0	63.5	39.7
Any violent incidents	94.5	94.5	49.7	68.0	72.4	55.3
¹Examples of controlled access to school buildings provided to respondents were locked or monitored doors.
²Examples of controlled access to school grounds provided to respondents were locked or monitored gates.
³This item is new to the 2015–16 School Survey on Crime and Safety.
⁴Primary 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.
⁵Respondents were asked, "How would you describe the crime level in the area(s) in which your students live?" Response options included "high level of crime," "moderate level of crime," "low level of crime," and "students come from areas with very different levels of crime."
⁶Student-to-FTE ratio was calculated by dividing the total number of students enrolled in the school by the total number of full-time-equivalent teachers and aides. The total number of full-time-equivalent teachers and aides is a combination of the full-time and part-time teachers and aides, including special education teachers and aides, with an adjustment to compensate for the part-time status.
⁷Respondents were asked, "How many classroom changes do most students make in a typical day?" Responses exclude morning arrival and afternoon departure.
⁸Regular use of security staff includes full- or part-time school resource officers, sworn law enforcement officers, or security guards or security personnel present at school at least once a week.
⁹Serious discipline problems include student racial/ethnic tensions, student bullying, student sexual harassment of other students, student verbal abuse of teachers, widespread disorder in classrooms, student acts of disrespect for teachers other than verbal abuse, gang activities, and cult or extremist group activities. If a respondent reported that any of these problems occurred daily or weekly in their school, each was counted once in the total number of serious discipline problems.
¹⁰Transfers as a percentage of enrollment combines the number of students who were transferred to a school and the number of students who were transferred from a school divided by the total number of students enrolled in the school.
¹¹Schoolwide disruptions include actions that disrupted school activities such as death threats, bomb threats, and chemical, biological, or radiological threats. Respondents were instructed to exclude all fire alarms, including false alarms.
¹²Violent incidents include rape or attempted rape, sexual assault other than rape (including threatened rape), physical attack or fight with or without a weapon, threat of physical attack with or without a weapon, and robbery (taking things with force) with or without a weapon.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because schools may have reported using more than one of these practices. Responses were provided by the principal or the person most knowledgeable about crime and safety issues at the school.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2015–16 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), 2016.

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