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Table 26.2 Percentage of public schools that monitored campus in specified ways, by selected school characteristics: School year 2015–16 |
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School characteristic | Have “panic button(s)” or silent alarm(s) that directly connect to law enforcement in the event of an incident1 | Provide an electronic notification system that automatically notifies parents in case of a school-wide emergency | Require faculty and staff to wear badges or picture IDs | Use one or more security cameras to monitor the school | Provide telephones in most classrooms | Provide two-way radios to any staff | ||||||
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All public schools | 27.1 | 73.0 | 67.9 | 80.6 | 79.3 | 73.3 | ||||||
Level2 | ||||||||||||
Primary | 26.8 | 71.7 | 73.2 | 73.2 | 78.5 | 77.3 | ||||||
Middle | 32.3 | 77.7 | 68.4 | 88.6 | 79.2 | 75.3 | ||||||
High school | 28.0 | 74.1 | 60.6 | 94.2 | 82.4 | 66.1 | ||||||
Combined | 14.7 | ! | 69.5 | 38.9 | 91.3 | 80.4 | 51.4 | |||||
Enrollment size | ||||||||||||
Less than 300 | 21.6 | 67.8 | 45.9 | 73.8 | 78.4 | 60.0 | ||||||
300–499 | 27.4 | 76.1 | 70.5 | 81.2 | 76.6 | 75.1 | ||||||
500–999 | 29.6 | 74.1 | 76.2 | 81.3 | 80.4 | 79.1 | ||||||
1,000 or more | 28.7 | 71.3 | 75.9 | 90.9 | 85.1 | 75.0 | ||||||
Locale | ||||||||||||
City | 23.6 | 69.2 | 64.5 | 80.7 | 85.3 | 80.2 | ||||||
Suburb | 34.1 | 75.7 | 81.0 | 78.0 | 82.1 | 76.4 | ||||||
Town | 24.9 | 73.2 | 65.8 | 81.0 | 70.3 | 67.1 | ||||||
Rural | 23.2 | 73.6 | 56.3 | 83.6 | 74.4 | 65.7 | ||||||
Crime level where students live3 | ||||||||||||
High | 26.6 | 71.0 | 60.4 | 81.3 | 84.2 | 75.6 | ||||||
Moderate | 26.4 | 68.9 | 65.0 | 79.9 | 79.1 | 77.4 | ||||||
Low | 28.2 | 75.1 | 70.1 | 80.5 | 78.0 | 71.2 | ||||||
Mixed | 23.9 | 71.8 | 67.5 | 81.8 | 82.5 | 74.7 | ||||||
Percent combined enrollment of Black, Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander, and American Indian/ Alaska Native students, and students of Two or more races |
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Less than 5 percent | 24.5 | 66.7 | 53.2 | 82.5 | 84.7 | 54.7 | ||||||
5 to less than 20 percent | 31.0 | 75.5 | 71.5 | 82.7 | 79.9 | 70.5 | ||||||
20 to less than 50 percent | 29.9 | 74.3 | 73.8 | 84.0 | 76.5 | 75.4 | ||||||
50 percent or more | 23.4 | 71.7 | 64.2 | 76.9 | 80.0 | 76.6 | ||||||
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch |
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0–25 percent | 37.2 | 75.2 | 77.9 | 78.2 | 89.1 | 76.0 | ||||||
26–50 percent | 25.5 | 72.5 | 69.8 | 83.0 | 82.6 | 73.6 | ||||||
51–75 percent | 28.4 | 75.0 | 65.8 | 83.3 | 72.6 | 69.4 | ||||||
More than 75 percent | 21.5 | 70.3 | 61.9 | 77.1 | 76.8 | 75.3 | ||||||
Percent of students below 15th percentile on standardized tests |
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0–5 percent | 28.5 | 72.2 | 66.3 | 81.7 | 82.0 | 71.7 | ||||||
6–15 percent | 26.6 | 72.1 | 68.3 | 80.8 | 79.9 | 71.6 | ||||||
More than 15 percent | 26.6 | 74.7 | 68.6 | 79.6 | 76.8 | 76.5 | ||||||
Percent of students likely to attend college |
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0–35 percent | 22.2 | 68.8 | 66.8 | 79.5 | 76.7 | 75.3 | ||||||
36–60 percent | 28.3 | 74.4 | 69.7 | 79.6 | 75.0 | 73.0 | ||||||
More than 60 percent | 28.3 | 73.9 | 67.4 | 81.5 | 82.2 | 72.8 | ||||||
Percent of students who consider academic achievement very important |
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0–25 percent | 22.6 | 73.4 | 56.6 | 83.1 | 69.0 | 76.9 | ||||||
26–50 percent | 23.6 | 68.4 | 67.2 | 78.4 | 75.6 | 72.5 | ||||||
51–75 percent | 22.9 | 70.3 | 69.0 | 83.5 | 77.8 | 70.3 | ||||||
More than 75 percent | 31.3 | 76.2 | 68.6 | 79.4 | 82.6 | 75.0 | ||||||
Percent male enrollment | ||||||||||||
0–44 percent | 23.7 | 69.9 | 60.4 | 74.7 | 85.4 | 67.9 | ||||||
45–55 percent | 27.8 | 73.5 | 68.5 | 82.2 | 79.5 | 73.8 | ||||||
More than 55 percent | 24.2 | 71.6 | 68.3 | 71.5 | 73.1 | 73.7 | ||||||
Student-to-FTE ratio4 | ||||||||||||
Less than 12 students | 26.6 | 70.1 | 52.3 | 81.3 | 79.1 | 66.6 | ||||||
12–16 students | 31.4 | 75.3 | 74.6 | 87.0 | 76.7 | 71.4 | ||||||
More than 16 students | 24.4 | 72.3 | 67.4 | 76.2 | 81.2 | 76.4 | ||||||
Number of classroom changes5 | ||||||||||||
0–3 changes | 20.1 | 69.9 | 72.7 | 62.3 | 82.3 | 73.9 | ||||||
4–6 changes | 29.9 | 72.6 | 70.0 | 84.0 | 80.4 | 77.5 | ||||||
More than 6 changes | 28.6 | 76.0 | 61.3 | 89.7 | 75.6 | 67.2 | ||||||
Regular use of security staff6 | ||||||||||||
Regular use | 30.5 | 75.0 | 69.1 | 87.3 | 79.0 | 74.7 | ||||||
No regular use | 22.7 | 70.5 | 66.2 | 71.9 | 79.8 | 71.6 | ||||||
Number of serious discipline problems7 | ||||||||||||
No problems | 26.5 | 73.1 | 68.4 | 79.0 | 79.1 | 73.4 | ||||||
1 problem | 32.4 | 70.8 | 66.6 | 86.2 | 78.8 | 69.0 | ||||||
2 problems | 27.1 | 74.1 | 65.2 | 87.8 | 79.3 | 80.0 | ||||||
3 or more problems | 22.9 | 77.7 | 62.5 | 89.6 | 87.3 | 78.3 | ||||||
Transfers as a percentage of enrollment8 | ||||||||||||
Less than 6 percent | 26.9 | 78.5 | 66.9 | 80.1 | 77.8 | 73.7 | ||||||
6 to less than 11 percent | 23.2 | 72.1 | 63.9 | 79.7 | 80.5 | 71.7 | ||||||
11 to less than 21 percent | 30.6 | 71.5 | 70.0 | 82.7 | 80.2 | 72.9 | ||||||
21 percent or more | 27.2 | 68.9 | 70.6 | 79.7 | 79.0 | 75.1 | ||||||
Prevalence of schoolwide disruptions9 |
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No disruptions | 27.8 | 73.2 | 67.5 | 80.9 | 79.4 | 73.3 | ||||||
Any disruptions | 20.0 | 71.0 | 71.9 | 77.1 | 79.1 | 74.1 | ||||||
Percent of students absent on a daily basis |
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0–2 percent | 28.5 | 71.1 | 64.0 | 75.2 | 77.3 | 67.0 | ||||||
3–5 percent | 27.7 | 73.4 | 71.2 | 81.3 | 79.4 | 74.6 | ||||||
6–10 percent | 26.0 | 74.1 | 66.7 | 81.1 | 79.7 | 72.8 | ||||||
More than 10 percent | 24.8 | 68.9 | 50.2 | 80.9 | 80.3 | 73.9 | ||||||
Prevalence of violent incidents 10 | ||||||||||||
No violent incidents | 25.0 | 73.7 | 66.6 | 75.2 | 79.2 | 72.1 | ||||||
Any violent incidents | 28.1 | 72.8 | 68.4 | 83.1 | 79.4 | 73.9 | ||||||
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is from 30 percent to 50 percent of the estimate's value. | ||||||||||||
1This item is new to the 2015–16 School Survey on Crime and Safety. | ||||||||||||
2Primary 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. | ||||||||||||
3Respondents 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." | ||||||||||||
4Student-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. | ||||||||||||
5Respondents were asked, "How many classroom changes do most students make in a typical day?" Responses exclude morning arrival and afternoon departure. | ||||||||||||
6Regular 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. | ||||||||||||
7Serious discipline problems include student racial/ethnic tensions, student bullying, student sexual harassment of other students, student harassment of other students based on sexual orientation, student harassment of other students based on gender identity, widespread disorder in classrooms, student verbal abuse of teachers, student acts of disrespect for teachers other than verbal abuse, and gang 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. | ||||||||||||
8Transfers 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. | ||||||||||||
9Schoolwide 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. | ||||||||||||
10Violent 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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