Table 32Number of public primary schools with security staff present at least once a week and number of full-time and part-time security staff present at least once a week, by type of security staff and selected school characteristics: School year 2015

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Table 32. Number of public primary schools with security staff present at least once a week and number of full-time and part-time security staff present at least once a week, by type of security staff and selected school characteristics: School year 2015–16

	Total number of schools with security staff present at least once a week		Security guards or security personnel¹				School resource officers²				Sworn law enforcement officers³
School characteristic			Full time		Part time		Full time		Part time		Full time		Part time
All public primary schools	22,290		6,510		3,990		5,130		11,210		1,850	!	4,730

Enrollment size
Less than 300	3,170		‡		‡		‡		1,740		‡		‡
300–499	7,920		1,640		940	!	2,020		3,800		550	!	1,850	!
500–999	10,600		3,830		2,170		2,760		5,530		‡		2,300
1,000 or more	600		330	!	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡

Locale
City	7,160		4,540		1,360	!	1,230		2,850		‡		1,940	!
Suburb	7,510		1,500	!	1,490		1,630		4,330		‡		1,920
Town	3,130		‡		‡		1,120		1,180		400	!	550	!
Rural	4,490		‡		850	!	1,140		2,850		‡		‡

Crime level where students live⁴
High	2,740		2,100	!	580	!	600	!	880	!	‡		‡
Moderate	4,910		2,110		730	!	520	!	3,200		‡		990	!
Low	12,310		1,150		2,470		3,150		6,400		640	!	3,180
Mixed	2,320		1,150	!	‡		870	!	720	!	‡		‡

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	800	!	#		‡		‡		730	!	‡		#
5 to less than 20 percent	5,300		‡		830	!	1,790		2,690		‡		1,160	!
20 to less than 50 percent	4,280		‡		530	!	1,000	!	2,910		‡		910	!
50 percent or more	11,910		6,100		2,540		2,260		4,890		‡		2,650	!

Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0–25 percent	2,780		‡		‡		830	!	1,690		‡		‡
26–50 percent	5,090		‡		710	!	1,220		3,080		‡		1,370	!
51–75 percent	6,140		560	!	890	!	1,820		2,980		420	!	1,240
More than 75 percent	8,280		4,600		1,820	!	1,250		3,470		480	!	1,240	!

Percent of students below 15th percentile on standardized tests
0–5 percent	4,760		910	!	970	!	1,020	!	2,400		‡		1,330	!
6–15 percent	9,340		2,590		1,710		2,070		4,380		480	!	2,410	!
More than 15 percent	8,190		3,020		1,310	!	2,040		4,430		‡		990	!

Percent of students likely to attend college
0–35 percent	4,090		1,230	!	‡		1,060	!	2,650		‡		680	!
36–60 percent	5,720		1,120	!	1,000	!	920	!	2,740		‡		1,000	!
More than 60 percent	12,470		4,160		2,580		3,140		5,810		‡		3,050	!

Percent of students who consider academic achievement very important
0–25 percent	760	!	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		#
26–50 percent	3,800		720	!	‡		‡		2,220		‡		870	!
51–75 percent	6,570		2,180	!	1,020	!	1,790		3,210		‡		1,330	!
More than 75 percent	11,160		3,150		1,950		2,660		5,600		690	!	2,520	!

Percent male enrollment
0–44 percent	2,040		820	!	‡		830	!	560	!	‡		‡
45–55 percent	18,480		4,940		3,820		3,820		9,800		1,480	!	3,810
More than 55 percent	1,760		‡		#		480	!	850	!	‡		‡

Student-to-FTE ratio⁵
Less than 12 students	2,500		1,220	!	‡		340	!	940	!	‡		‡
12–16 students	8,400		2,180		1,570	!	1,860		4,120		540	!	1,370	!
More than 16 students	11,390		3,120		2,190		2,930		6,150		‡		2,520

Number of classroom changes⁶
0–3 changes	8,850		3,160		1,350	!	1,630		4,640		‡		2,290	!
4–6 changes	11,170		2,880		1,850		3,000		5,330		880	!	2,050	!
More than 6 changes	2,270		‡		‡		490	!	1,240		‡		‡

Number of serious discipline problems⁷
No problems	18,510		5,060		3,890		4,250		9,070		1,580	!	4,340
1 problem	2,130		420	!	#		390	!	1,390		‡		‡
2 problems	1,170		‡		‡		‡		580	!	‡		‡
3 or more problems	480	!	‡		#		‡		‡		‡		‡

Transfers as a percentage of enrollment⁸
Less than 6 percent	5,500		1,390		860	!	1,620		2,110		‡		‡
6 to less than 11 percent	4,420		1,690	!	920	!	1,140		2,050		‡		‡
11 to less than 21 percent	6,150		1,770	!	1,090	!	1,120	!	3,670		‡		1,410
21 percent or more	6,210		1,660	!	1,120	!	1,240		3,380		‡		1,370	!

Prevalence of schoolwide disruptions⁹
No disruptions	20,270		5,190		3,290		4,700		10,090		1,210		4,360
Any disruptions	2,010		‡		700	!	430	!	1,110	!	‡		‡

Percent of students absent on a daily basis
0–2 percent	1,990		‡		‡		840		960	!	‡		‡
3–5 percent	12,790		2,780		2,690		2,930		6,140		750	!	2,860	!
6–10 percent	6,180		2,190		1,140	!	830		3,570		‡		1,380	!
More than 10 percent	1,330		‡		‡		‡		530	!	‡		‡

Prevalence of violent incidents¹⁰
No violent incidents	9,020		2,370	!	1,390	!	2,270		3,910		‡		2,050	!
Any violent incidents	13,270		4,140		2,600		2,860		7,290		750	!	2,670	!
# Rounds to zero.
! 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. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the standard error represents more than 50 percent of the estimate.
¹Security guards or security personnel does not include sworn law enforcement.
²School resource officers include all career law enforcement officers with arrest authority, who have specialized training and are assigned to work in collaboration with school organizations.
³Sworn law enforcement includes sworn law enforcement officers who are not school resource officers.
⁴Respondents 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."
⁵Student-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.
⁶Respondents were asked, "How many classroom changes do most students make in a typical day?" Responses exclude morning arrival and afternoon departure.
⁷Serious 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.
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: Primary 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. 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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