Table 5.4. Percentage and number of public school teachers who reported that they were threatened with injury by a student from school during the previous 12 months, by state: 1993-94, 1999-2000, and 2003-04

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Table 5.4.

Percentage and number of public school teachers who reported that they were threatened with injury by a student from school during the previous 12 months, by state: 1993-94, 1999-2000, and 2003-04

	Percent			Number				Percent			Number
State	1993–94	1999–2000	2003–04	1993–94	1999–2000	2003–04	State	1993–94	1999–2000	2003–04	1993–94	1999–2000	2003–04

United States	4.4	4.2	3.7	111,300	125,100	120,000

Alabama	3.2	3.8	2.7	1,400	1,900	1,400	Montana	2.7	2.7	1.9	300	300	200
Alaska	6.6	5.2	6.0	500	400	500	Nebraska	3.6	3.8	4.1	700	900	1,100
Arizona	3.6	4.5	2.6	1,300	2,200	1,500	Nevada	4.5	8.1	3.7!	600	1,400	700!
Arkansas	3.0	2.5	2.7	900	800	1,000	New Hampshire	3.0	4.2	2.8!	400	600	500!
California	2.9	2.5	2.0	6,000	6,900	5,800	New Jersey	2.4	3.4	2.0!	2,000	3,300	2,200!
Colorado	4.9	3.1	1.5!	1,800	1,300	700!	New Mexico	4.4	6.7	5.8	800	1,500	1,300
Connecticut	3.5	4.1	2.8	1,200	1,700	1,200	New York	6.7	5.2	6.6	12,000	10,900	15,300
Delaware	7.1	5.3	3.1!	500	400	200!	North Carolina	6.0	5.5	4.4	4,300	4,800	4,200
District of Columbia	8.4	9.1	5.2	400	500	300	North Dakota	2.9	2.1	2.3	200	200	200
Florida	4.9	6.7	6.5	5,200	8,600	10,200	Ohio	3.6	2.9	2.5!	4,000	3,500	3,400!
Georgia	3.4	3.6	4.6	2,500	3,100	4,700	Oklahoma	3.8	4.4	3.0	1,600	2,000	1,400
Hawaii	2.9	3.2	5.4	300	400	700	Oregon	3.4	3.1	1.4!	900	900	400!
Idaho	4.2	4.4	2.5!	500	600	400!	Pennsylvania	3.6	4.5	4.9	4,100!	5,700	6,200
Illinois	4.4	2.7	2.3!	4,900	3,700	3,200!	Rhode Island	4.2	4.8	2.4!	400	600	300!
Indiana	3.0	3.0	4.1!	1,700	1,800	2,600!	South Carolina	3.8	5.3	3.2	1,500	2,300	1,500
Iowa	4.3	3.9	2.4	1,500	1,500	900	South Dakota	2.6	4.0	2.8	300	500	300
Kansas	3.8	2.9	3.3	1,200	1,000	1,200	Tennessee	3.5	2.6	3.5	1,700	1,500	2,200!
Kentucky	3.8	4.5	2.7	1,600	1,900	1,300!	Texas	4.0	4.8	3.9	9,000	12,800	11,200
Louisiana	6.6	5.0	2.7	3,200	2,600	1,400	Utah	7.0	2.6	4.1	1,400	600	1,000
Maine	2.4	6.3	3.3!	400	1,100	600!	Vermont	8.6	5.3	‡	600	500	‡
Maryland	8.6	4.6	6.5	3,800	2,500	3,900	Virginia	6.9	4.9	2.7!	4,500	3,900	2,500!
Massachusetts	4.7	4.3	3.9	2,800	3,400	3,200	Washington	4.7	5.1	4.2	2,300	2,800	2,600
Michigan	6.5	3.8	4.9	5,300	3,800	4,900	West Virginia	3.0	3.4	3.2	600	800	700
Minnesota	4.5	4.5	3.6	2,000	2,600	2,200	Wisconsin	4.0	4.4	2.3	2,500	3,000	1,700!
Mississippi	4.1	3.7	0.9!	1,200	1,200	300!	Wyoming	2.7	2.5	‡	200	200	‡
Missouri	3.2	5.6	5.5	2,000	3,600	4,100
! Interpret data with caution. NOTE: Teachers who taught only prekindergarten students are excluded. Private school teachers are excluded because the data are not state representative. The public sector includes public, public charter, and Bureau of Indian Affairs school teachers. Population sizes for teachers are 2,930,000 in 1993–94; 3,452,000 in 1999–2000; and 3,704,000 in 2003–04. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Estimates of number of reports are rounded to the nearest 100. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Teacher Questionnaire," 1993–94, 1999–2000, and 2003–04; "Charter School Questionnaire," 1999–2000; and "Bureau of Indian Affairs Teacher Questionnaire," 1999–2000 and 2003–04.

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