Table 58. | Percentage of schools with various security measures, by control and selected characteristics: 1999-2000 |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Total schools | Percent of schools with security measures |______________________|______________________________________________________________________________________________ | |Percent|Required |Daily |Random |Closed |Drug |Daily |Video |Violence Selected school |Number |distri-|visitor |metal |metal |lunch\2\ |sweeps |presence |surveillance|prevention characteristics | |bution |sign-in |detector |detector | | |of police | |program | | | |checks\1\ |checks | | |or security| | _______________________________|______________|_______|___________|__________|__________|___________|___________|___________|____________|___________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 _______________________________|______________|_______|___________|__________|__________|___________|___________|___________|____________|___________ Public total ..................|84,735 (284.6)| 100.0 |96.6 (0.2)| 1.7 (0.1)| 7.7 (0.2)|89.7 (0.3)|20.9 (0.4)|23.4 (0.4)| 14.9 (0.4)|59.2 (0.7) | | | | | | | | | | School enrollment | | | | | | | | | | Under 300 .................|24,626 (444.2)| 29.1 |91.1 (0.7)| 2.1 (0.4)| 5.0 (0.4)|82.2 (1.0)|22.0 (1.0)|12.7 (0.9)| 9.7 (0.8)|53.0 (1.3) 300 to 499 ................|22,733 (479.2)| 26.8 |98.5 (0.3)| 0.9 (0.2)| 5.2 (0.4)|91.9 (0.6)|15.2 (0.8)|12.5 (0.8)| 13.1 (0.8)|59.9 (1.3) 500 to 999 ................|28,788 (428.8)| 34.0 |99.1 (0.2)| 1.3 (0.2)| 8.5 (0.5)|95.1 (0.5)|19.7 (0.7)|25.8 (0.7)| 15.6 (0.7)|62.2 (1.2) 1,000 to 1,499 ............| 5,454 (217.2)| 6.4 |98.3 (0.7)| 2.5 (0.6)|17.3 (1.5)|89.7 (0.8)|35.6 (1.6)|66.0 (2.4)| 30.1 (1.7)|62.9 (2.1) 1,500 or more .............| 3,133 (109.8)| 3.7 |99.4 (0.2)| 5.9 (1.4)|23.8 (2.0)|82.2 (1.3)|38.5 (2.4)|90.3 (1.8)| 35.7 (1.9)|69.9 (1.9) | | | | | | | | | | Percent of students eligible| | | | | | | | | | for free or reduced-price | | | | | | | | | | school lunch | | | | | | | | | | Less than 15 ..............|19,877 (454.7)| 23.5 |95.1 (0.6)| 0.3 (0.1)| 3.6 (0.4)|84.9 (0.8)|20.4 (0.8)|23.4 (0.8)| 16.7 (1.0)|54.4 (1.6) 15 to 29 ..................|16,634 (458.7)| 19.6 |96.7 (0.5)| 0.6 (0.2)| 4.6 (0.4)|88.2 (1.0)|21.1 (1.0)|20.5 (1.0)| 14.9 (0.9)|55.5 (1.5) 30 to 49 ..................|18,188 (449.1)| 21.5 |96.9 (0.6)| 1.3 (0.3)| 6.9 (0.6)|89.7 (0.8)|23.0 (1.2)|20.1 (1.0)| 13.0 (0.8)|61.1 (1.6) 50 to 74 ..................|15,758 (405.9)| 18.6 |96.7 (0.5)| 2.2 (0.3)|11.8 (1.0)|92.7 (0.6)|19.5 (1.2)|21.3 (1.1)| 13.3 (1.0)|62.2 (1.6) 75 to 100 .................|14,279 (357.6)| 16.9 |97.8 (0.4)| 4.9 (0.6)|13.4 (0.8)|94.6 (0.6)|20.2 (1.3)|33.3 (1.5)| 16.4 (1.1)|64.5 (1.6) | | | | | | | | | | Community type | | | | | | | | | | Central city ..............|20,395 (303.5)| 24.1 |98.4 (0.3)| 5.0 (0.5)|14.2 (0.8)|92.8 (0.6)|15.1 (0.9)|37.5 (1.2)| 15.5 (0.8)|65.8 (1.5) Urban fringe/large town ...|37,786 (412.5)| 44.6 |98.2 (0.3)| 0.6 (0.1)| 4.9 (0.3)|91.4 (0.6)|16.7 (0.5)|22.6 (0.7)| 15.0 (0.7)|57.5 (1.0) Rural/small town ..........|26,555 (352.3)| 31.3 |92.8 (0.6)| 0.7 (0.1)| 6.7 (0.4)|84.9 (0.7)|31.3 (1.0)|13.8 (0.7)| 14.1 (0.7)|56.7 (1.2) | | | | | | | | | | Level\3\ | | | | | | | | | | Elementary ...............|60,485 (249.8)| 71.4 |96.8 (0.3)| 0.8 (0.1)| 5.0 (0.3)|94.4 (0.4)|10.0 (0.5)|14.6 0.6 | 10.9 (0.5)|59.2 (0.9) Secondary ................|20,885 (189.9)| 24.6 |96.4 (0.5)| 3.1 (0.3)|13.9 (0.5)|77.3 (0.8)|49.3 (0.7)|48.1 (0.8)| 25.5 (0.7)|59.1 (1.0) Combined .................| 3,364 (154.0)| 4.0 |93.4 (1.2)| 8.5 (2.1)|18.9 (1.7)|82.0 (2.3)|40.0 (2.5)|28.6 (2.4)| 19.7 (2.2)|61.1 (2.2) | | | | | | | | | | Private total .................|27,223 (238.6)| 100.0 |80.7 (1.1)| 0.6 (0.2)| 0.8 (0.2)|91.6 (0.7)| 4.8 (0.4)| 4.8 (0.5)| 8.1 (0.6)|23.6 (1.0) | | | | | | | | | | School enrollment | | | | | | | | | | Under 300 .................|21,890 (297.0)| 80.4 |78.2 (1.4)| 0.7 (0.3)| 0.8 (0.2)|91.0 (0.9)| 4.2 (0.5)| 3.2 (0.6)| 6.4 (0.7)|21.0 (1.2) 300 to 499 ................| 3,288 (132.7)| 12.1 |92.8 (1.0)| # # | # # |95.3 (0.9)| 4.3 (0.7)| 7.1 (1.1)| 12.8 (1.5)|34.4 (2.0) 500 to 999 ................| 1,752 (96.3)| 6.4 |89.1 (1.1)| # # | # # |92.9 (1.3)|12.4 (1.5)|14.2 (1.3)| 17.0 (1.5)|33.9 (2.0) 1,000 or more .............| 293 (32.4)| 1.1 |81.7 (4.7)| # # | # # |91.8 (5.9)| 6.2 (1.4)|42.0 (5.4)| 31.1 (5.9)|30.1 (3.7) | | | | | | | | | | Percent of students eligible| | | | | | | | | | for free or reduced-price | | | | | | | | | | school lunch | | | | | | | | | | Less than 15 ..............|25,898 (280.2)| 95.1 |80.6 (1.2)| 0.4 (0.1)| 0.7 (0.2)|91.8 (0.7)| 4.2 (0.4)| 5.0 (0.5)| 7.9 (0.7)|22.8 (0.9) 15 to 29 ..................| 610 (92.9)| 2.2 |89.3 (4.0)| # # | # # |93.5 (3.2)|14.9 (6.6)| # # | 5.8 (3.2)|39.4 (8.0) 30 percent or more ........| 715 (117.7)| 0.9 |77.8 (7.6)| 7.3 (5.5)| 5.5 (2.6)|84.2 (7.4)|15.5 (5.6)| 1.9 (1.1)| 17.0 (4.0)|39.8 (7.1) | | | | | | | | | | Community type | | | | | | | | | | Central city ..............|11,534 (241.4)| 42.4 |84.9 (1.8)| 0.4 (0.4)| 0.6 (0.3)|92.5 (1.0)| 3.9 (0.5)| 6.0 (0.7)| 10.8 (1.0)|25.9 (1.6) Urban fringe/large town ...|10,860 (322.2)| 39.9 |83.3 (1.6)| 0.9 (0.3)| 1.2 (0.4)|93.6 (1.1)| 4.2 (0.6)| 3.7 (0.9)| 7.3 (1.0)|21.3 (1.4) Rural/small town ..........| 4,829 (256.2)| 17.7 |64.9 (3.3)| # # | # # |85.1 (2.2)| 8.3 (1.3)| 4.3 (1.3)| 3.6 (1.4)|23.3 (2.5) | | | | | | | | | | Level\3\ | | | | | | | | | | Elementary ...............|16,562 (278.4)| 60.8 |80.7 (1.7)| 0.3 (0.3)| 0.2 (0.1)|94.0 (1.1)| 1.3 (0.4)| 2.6 (0.6)| 7.8 (0.8)|24.6 (1.2) Secondary ................| 2,583 (126.4)| 9.5 |80.7 (2.1)| # # | 3.5 (1.5)|84.7 (2.6)|18.8 (1.9)|15.9 (2.7)| 13.1 (2.4)|31.0 (2.6) Combined .................| 8,078 (276.2)| 29.7 |80.7 (2.1)| 1.1 (0.4)| 1.0 (0.3)|88.9 (1.5)| 7.3 (1.0)| 5.7 (0.9)| 7.2 (1.0)|19.1 (1.7) _______________________________|______________|_______|___________|__________|__________|___________|___________|___________|____________|___________ |
# Rounds to 0.0, or too few cases. \1\All students must pass through a metal detector each day. \2\All or most students are required to stay on school grounds during lunch. \3\Elementary includes schools that have grade 6 or below, with no grade higher than 8; secondary schools have no grade lower than 7; and combined schools have grades lower than 7 and higher than 8. NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Questionnaire," "Private School Questionnaire," and "Charter School Questionnaire," 1999-2000. (This table was prepared November 2002.) |