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| Table 76 | Number and percent of public schools reporting one or more incidents of the following crimes and total number of incidents of crimes in schools in which police or other law enforcement officials were contacted, by school characteristics: 1996-97 |
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|Rape or other types of sexual battery |Physical attack or fight with a weapon |Physical attack or fight without a weapon
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School characteristics | Number of | Percent of | | Number of | Percent of | | Number of | Percent of |
| schools | schools | Total | schools | schools | Total | schools | schools | Total
| with one or | with one or | number of | with one or | with one or | number of | with one or | with one or | number of
|more incidents|more incidents|incidents\1\|more incidents|more incidents|incidents\1\|more incidents|more incidents|incidents\1\
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
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All public schools .................| 2,326 | 3 | 4,170 | 4,694 | 6 | 10,950 | 21,576 | 28 | 187,890
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Instructional level | | | | | | | | |
Elementary school.................| 404 | 1 | 690 | 1,108 | 2 | 1,590 | 5,801 | 12 | 21,470
Middle school ....................| 731 | 5 | 1,400 | 1,626 | 12 | 4,080 | 7,177 | 51 | 73,330
High school.......................| 1,191 | 8 | 2,070 | 1,960 | 13 | 5,280 | 8,598 | 55 | 93,090
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Size of enrollment | | | | | | | | |
Less than 300 ......................| 255 | 1 | 320 | 383 | 2 | 1,400 | 3,372 | 17 | 15,590
300-999 ............................| 1,232 | 2 | 2,010 | 2,804 | 6 | 5,700 | 13,260 | 26 | 87,940
1,000 or more ......................| 840 | 11 | 1,830 | 1,507 | 20 | 3,850 | 4,944 | 67 | 84,350
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Locale | | | | | | | | |
City ...............................| 912 | 5 | 1,930 | 1,845 | 10 | 5,430 | 5,463 | 30 | 62,130
Urban fringe .......................| 708 | 4 | 1,130 | 1,230 | 6 | 2,060 | 5,369 | 28 | 54,780
Town ...............................| 256 | 1 | 290 | 580 | 3 | 1,670 | 6,242 | 32 | 46,290
Rural ..............................| 451 | 2 | 820 | 1,039 | 5 | 1,800 | 4,501 | 21 | 24,680
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Region | | | | | | | | |
Northeast ..........................| 333 | 2 | 510 | 627 | 4 | 1,130 | 3,424 | 23 | 29,060
Southeast ..........................| 595 | 4 | 1,210 | 850 | 5 | 1,570 | 4,871 | 29 | 50,690
Central ............................| 661 | 3 | 1,180 | 1,313 | 6 | 4,310 | 5,949 | 26 | 45,590
West ...............................| 738 | 3 | 1,270 | 1,904 | 8 | 3,940 | 7,332 | 32 | 62,540
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Percent minority enrollment | | | | | | | | |
Less than 5 percent ................| 430 | 2 | 680 | 773 | 3 | 860 | 5,401 | 22 | 24,340
5 to 19 percent ....................| 557 | 3 | 760 | 974 | 6 | 2,440 | 4,810 | 27 | 35,600
20 to 49 percent ...................| 636 | 4 | 1,480 | 1,320 | 7 | 2,220 | 5,595 | 32 | 53,960
50 percent or more .................| 704 | 4 | 1,250 | 1,628 | 9 | 5,440 | 5,545 | 32 | 72,600
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Percent of students eligible for free | | | | | | | | |
or reduced-price school lunch | | | | | | | | |
Less than 20 percent ...............| 531 | 3 | 820 | 946 | 5 | 1,380 | 5,343 | 29 | 39,990
20 to 34 percent ...................| 589 | 3 | 1,140 | 1,120 | 6 | 2,370 | 4,738 | 27 | 34,880
35 to 49 percent ...................| 566 | 4 | 970 | 785 | 6 | 1,460 | 3,658 | 28 | 33,270
50 to 74 percent ...................| 250 | 2 | 630 | 959 | 6 | 2,890 | 4,494 | 28 | 45,900
75 percent or more .................| 373 | 3 | 590 | 844 | 7 | 2,740 | 3,102 | 25 | 28,800
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Zero tolerance policy for violence | | | | | | | | |
Yes ................................| 2,017 | 3 | 3,670 | 3,860 | 6 | 9,180 | 17,436 | 29 | 157,710
No .................................| 309 | 2 | 500 | 834 | 5 | 1,770 | 4,140 | 25 | 30,170
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\1\Data rounded to nearest 10. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Violence and Discipline, Problems in U.S. Public Schools: 1996-97. (This table was prepared August 1999.)
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