Table 24. Number and percentage of public schools with a written plan for responding to at least one crisis situation that drilled students on that plan, and the percentage of schools with specified types of crisis response plans that drilled students on that plan, by selected school characteristics: School year 2005

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Table 24. Number and percentage of public schools with a written plan for responding to at least one crisis situation that drilled students on that plan, and the percentage of schools with specified types of crisis response plans that drilled students on that plan, by selected school characteristics: School year 2005–06
	Schools with a written plan for responding to at least one crisis that drilled students on that plan		Percentage of schools with specified types of crisis response plans that drilled students on that plan
School characteristic	Number	Percent	Shootings	Natural disasters¹	Hostages	Bomb threats or incidents	Chemical, biological, or radio- logical threats or incidents²
All public schools	74,300	91	50	88	46	58	40

Level³
Primary	43,800	92	52	90	47	59	42
Middle	14,100	91	52	88	45	60	40
High school	10,200	88	45	81	40	56	33
Combined	6,300	89	45	85	45	51	37

Enrollment size
Less than 300	17,700	90	40	87	38	51	38
300–499	21,500	91	48	88	46	54	36
500–999	26,600	92	55	88	49	62	42
1,000 or more	8,500	92	58	86	51	69	43

Urbanicity
City	19,200	93	55	90	50	66	48
Urban fringe	24,500	89	55	85	49	60	46
Town	7,400	92	49	88	43	54	29
Rural	23,200	91	41	89	40	50	29

Crime level where students live⁴
High	5,700	90	56	82	49	66	48
Moderate	14,500	94	55	90	49	66	45
Low	44,400	90	47	87	43	54	37
Mixed	9,700	93	55	89	51	62	40

Percent minority enrollment⁵
Less than 5 percent	14,800	92	38	89	37	48	31
5 to 20 percent	17,800	88	50	85	48	56	36
20 to 50 percent	16,800	91	54	89	49	62	43
50 percent or more	23,100	93	55	87	47	64	48

Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0–20 percent	16,400	87	49	83	45	51	36
21–50 percent	25,400	93	48	90	47	57	39
More than 50 percent	32,500	92	52	88	45	62	42

Percent of students below 15^th per- centile on stan- dardized tests
0–5 percent	26,500	92	46	89	44	56	38
6–15 percent	28,900	90	52	87	48	59	39
More than 15 percent	18,900	92	51	87	45	60	43

Percent of students likely to attend college
0–35 percent	20,200	92	53	87	46	58	39
36–60 percent	22,600	92	45	90	42	58	33
More than 60 percent	31,500	90	51	86	49	58	44

Percent of students who consider academic achieve- ment important
0–25 percent	5,100	89	45	86	45	57	42
26–50 percent	14,300	92	52	89	47	59	38
51–75 percent	21,800	91	50	86	42	57	36
More than 75 percent	33,100	91	50	88	48	59	42

Percent male enrollment
0–44 percent	4,700	87	53	83	38	56	39
45–55 percent	61,000	91	50	88	46	57	40
More than 55 percent	8,600	93	46	89	45	66	38

Student-to-FTE ratio⁶
Less than 12 students	36,500	90	46	86	42	56	38
12–16 students	24,800	92	52	89	48	60	40
More than 16 students	13,100	93	57	89	53	60	44

Number of class- room changes⁷
0–3 changes	20,300	93	54	91	51	63	44
4–6 changes	32,100	90	53	87	46	60	43
More than 6 changes	22,000	91	42	87	41	52	31

Regular use of law enforcement⁸
Regular use	31,100	91	51	87	49	63	41
No regular use	43,200	91	49	88	43	54	39

Number of serious discipline pro- blems⁹
No problems	50,300	91	51	88	47	59	41
1 problem	11,500	91	45	86	43	54	38
2 problems	6,400	92	51	90	37	60	34
3 or more problems	6,200	92	51	86	47	59	36

Transfers as a per- centage of enroll- ment¹⁰
0 to 6 percent	13,900	89	48	86	43	53	38
6 to 11 percent	16,200	93	47	90	46	60	41
11 to 21 percent	19,800	91	52	89	47	55	38
21 percent or more	24,400	91	51	86	47	62	41

Prevalence of school- wide disruptions¹¹
No disruptions	69,000	91	50	88	45	56	40
Any disruptions	5,300	98	56	88	57	84	37

Percent of students absent on a daily basis
0–2 percent	7,700	94	53	93	47	63	50
3–5 percent	39,300	91	50	88	47	57	38
6–10 percent	21,500	90	48	86	43	57	37
More than 10 percent	5,900	93	52	86	46	64	46

Prevalence of violent incidents¹²
No violent incidents	16,000	89	45	85	43	54	39
Any violent incidents	58,300	92	51	89	47	59	40
¹ Examples of natural disasters provided to respondents were earthquakes or tornadoes.
² Examples of chemical, biological, or radiological threats or incidents provided to respondents were the release of mustard gas, anthrax, smallpox, or radioactive materials.
³ 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. 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.
⁴ Respondents 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."
⁵ Responding schools that did not have race/ethnicity on the sampling frame (2 percent of schools) are excluded from the base.
⁶ Student-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.
⁷ Respondents were asked, "How many classroom changes do most students make in a typical day?" Responses exclude morning arrival and afternoon departure.
⁸ Respondents were asked, "During the 2005–2006 school year, did you have any sworn law enforcement officers, security guards, or security personnel present at your school at least once a week?"
⁹ Serious discipline problems include student racial tensions, student bullying, student sexual harassment of other students, student verbal abuse of teachers, widespread disorder in classrooms, student acts of disrespect for teachers, 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.
¹⁰ Transfers 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.
¹¹ Schoolwide 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.
¹² Violent incidents include rape or attempted rape, sexual battery other than rape, physical attack or fight with or without a weapon, threat of physical attack with or without a weapon, and robbery with or without a weapon.
NOTE: Respondents were included as having a written plan for responding to at least one crisis situation if they reported that they had a written plan that described procedures for any of the following: school shootings; natural disasters; hostages; bomb threats or incidents; or chemical, biological, or radiological threats or incidents. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. 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 (NCES), 2005–06 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), 2006.

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