Table 146. | 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 pre-| Video | Violence Selected school | Number |age dis- |visitor |metal |metal |lunch\2\ |sweeps |sence of | surveil-|prevention characteristic | |tribution|sign-in |detector |detector | | |police or | lance | program | | | |checks\1\|checks | | |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)| 2.6 |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 zero. 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 Staffi (SASS), "Public School Questionnaire," "Private School Questionnaire," and "Charter School Que 1999-2000. (This table was prepared November 2002.)
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