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Table 25. Percentage of public middle schools reporting use of specified school practices: School year 2003–04
| School practice | Yes |
|---|---|
| Require visitors to sign or check in | 100 |
| Control access to school buildings during school hours1 | 87 |
| Control access to school grounds during school hours2 | 36 |
| Require students to pass through metal detectors each day | 2 |
| Require visitors to pass through metal detectors | 2 |
| Perform one or more random metal detector checks on students | 10 |
| Close the campus for most students during lunch | 84 |
| Use one or more random dog sniffs to check for drugs | 40 |
| Perform one or more random sweeps for contraband, but not including dog sniffs3 | 24 |
| Require drug testing for any students | 8 |
| Require drug testing for athletes | 5 |
| Require drug testing for students in extracurricular activities other than athletics | 3 |
| Require students to wear uniforms | 14 |
| Enforce a strict dress code | 71 |
| Provide school lockers to students | 80 |
| Require clear book bags or ban book bags on school grounds | 13 |
| Require students to wear badges or picture IDs | 11 |
| Require faculty and staff to wear badges or picture IDs | 50 |
| Use one or more security cameras to monitor the school | 42 |
| Provide telephones in most classrooms | 63 |
| Provide two-way radios to any staff | 73 |
| Prohibit all tobacco use on school grounds | 93 |
| 1 Examples of controlled access to school buildings provided to respondents were locked or monitored doors. | |
| 2 Examples of controlled access to school grounds provided to respondents were locked or monitored gates. | |
| 3 Examples of contraband provided to respondents were drugs or weapons. | |
| NOTE: Responses were provided by the principal or the person most knowledgeable about crime and safety issues at school. | |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), 2004. | |
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