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Feb 13, 2012
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Drugs and Violence on Campus
How safe are our schools?


by Ricco Villanueva Siasoco

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Below is a look at the percentage of students in grades 9 through 12 who reported experience with drugs and violence on school property in 2007, the most recent year data was available.

Drugs and Violence on School Property, 2007
 Total Race/ethnicity 
  WhiteBlackHispanic
Felt too unsafe to go to school5.54.06.59.6
Male 5.43.76.89.6
Female 5.64.26.39.7
Carried a weapon on school property 5.95.36.07.3
Male 9.08.58.410.4
Female 2.72.13.54.1
Threatened or injured with a weapon on school property7.86.99.78.7
Male 10.29.211.212.0
Female 5.44.68.15.4
Engaged in a physical fight on school property12.410.217.615.5
Male16.314.520.018.5
Female8.55.915.212.4
Property stolen or deliberately damaged on school property27.125.929.229.0
Male30.429.332.832.0
Female 23.722.625.626.0
Cigarette use on school property5.76.43.44.9
Male 6.57.15.15.6
Female 4.85.61.74.2
Smokeless tobacco use on school property4.96.20.93.2
Male 8.911.31.54.9
Female 1.01.00.21.5
Alcohol use on school property4.13.23.47.5
Male4.63.83.77.8
Female3.62.63.27.1
Marijuana use on school property4.54.05.05.4
Male 5.95.27.46.9
Female 3.02.72.63.9
Offered, sold, or given an illegal substance22.320.719.329.1
Male25.724.025.130.9
Female 18.717.413.427.2
Source: Dept. of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics 2008.


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