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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 |
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| | Total | | Race/ethnicity | | | | | White | Black | Hispanic | | Felt too unsafe to go to school | 5.5 | 4.0 | 6.5 | 9.6 | | Male | 5.4 | 3.7 | 6.8 | 9.6 | | Female | 5.6 | 4.2 | 6.3 | 9.7 | | Carried a weapon on school property | 5.9 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 7.3 | | Male | 9.0 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 10.4 | | Female | 2.7 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | | Threatened or injured with a weapon on school property | 7.8 | 6.9 | 9.7 | 8.7 | | Male | 10.2 | 9.2 | 11.2 | 12.0 | | Female | 5.4 | 4.6 | 8.1 | 5.4 | | Engaged in a physical fight on school property | 12.4 | 10.2 | 17.6 | 15.5 | | Male | 16.3 | 14.5 | 20.0 | 18.5 | | Female | 8.5 | 5.9 | 15.2 | 12.4 | | Property stolen or deliberately damaged on school property | 27.1 | 25.9 | 29.2 | 29.0 | | Male | 30.4 | 29.3 | 32.8 | 32.0 | | Female | 23.7 | 22.6 | 25.6 | 26.0 | | Cigarette use on school property | 5.7 | 6.4 | 3.4 | 4.9 | | Male | 6.5 | 7.1 | 5.1 | 5.6 | | Female | 4.8 | 5.6 | 1.7 | 4.2 | | Smokeless tobacco use on school property | 4.9 | 6.2 | 0.9 | 3.2 | | Male | 8.9 | 11.3 | 1.5 | 4.9 | | Female | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.5 | | Alcohol use on school property | 4.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 7.5 | | Male | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 7.8 | | Female | 3.6 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 7.1 | | Marijuana use on school property | 4.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.4 | | Male | 5.9 | 5.2 | 7.4 | 6.9 | | Female | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.9 | | Offered, sold, or given an illegal substance | 22.3 | 20.7 | 19.3 | 29.1 | | Male | 25.7 | 24.0 | 25.1 | 30.9 | | Female | 18.7 | 17.4 | 13.4 | 27.2 |
Source: Dept. of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics 2008.
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