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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
		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