Most students, even in bottom quartile schools, report feeling mostly safe at school¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 1995 · checked against its sources 2026-10-19 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2000: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Nearly 85 percent of students in bottom quartile schools rate their experience mostly safe and none report feeling not safe, a pattern similar to top quartile schools where more than 80 percent feel mostly safe. → Sebring 1995

Evidence¶

Sebring 1995¶

Sebring, P. A., Bryk, A. S., Luppescu, S., & Thum, Y. M. (1995). Charting Reform in Prairie School: Results of Student and Teacher Surveys. Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/charting-reform-prairie-school-results-student-and-teacher-surveys

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Descriptive results from the four-item student safety scale covering classes, hallways and bathrooms, travel between home and school, and areas around the school. Top quartile schools show a similar pattern with a little over 10 percent feeling very safe.

"Even in the bottom quartile schools, nearly 85 percent of the students rate their experience mostly safe (scores of 6-8), and one percent claim very safe (scores of 9-10). Fifteen percent indicate their schools are somewhat safe (scores of 3-5), and no students report their schools are not safe (scores of 1-2)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Safety — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• Student-reported safety and classroom behavior are more positive in top-quartile schools, and students feel less safe outside school than inside — related
• Students feel safest in classrooms and least safe in areas just outside the school, with safety tracking the level of adult supervision — related