Unfortunately, not all schools are equally safe. Nationallevel
data suggest that middle and high schools, especially
larger schools, are more at-risk for serious violence. Moreover,
students in urban schools serving predominantly lower socioeconomic
status (SES) minority children are twice as likely to
be victims of violence as students in suburban, town, or rural
areas. In addressing the tragic incidents that have occurred
recently in suburban and rural schools, it is critical that the
more ongoing and severe problems of lower SES urban
schools and students not be forgotten or ignored.