SCHOOL VIOLENCE

In order that I could make sense out of the  figures posted in the Ledger I converted the numbers to cases per thousand students. I think that is more informative for comparison purposes then plain numbers. The data was then sorted by totals in descending order. If the figures are right Plainfield is  a disaster.

However the time period for this data was not printed and if  according to Raz's blog the reported number by Dr. Gallon had dropped to 17, again time period not stated, that could mean a real improvemnt in disciplinary control. Once again I caution that the validity of all figures must be questioned  as to accuracy as well as to the fudge factor and non-reporting.

CASES OF VIOLENCE  IN DISTRICT PER 1000 STUDENTS
District	Enrollment	Violence	Vandalism	Weapons	Substance	Total
UC Ed Serv. Comm	303	3.96	0.00	13.20	3.30	56.11
Plainfield	6462	2.27	7.43	3.56	0.00	33.74
Roselle Park	2013	1.54	7.45	2.48	2.48	27.82
Mountainside	740	1.89	0.00	1.35	0.00	20.27
Linden	6122	0.93	2.61	2.12	5.06	18.78
Garwood	413	1.45	0.00	2.42	0.00	16.95
Hillside	3161	1.11	2.21	1.90	0.00	14.87
Union Township	7816	1.04	2.18	1.02	0.00	13.31
Keneilworth	1354	0.89	0.74	0.00	0.74	10.34
UC VoTech	1187	0.42	4.21	0.00	1.68	10.11
Berkley Heights	2835	0.25	6.00	0.35	0.71	9.52
SP-Fanwood	4333	0.53	2.54	0.69	0.92	9.46
Springfield	2049	0.49	3.90	1.46	0.49	9.27
Clark	2327	0.21	6.02	0.00	0.43	8.59
New Providence	2194	0.32	1.37	0.00	3.19	7.75
Summit	3800	0.39	2.11	0.26	1.05	7.37
Elizabeth	21303	0.23	1.31	1.27	0.70	5.26
Rahway	3872	0.23	1.55	0.77	0.52	4.91
Roselle	2818	0.35	0.71	0.00	0.00	4.26
Westfield	6150	0.18	0.49	0.16	0.98	3.41
Cranford	3712	0.00	0.54	0.27	0.81	1.62