Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls

Percentage of students who

reported feeling unsafe or very

unsafe at school

4.60% 3% 3.10% 2.10% 6.20% 3.70% 3.40% 3.40% 3.80% 3%

Percentage of students who

reported carrying a weapon to

school to be wrong or very

wrong

76.70% 86.80% 71.90% 88.40% 70.70% 86.70% 76.10% 85.40% 74.10% 85.30%

Percentage of students who

carried a weapon such as a gun,

knife or club on one or more of

the past 30 days

28.50% 8.80% 44.10% 11.10% 29.30% 10.40% 24.50% 7.60% 28.50% 8.60%

Percentage of students who

carried a gun on one or more of

the past 30 days

11.30% 2.40% 26.80% 4.80% 7.80% 1.50% 9.70% 2% 12.70% 2.60%

Percentage of students who

carried a weapon such as a gun,

knife or club on school property

on one or more of the past 30

days

5% 1.60% 6.70% 2.80% 7.80% 1.50% 3.70% 1.30% 4.60% 1.70%

Percentage of students who have

read email or website messages

that contained threats to other

students one or more times

during the past 12 months

23.90% 35.70% 16.80% 22.60% 22.80% 42.90% 25.90% 33.70% 23.10% 32.20%

What the kids have to sayBelow are the results from the 2011-12 Michigan Profile for Healthy Youth (MI PHY) survey by the Michigan Department of Education. The survey

was given to ninth and 11th graders across several local schools. The numbers below represent totals for both grades. The data is is as reported by

the students.

CALHOUN BARRY BRANCH KALAMAZOO OVERALL

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Percentage of students who have

been bullied on school property

in the past 12 months

21.70% 29.60% 20.30% 26.50% 19.20% 31.60% 19.80% 27.40% 20.20% 27.80%

Percentage of students who have

been electronically bullied in the

past 12 months

8.20% 25.30% 9% 24.90% 7.50% 31.70% 11% 24.60% 9.50% 24.90%

Percentage of students who felt

so sad or hopeless almost every

day for two weeks or more in a

row that they stopped doing

some usual activities during the

past 12 months

22.40% 39.70% 18.60% 35.70% 31.70% 41.30% 19.10% 35.70% 16.40% 31%

Percentage of students who

seriously considered attempting

suicide during the past 12

months

14.40% 21.20% 9.50% 19.70% 16.70% 19% 12.50% 20.30% 10.10% 17.10%

Percentage of students who

actually attempted suicide one

or more times during the past 12

months

6.90% 11.30% 4.80% 8% 5.40% 3.40% 7.60% 10.80% 4.90% 7.80%

Percentage of students who

know adults in the neighborhood

they could talk to about

something important

50.70% 43.70% 61% 59% 59.90% 51.90% 54.30% 47.90% 52.40% 47.70%

Percentage of students who

could ask their mom or dad for

help with personal problems

75.20% 73.20% 80.90% 74.70% 79.30% 72.90% 78.50% 74.10% 74.10% 71.50%

CALHOUN BARRY BRANCH KALAMAZOO OVERALL

Calhoun ISD 48

Battle Creek Public Schools 32

Harper Creek Community Schools 16

Lakeview Sch. District (Calhoun) 19

Pennfield Schools N/A

Albion Public Schools 9

Athens Area Schools N/A

Homer Community School District 7

Mar Lee School District N/A

Marshall Public Schools 16

Tekonsha Community Schools 5

Union City Community Schools 16

Arbor Academy N/A

Endeavor Charter Academy N/A

Marshall Academy N/A

Battle Creek Area Learning Center N/A

Barry ISD N/A

Delton Kellogg Schools 17

Hastings Area School District 24

Branch ISD 31

Coldwater Community Schools 12

Bronson Community School District N/A

Quincy Community Schools N/A

Pansophia Academy N/A

Eaton ISD N/A

Bellevue Community Schools N/A

Olivet Community Schools 8

Kalamazoo RESA 56

Climax-Scotts Community Schools N/A

Galesburg-Augusta Community Schools 9

Gull Lake Community Schools 9

TOTAL: 334

Source: Michigan Department of Education

Emotional impairment at schoolsThis list shows the number of children at each school district

who were in special education programs during the 2012-13

school year because of emotional impairment issues.