Saks High School Calhoun County, AL - … High School Calhoun County, AL 1 Introduction We at PRIDE Surveys have reviewed the education legislation, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), and

Saks High SchoolCalhoun County, AL

June 2, 2008

Contents

1 Introduction 2

2 Demographics 3

3 Prevalence of Drug Use 3

4 Students’ Perception of Risk 4

5 Students’ Perception of Disapproval 7

6 Age of First Use 11

7 Students’ Perception of Availability 12

8 Violence Indicators 14

9 Where Students Use 15

10 When Students Use 16

11 School Safety 18

12 Risk and Protective Factors 19

13 The Pride Surveys Questionnaire 21

14 Why Schools Use Pride Surveys 22

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Saks High School Calhoun County, AL

1 Introduction

We at PRIDE Surveys have reviewed the education legislation, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), and attended meetings inWashington, D.C., with USDOE for briefings on the legislation. This summary and the complete report on your CD-ROMare intended to assist you in meeting the requirements of NCLB.

Under the NCLB, schools are required to establish a Uniform Management and Information Reporting System. Thecollected data, from anonymous student surveys, shall include:

"...the incidence and prevalence, age of onset, perception of social disapproval of drug use and violence byyouth in schools and communities".

The graphs and tables in this summary are compiled from data collected in your school(s) using the Pride SurveysQuestionnaire for Grades 6-12. These graphs and tables cover the areas typically of most interest for school systems.The areas covered are demographics, prevalence of use, perception of risk, students’ perception of parental and peerdisapproval, age of first use, violence indicators, where and when students use drugs, school and community safety, andrisk and protective factors. The drugs covered in this summary are any tobacco use, any alcohol use, and any marijuanause during the past year. Marijuana is typically used as a measure of illicit drug use as it is by far the most commonlyused of the illicit drugs.

This summary and the accompanying CD-ROM (full report) will assist you in meeting the requirements of NCLB andrequirements from agencies that have similar requirements in assessment and evaluation.

NOTE: THIS IS ONLY A BRIEF SUMMARY OF YOUR RESULTS. YOUR FULL AND COMPLETE REPORTCAN BE FOUND ON YOUR CD-ROM.

If you have questions about this report or if you wish to have information on other Pride Surveys services andproducts, please call the Pride Surveys Office or write to the following address:

Pride SurveysJanie Pitcock160 Vanderbilt CourtBowling Green, KY 421031-800-279-63611-270-746-9596E-Mail: [email protected] Site: www.pridesurveys.com

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2 Demographics

Total number of students surveyed: 262

• Number of 8th grade students surveyed: 83 (31.7%)





3 Prevalence of Drug Use

NOTE: For tables, N of Valid is the number of students who answered the question and N of Missing is the number ofstudents who did not answer the question.

\% Students Who Use Tobacco, Alcohol \& Marijuana

% Students Who Use Tobacco, Alcohol & Marijuana(Past Year)

Source: Pride Surveys

Any Tobacco Any Alcohol Marijuana

8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12

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Table 1: Frequency of Use – Any Tobacco?Grade N of N ofLevel Valid Miss Daily Weekly Monthly Annual8th 82 1 9.8 22.0 24.4 35.49th 63 3 7.9 22.2 23.8 34.910th 37 3 5.4 10.8 10.8 24.311th 36 0 13.9 13.9 13.9 22.212th 37 0 10.8 13.5 13.5 24.36-8 82 1 9.8 22.0 24.4 35.49-12 173 6 9.2 16.2 16.8 27.7Total 255 7 9.4 18.0 19.2 30.2

Table 2: Frequency of Use – Any Alcohol?Grade N of N ofLevel Valid Miss Daily Weekly Monthly Annual8th 82 1 8.5 23.2 32.9 57.39th 63 3 12.7 20.6 28.6 52.410th 37 3 5.4 5.4 27.0 51.411th 36 0 11.1 19.4 33.3 61.112th 37 0 0.0 13.5 32.4 62.26-8 82 1 8.5 23.2 32.9 57.39-12 173 6 8.1 15.6 30.1 56.1Total 255 7 8.2 18.0 31.0 56.5

Table 3: Frequency of Use – Any Marijuana?Grade N of N ofLevel Valid Miss Daily Weekly Monthly Annual8th 82 1 4.9 9.8 14.6 19.59th 63 3 11.1 17.5 20.6 34.910th 37 3 2.7 5.4 10.8 27.011th 36 0 16.7 19.4 25.0 27.812th 37 0 2.7 2.7 5.4 35.16-8 82 1 4.9 9.8 14.6 19.59-12 173 6 8.7 12.1 16.2 31.8Total 255 7 7.5 11.4 15.7 27.8

4 Students’ Perception of Risk

Students are asked about their perception of risk of any use of various drugs with the possible responses being NoHarm, Some Harm, Harmful or Very Harmful. Past analysis of national statistics indicates that as students’ perceptionof risk increases, use of substances decreases. It is also typical for the perception of risk (Harmful or Very Harmful)to decrease as a child gets older. (Note: In order to comply with federal guidlines an additional question was added tothe questionnaire regarding use of alcohol on a regular basis. Respones to this questions are analogous with the other

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harm questions and include No Risk, Slight Risk, Moderate Risk and Great Risk. Harm questions regarding alcohol arebased on the new question and report the percentage of students who regard regular alcohol use as Moderate Risk orGreat Risk. Your students’ responses are detailed in the following tables.

\% Students Who Perceive Tobacco, Alcohol \& Marijuana

% Students Who Perceive Tobacco, Alcohol & MarijuanaAs Harmful Or Very Harmful*

*Alcohol responses are Moderate Risk or Great Risk. Source: Pride Surveys


8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12

76.

8 82.

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Table 4: Students’ Perception of Risk of TobaccoGrade N of N of Harmful orLevel Valid Miss Very Harmful8th 82 1 76.89th 61 5 82.010th 39 1 79.511th 36 0 75.012th 36 1 83.36-8 82 1 76.89-12 172 7 80.2Total 254 8 79.1

Table 5: Students’ Perception of Risk of AlcoholGrade N of N of Moderate orLevel Valid Miss Great Risk8th 77 6 63.69th 59 7 72.910th 37 3 81.111th 33 3 75.812th 32 5 59.46-8 77 6 63.69-12 161 18 72.7Total 238 24 69.7

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Table 6: Students’ Perception of Risk of MarijuanaGrade N of N of Harmful orLevel Valid Miss Very Harmful8th 82 1 67.19th 60 6 65.010th 39 1 69.211th 36 0 55.612th 36 1 55.66-8 82 1 67.19-12 171 8 62.0Total 253 9 63.6

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5 Students’ Perception of Disapproval

Past analysis of national statistics indicates that the majority of students tend to perceive parents as feeling it is Wrongor Very Wrong for students to use tobacco, alcohol and marijuana for all grade levels. Your students’ responses aredetailed in the following tables.

\% Perceive Parents Feel It Is Wrong or Very Wrong For Students

% Perceive Parents Feel It Is Wrong or Very Wrong For StudentsTo Use Tobacco, Alcohol And Marijuana (Past Year)



8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12

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8 8

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Table 7: Students’ Perception Of Parents’ Disapproval Of Use of TobaccoGrade N of N of Wrong orLevel Valid Miss Very Wrong8th 78 5 80.89th 56 10 80.410th 37 3 91.911th 33 3 75.812th 31 6 74.26-8 78 5 80.89-12 157 22 80.9Total 235 27 80.9

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Table 8: Students’ Perception Of Parents’ Disapproval Of Use of AlcoholGrade N of N of Wrong orLevel Valid Miss Very Wrong8th 77 6 79.29th 57 9 80.710th 37 3 75.711th 33 3 66.712th 31 6 74.26-8 77 6 79.29-12 158 21 75.3Total 235 27 76.6

Table 9: Students’ Perception Of Parents’ Disapproval Of Use of MarijuanaGrade N of N of Wrong orLevel Valid Miss Very Wrong8th 78 5 88.59th 54 12 85.210th 37 3 94.611th 33 3 81.812th 31 6 74.26-8 78 5 88.59-12 155 24 84.5Total 233 29 85.8

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Typically, students perceive a decreasing amount of disapproval from their friends as they grow older. This is helpfulin understanding peer pressure. The following tables detail your students’ responses to their friends’ disapproval.

\% Perceive Friends Feel It Is Wrong or Very Wrong For Students

% Perceive Friends Feel It Is Wrong or Very Wrong For StudentsTo Use Tobacco, Alcohol And Marijuana (Past Year)



8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12

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2

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Table 10: Students’ Perception of Friends’ Disapproval of Use of TobaccoGrade N of N of Wrong orLevel Valid Miss Very Wrong8th 74 9 43.29th 51 15 39.210th 34 6 50.011th 31 5 51.612th 28 9 46.46-8 74 9 43.29-12 144 35 45.8Total 218 44 45.0

Table 11: Students’ Perception of Friends’ Disapproval of Use of AlcoholGrade N of N of Wrong orLevel Valid Miss Very Wrong8th 74 9 36.59th 50 16 42.010th 34 6 38.211th 31 5 29.012th 28 9 35.76-8 74 9 36.59-12 143 36 37.1Total 217 45 36.9

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Table 12: Students’ Perception of Friends’ Disapproval of Use of MarijuanaGrade N of N of Wrong orLevel Valid Miss Very Wrong8th 73 10 49.39th 51 15 37.310th 34 6 61.811th 31 5 45.212th 28 9 53.66-8 73 10 49.39-12 144 35 47.9Total 217 45 48.4

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6 Age of First Use

The question At what age did you first use... is used to measure this statistic. The possible responses to this questionrange from 8 or Under to 17 or Older. The table shows the age range that represents the average category score forthis question of those students who answered the question with a response other than Never Used.

Table 13: When did you first use any tobacco?Grade N of N of AvgLevel Valid Miss Age8th 40 43 11.3259th 27 39 12.74110th 13 27 13.07711th 8 28 12.50012th 14 23 13.7146-8 40 43 11.3259-12 62 117 13.000Total 102 160 12.343

Table 14: When did you first use any alcohol?Grade N of N of AvgLevel Valid Miss Age8th 49 34 11.2049th 37 29 12.75710th 23 17 13.21711th 21 15 12.95212th 23 14 13.8706-8 49 34 11.2049-12 104 75 13.144Total 153 109 12.523

Table 15: When did you first use any marijuana?Grade N of N of AvgLevel Valid Miss Age8th 17 66 11.9419th 26 40 13.26910th 11 29 14.18211th 11 25 13.54512th 12 25 15.3336-8 17 66 11.9419-12 60 119 13.900Total 77 185 13.468

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7 Students’ Perception of Availability

Past analysis of national statistics indicates that as students get older a larger percentage of them tend to perceivetobacco, alcohol and marijuana as Fairly Easy or Very Easy to get. Your students’ responses are detailed in the followingtables.

\% Students Who Perceive Tobacco, Alcohol and Marijuana

% Students Who Perceive Tobacco, Alcohol and MarijuanaAs Fairly Easy Or Very Easy To Get



8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12

55.

3

52.

6

48.

6

71.

9

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3 64.

5

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Table 16: Students’ Perception of Availability of TobaccoGrade N of N of Fairly Easy orLevel Valid Miss Very Easy to Get8th 76 7 55.39th 57 9 52.610th 37 3 48.611th 32 4 71.912th 31 6 61.36-8 76 7 55.39-12 157 22 57.3Total 233 29 56.7

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Table 17: Students’ Perception of Availability of AlcoholGrade N of N of Fairly Easy orLevel Valid Miss Very Easy to Get8th 76 7 64.59th 55 11 49.110th 37 3 62.211th 32 4 71.912th 30 7 73.36-8 76 7 64.59-12 154 25 61.7Total 230 32 62.6

Table 18: Students’ Perception of Availability of MarijuanaGrade N of N of Fairly Easy orLevel Valid Miss Very Easy to Get8th 75 8 42.79th 56 10 41.110th 37 3 45.911th 32 4 68.812th 30 7 50.06-8 75 8 42.79-12 155 24 49.7Total 230 32 47.4

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8 Violence Indicators

Except where noted by an ’*’, the following table lists the percentage of students who made any positive response to thefollowing questions.

Table 19: Violence IndicatorsViolence Indicator Num PctThreatened a fellow student 101 42.8%Get into trouble with police 85 33.2%Being afraid at school 47 20.3%Being hurt at school 47 20.2%Participated in gangs 51 20.1%Carrying gun for protection/weapon while NOT at school 35 13.9%Carry gun to school in past year 29 12.3%Thought often or a lot about suicide* 19 7.5%

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9 Where Students Use

The following graphs show where students report using tobacco, alcohol and marijuana. Past analysis of nationalstatistics show that At School is typically the least popular place of use.

Where Do You Use Any Tobacco

Where Do You Use Any Tobacco


At Home At School In A Car Friend's House Other

8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12

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Where Do You Use Any Alcohol

Where Do You Use Any Alcohol



8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12

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Where Do You Use Marijuana

Where Do You Use Marijuana



8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12

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10 When Students Use

The following graphs show when students report using tobacco, alcohol and marijuana. Past analysis of national statis-tics show that During School is typically the least popular time of use.

When Do You Use Any Tobacco

When Do You Use Any Tobacco


Before School During School After School Weeknight Weekend

8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12

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When Do You Use Any Alcohol

When Do You Use Any Alcohol



8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12

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When Do You Use Marijuana



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11 School Safety

The following table lists the percentage of students who responded as Never or Seldom feeling safe in the followingschool locations.

Table 20: School SafetyLocation Num PctIn the bathroom 91 39.9%On the school bus 86 37.9%In the parking lot 84 36.7%On the playground 77 33.9%In the halls 77 33.6%In the gym 72 31.9%At school events (ballgames, etc.) 70 30.7%In the cafeteria (lunchroom) 68 29.7%In the classroom 59 26.2%*Pct represents percent who responded Never or Seldom

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12 Risk and Protective Factors

The following graphs on illicit drug use by risk & protective factors show for each category (Never, Seldom, Sometimes,Often, A Lot) of a risk or protective factor question the percentage of students who report using illicit drugs. For example,on the question of taking part in school activities, if the bar labeled NEVER was 40%, this means that OF those studentswho responded NEVER to taking part in school activities, 40% reported using an illicit drug.

\% Students Who Use Illicit Drugs by Take Part in School Activities

% Students Who Use Illicit Drugs by Take Part in School Activities(School Protective Factor)

Source: Pride Surveys -- For the group of students who responded NEVER to this question, 37.2% reported using illicit drugs, for A LOT, 17.5% reported using illicit drugs

Never Seldom Sometimes Often A Lot

Percent of Drug Use

37.

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50.

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32.

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\% Students Who Use Illicit Drugs by Make Good Grades

% Students Who Use Illicit Drugs by Make Good Grades(School Protective Factor)



Percent of Drug Use

42.

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57.

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\% Students Who Use Illicit Drugs by Parents Talk About Dangers of Drugs

% Students Who Use Illicit Drugs by Parents Talk About Dangers of Drugs(Parent Protective Factor)



Percent of Drug Use

40.

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\% Students Who Use Illicit Drugs by Parents Set Clear Rules

% Students Who Use Illicit Drugs by Parents Set Clear Rules(Parent Protective Factor)



Percent of Drug Use

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\% Students Who Use Illicit Drugs by Attend Church, Synagogue, etc.

% Students Who Use Illicit Drugs by Attend Church, Synagogue, etc.(Community Protective Factor)



Percent of Drug Use

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4 3

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\% Students Who Use Illicit Drugs by Take Part in Community Activities

% Students Who Use Illicit Drugs by Take Part in Community Activities(Community Protective Factor)



Percent of Drug Use

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13 The Pride Surveys Questionnaire

Since 1982, the Pride Surveys Questionnaire has been used by schools in 49 of the 50 states and several foreigncountries to gather data on student tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use and related behaviors. A decade ago we addedquestions on violence to explore the relationship between students who used various drugs and their violence. We nowarchive more than 8 million completed questionnaires, making the Pride Surveys database on student drug use and

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violence the largest in the world.

Other Pride Surveys that we hope you will consider for your assessment and evaluation needs are: Faculty andStaff, Parents, and Grade 4-6. Copies of the questionnaires are available on the Pride Surveys web sitewww.pridesurveys.com and can be downloaded or you can call 1-800-279-6361 and we will send you copies for review.

14 Why Schools Use Pride Surveys

The following are some of the reasons school systems use Pride Surveys:

Used by more than 8,000 school systems. For more than two decade, schools across the nation have used thePride Survey to identify student levels of drug use, violence, and related behaviors.

Designated by Federal Law as a measure of illicit drug use by youth. This law can be reviewed in CongressionalRecord, October 19, 1998, Page H11228. (see www.pridesurveys.com)

40-50 minutes to administer. School time is an important consideration. The survey can be administered during aportion of only one class period.

Evaluates most prevention goals and objectives. Changes in student behavior can be measured over time,allowing an individual school, system, or state to measure most of their goals and objectives.

Helps write winning grants. Schools can match their data against the Pride Surveys national database to indicateneed for grant monies, or to indicate success in their drug education programs.

Meets most of the needs of evaluation required by the U.S. Department of Education as expressed in NCLBlegislation – Principles of Effectiveness. The requirement for information on: the incidence and prevalence, age ofonset, perception of health risk, and perception of social disapproval of drug use and violence by youth in schools andcommunities. Drug use and these related behaviors are available through the use of the Pride Survey.

Also, the legislation, under the Uniform Management Information and Reporting System (UMIRS) part (C) COMPI-LATION OF STATISTICS: states the collected data shall include incident reports by school officials, anonymous studentsurveys, and anonymous teacher surveys. The Pride Questionnaire for Faculty & Staff and Faculty and Staff Surveyreports for the past year, can be reviewed on our web site.

Allows multi-year comparisons of your data. The data is archived for 10 or more years and through our computersoftware the data can be compared over multiple years of administrations. The multi-year analysis allows a school,system, or state, to track the changes in data over extended periods of time by sex, race, age, grade, and many othervariables.

Data belong to the customer. Local data will not be released without written permission from the customer (schoolofficial). Pride Surveys will use data to build a national sample of data for an annual release to the public. The individualschool or state data is not identified in the release.

Report includes 120+ pages of tables, charts, and reports. With software developed by Pride Surveys, we createtables, charts and special reports on variables of special concern to schools and administrators. (Ex. One graph showsdrug use to occur most often on the weekend when schools are not in session.)

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Anonymous, voluntary, protects pupil confidentiality. By following the instruction sheet for administering thequestionnaire, the students confidentiality will be protected.

Recognized by National News Media. On our website you will find print media from the Pride Survey and a pressrelease following the Jonesboro, Arkansas shooting at a local Jr. High school.

Independent evaluators used for instrument and methodology evaluation. Independent evaluators were uti-lized to test for reliability and validity of the Pride Questionnaire. A copy of this evaluation can be obtained fromwww.pridesurveys.com under the validity hyperlink.

National database for White, African American, and Hispanic students. The only national database that isavailable on African American and Hispanic students. Comparison of behaviors between races may be compared to thePride national database.

Lie detection system built into survey. When answers to questions are indicating that the student is not beinghonest the software will eliminate the questionnaire. Ex. If the student marks getting high when–, and then denies useof drugs, computer programs will eliminate the questionnaire from the data set.

Protection from negative or blaming reports of school administrators and teachers for student drug use.Often we hear, "what are we going to do about the schools’ drug problem", this statement needs to be followed withPride Survey data which indicates drug use is more likely to occur "at home" than "at school" and drug use occurs mostoften on "weekends" and "at night" when school is not in session. Teachers are more likely to teach students about theharmful effects of drugs/alcohol than are parents. All students do not use drugs. This information will be available toschools that choose Pride Surveys for data collection.

Remember to visit our website @ www.pridesurveys.comor give us a call @ 1-800-279-6361

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