Table II.

Results of Linear Regression Analysis of School Climate and Academic Achievement by Grade

		Academic Achievement
Grade	School Climate Question	Reading MSA				Math MSA
		Unadjusted		Adjusted*		Unadjusted		Adjusted*
		β	p-value	β	p-value	β	p-value	β	p-value
3rd	I feel safe at school	19.9	<0.001	16.4	<0.001	21.9	<0.001	18.7	<0.001
	I feel safe going to and from school	13.4	0.005	9.1	0.057	14.0	0.007	9.8	0.060
	Student drug/alcohol abuse is a problem	−9.1	<0.001	−8.7	<0.001	−8.8	<0.001	−8.4	<0.001
	Student possession of weapons is a problem	−8.8	<0.001	−8.1	<0.001	−8.7	<0.001	−8.1	<0.001
	A lot of broken windows, doors, or desks at this school	−16.1	0.001	−13.4	0.005	−11.0	0.046	−8.3	0.124
	Fighting among students is a problem at this school	−11.9	<0.001	−10.5	<0.001	−11.6	<0.001	−10.2	<0.001
4th	I feel safe at school	15.4	<0.001	13.5	<0.001	19.5	<0.001	17.9	<0.001
	I feel safe going to and from school	10.8	0.010	7.9	0.041	15.6	0.04	13.2	0.012
	Student drug/alcohol abuse is a problem	−13.7	<0.001	−12.5	<0.001	−16.0	<0.001	−14.9	<0.001
	Student possession of weapons is a problem	−13.9	<0.001	−12.2	<0.001	−16.5	<0.001	−15.1	<0.001
	A lot of broken windows, doors, or desks at this school	−14.1	0.002	−10.7	0.012	−14.0	0.02	−11.0	0.062
	Fighting among students is a problem at this school	−14.5	<0.001	−13.3	<0.001	−16.6	<0.001	−15.6	<0.001
5th	I feel safe at school	16.7	<0.001	14.3	<0.001	22.8	<0.001	21.3	<0.001
	I feel safe going to and from school	15.6	0.003	6.2	0.234	16.7	0.015	11.0	0.133
	Student drug/alcohol abuse is a problem	−12.9	<0.001	−11.3	<0.001	−18.2	<0.001	−17.1	<0.001
	Student possession of weapons is a problem	−11.9	<0.001	−10.2	<0.001	−15.8	<0.001	−14.7	<0.001
	A lot of broken windows, doors, or desks at this school	−19.4	<0.001	−16.2	<0.001	−21.1	<0.001	−19.0	0.001
	Fighting among students is a problem at this school	−13.3	<0.001	−9.8	0.001	−19.5	<0.001	−17.7	<0.001

^*Adjusted for Percent of Students Receiving Free and Reduced Price Meals