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Enrollment in Benton Harbor High Freshman Academ School
2007 Student Enrollment: 345
Female Enrollment: 154 Male Enrollment: 191
9th Grade Enrollment: 345
9th Grade Female Enrollment: 154
9th Grade Male Enrollment: 191
White Enrollment (%): 1.2%
This school:
1.2%
State average from 3483 schools:
70.4%
Black Enrollment (%): 97.4%
Here:
97.4%
State average from 3483 schools:
20.2%
Hispanic Enrollment (%): 1.5%
Benton Harbor High Freshman Academ School:
1.5%
State average from 3483 schools:
4.9%
Genders in Benton Harbor High Freshman Academ School
Races in Benton Harbor High Freshman Academ School
2006 Student Enrollment: 309
Female Enrollment: 142 Male Enrollment: 167
9th Grade Enrollment: 309
9th Grade Female Enrollment: 142
9th Grade Male Enrollment: 167
White Enrollment (%): 3.2%
This school:
3.2%
State average from 3572 schools:
70.3%
Black Enrollment (%): 94.8%
This school:
94.8%
State average from 3572 schools:
20.5%
Hispanic Enrollment (%): 1.9%
Here:
1.9%
State average from 3572 schools:
4.7%
Genders in Benton Harbor High Freshman Academ School
Races in Benton Harbor High Freshman Academ School
2005 Student Enrollment: 340
Female Enrollment: 174 Male Enrollment: 166
9th Grade Enrollment: 340
9th Grade Female Enrollment: 174
9th Grade Male Enrollment: 166
White Enrollment (%): 1.2%
Here:
1.2%
State average from 3644 schools:
70.9%
Black Enrollment (%): 98.5%
Here:
98.5%
State average from 3644 schools:
20.5%
Hispanic Enrollment (%): 0.3%
Here:
0.3%
State average from 3644 schools:
4.6%
Genders in Benton Harbor High Freshman Academ School
Races in Benton Harbor High Freshman Academ School
School Safety Practices:
Warning codes used to alert faculty of a critical incident: Yes Tactical evacuation route for students or entry routes for emergency support teams: Yes Off-site staging area for assembly and communication at the onset of critical incident: Yes Emergency communication tree or plan: Yes Facility blueprints and site plan on file with emergency support team: Yes Control access to site during school hours (doors locked or monitored): Yes Control access to grounds during school hours (gates locked or monitored): Yes Students required to pass through metal detectors each day: Yes Visitors required to pass through metal detectors: Yes Campus closed for most students during lunch: Yes Integrated home-land security in school practices into school safety plans: Yes Random sweeps for weapons: Yes Require clear book bags or ban book bags: No Require students to wear badges or picture IDs: Yes Require staff to wear badges or picture IDs: Yes Provide staff training in risk assessment: Yes Security cameras used to monitor the school: Yes Telephones provided in most classrooms: Yes Emergency button provided in lavatories: No In compliance with the state law that requires that a student who brings a firearm to school be expelled for one year: Yes In compliance with Elem. and Sec. Edu. Act (ESEA), that requires referral to juvenile delinquency system of any student who brings a firearm to school: Yes School wide training in positive behavioral support and interventions: Yes
School Safety Plans:
Safety plan exists - Shootings: Yes Safety plan exists - Riots: Yes Safety plan exists - Bomb scares or comparable threats (excluding fire): Yes Safety plan exists - Disaster planning (tornadoes, floods, chemical spill, etc.): Yes Safety plan exists - Hostages: Yes Safety plan exists - Lock down: Yes
School Prevention Programs:
Implemented a violence prevention curriculum: Yes Practiced behavior modification/intervention with students: Yes Provided group counseling (social work) or therapeutic activity for students: Yes Provided peer mentoring or coaching program: Yes Provided peer mediation (student court) in resolving conduct problems: Yes Provided conflict resolution training to staff and students: Yes Provided programs that promote a sense of social integration among students: Yes Established a hot line for students to report problems: No Provided training and assistance in classroom management to teachers: Yes Revised or reviewed school wide discipline policy: Yes Made architectural or environmental modifications to reduce crime or violence: Yes Used a paid law enforcement or security service: Yes Implemented a drug prevention service: No Conducted community service projects on prevention: No Implemented teacher/staff training on violence/drug prevention: No Conducted public/parent awareness activities on violence/drug prevention: Yes Offered after-school or before-school programs: No Provided alternative education programs: No Underwent curriculum acquisition or development: Yes Provided services for out-of-school youth (school-age): No Administered special one-time events (not included in the above mentioned programs): No Involved organizations in administering drug and violence-prevention services via joint service delivery (including referrals): No Involved organizations in administering drug and violence prevention services via teacher/staff training: No Involved organizations in administering drug and violence prevention services via public awareness activities: No Involved organizations in administering drug and violence prevention services via fund raising: No Allowed students to participate in the design, delivery or critiquing of a drug or violence prevention program: No Balanced and restorative justice conferencing (aka transformative conferencing): No
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