Student Safety Data

 
The data results presented are a sample of larger surveys administered to students in San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) in 2009.  This data can be used to make inferences regarding the health-risk behaviors of all SFUSD students. 

• The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), developed in 1990 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to monitor priority health risk behaviors has been administered in SFUSD since 1990. 
• The School Climate Survey commissioned the most comprehensive survey of school climate and school safety ever conducted in the district’s history. The goal of the SFUSD School Climate Survey (SCS) was to collect meaningful information from students and staff about their perspectives on school climate and school safety.  All students in grades 5 – 12 were surveyed. 

 

The YRBS, developed by CDC, is administered every two years in all middle and high schools. In SY0809, the YRBS was completed by 2,145 HS students (an 84% response rate) and by 2,417 MS students (an 81% response rate). The results are representative all of SFUSD students in middle schools (6 - 8) and high schools (9-12).

 
Results
 
Survey results indicate that San Francisco Unified students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning (LGBTQ) experience greater health and safety risks. While there have been areas of growth in the health risk behaviors identified by students in SFUSD, the YRBS and SFUSD School Climate Survey support that we have room to grow in health and safety promoting behaviors.

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