The Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) was utilized to determine the correlation between the predictor variables (school size) and the criterion variable(school violence). The research design for this study utilized data previously collected by the Texas Education Agency. A descriptive research design was used as the design basis for the statistical analysis. A regression analysis was conducted to evaluate the relationship between the five size classifications established by the University Interscholastic League (UIL) for Texas high schools and incidents of school violence. School violence encompassed eight categories, which were simple assault, terrorist threat, weapons possession, gang activity, aggravated assault, mutual combat fighting, sexual assault/aggravated sexual assault, and bomb threat. A second regression
analysis was conducted to examine the relationship within each size classification of select subgroups of gender, grade level, and socioeconomic level, to incidents of school violence.