Title page
Contents
Foreword 4
Acknowledgments 5
Introduction 8
Highlights 9
Violent Deaths, School Shootings, and Active Shooter Incidents 11
Nonfatal Student and Teacher Victimization 13
Criminal Victimization Experienced by Students 13
Student Reports of Bullying Victimization 14
Teacher Victimization 16
School Environment 17
Criminal Incidents and Discipline Problems Reported by Public Schools 17
Gangs and Hate-Related Speech 19
Student Fear and Avoidance 21
Teachers' Reports of Student Behavior and Rule Enforcement 22
Fights, Weapons, and Illegal Substances 23
Student Involvement in Physical Fights 23
Students Carrying Weapons and Threats and Injuries With Weapons 25
Alcohol, Marijuana, and Illegal Drugs 26
Safety, Discipline, and Mental Health Practices 28
Safety and Security Measures 28
Disciplinary Actions 29
Mental Health Services 31
Postsecondary Campus Safety and Security 33
Active Shooter Incidents 33
Criminal Incidents 33
Hate Crime Incidents 35
References 37
Figure 1. Number of active shooter incidents at elementary and secondary schools: 2000 through 2021 12
Figure 2. Rate of nonfatal victimization against students ages 12-18 per 1,000 students, by location: 2010 through 2021 14
Figure 3. Percentage of students ages 12-18 who reported being bullied at school during the school year, by selected student and school characteristics: 2019 15
Figure 4. Percentage of public school teachers who reported that they were threatened with injury or physically attacked by a student from their school during... 16
Figure 5. Percentage of public schools recording one or more incidents of crime at school and percentage reporting incidents to sworn law enforcement: Selected... 18
Figure 6. Percentage of public schools reporting selected discipline problems that occurred at least once a week: School years 2009-10 and 2019-20 19
Figure 7. Percentage of students ages 12-18 who reported a gang presence, being called hate-related words, and seeing hate-related graffiti at school during... 20
Figure 8. Percentage of students ages 12-18 who reported being afraid of attack or harm during the school year and percentage who reported avoiding one or more... 21
Figure 9. Percentage of public school teachers who agreed that student misbehavior and student tardiness and class cutting interfered with their teaching and percentage... 22
Figure 10. Percentage of students in grades 9-12 who reported having been in a physical fight at least one time during the previous 12 months, by race/ethnicity... 24
Figure 11. Percentage of students in grades 9-12 who reported carrying a weapon at least 1 day anywhere or on school property during the previous 30 days... 25
Figure 12. Percentage of students in grades 9-12 who reported using alcohol at least 1 day during the previous 30 days, by selected student characteristics: 2019 26
Figure 13. Percentage of students in grades 9-12 who reported that illegal drugs were made available to them on school property during the previous 12 months,... 27
Figure 14. Percentage of public schools with a written plan for procedures to be performed in selected scenarios: School year 2019-20 29
Figure 15. Percentage of public schools that took a serious disciplinary action in response to specific offenses, by type of offense: School years 2009-10 and 2019-20 30
Figure 16. Percentage of public schools providing diagnostic mental health assessments and treatment to students, by selected school characteristics: 2019-20 32
Figure 17. Number of on-campus crimes reported and number per 10,000 full-time-equivalent (FTE) students in degree-granting postsecondary institutions,... 34
Figure 18. Number of on-campus hate crimes at degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by category of bias motivating the crime and type of crime: 2020 36