Title page
Contents
Foreword 4
Acknowledgments 5
Introduction 8
Highlights 9
Violent Deaths and School Shootings 10
Criminal Victimization Experienced by Students 11
Student Reports of Bullying Victimization 14
Incidents and Discipline Problems Reported by Public Schools 16
Gangs and Hate-Related Speech 17
Fights, Weapons, and Illegal Substances 18
Student Perceptions of School Safety 22
Teacher Reports of Victimization and School Order 24
Discipline, Safety, and Security Practices 26
Postsecondary Campus Safety and Security 28
References 31
Figure 1. Number of school shootings with casualties at public and private elementary and secondary schools: 2000-01 through 2019-20 10
Figure 2. Rate of nonfatal victimization against students ages 12-18 per 1,000 students, by location: 1992 through 2019 12
Figure 3. Percentage of students ages 12-18 who reported criminal victimization at school during the previous 6 months, by selected student and school characteristics: 2019 13
Figure 4. 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 5. Percentage of students ages 12-18 who reported a gang presence, being called hate-related words, and seeing hate-related graffiti at school during the school... 17
Figure 6. 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 and location: 2019 18
Figure 7. Percentage of students in grades 9-12 who reported carrying a weapon at least 1 day anywhere and on school property during the previous 30 days, and percentage... 19
Figure 8. 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 20
Figure 9. 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, by race/ethnicity... 21
Figure 10. 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 places in... 23
Figure 11. Percentage of public school teachers who reported that they were threatened with injury or that they were physically attacked by a student from their school during the... 25
Figure 12. Percentage of students ages 12-18 who reported various safety and security measures at school: 2009 and 2019 27
Figure 13. Number of on-campus crimes reported and number per 10,000 full-time-equivalent (FTE) students in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by selected type of... 28
Figure 14. Number of on-campus hate crimes at degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by selected types of crime: 2018 30