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Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2007
NCES 2008-021
December 2007


Figure 4.1.

Percentage of students in grades 9-12 who reported being threatened or injured with a weapon on school property during the previous 12 months, by sex: Various years, 1993-2005



Percentage of students in grades 9-12 who reported being threatened or injured with a weapon on school property during the previous 12 months, by sex: Various years, 1993-2005

NOTE: "On school property" was not defined for survey respondents. Population size from the Digest of Education Statistics, 2005 (NCES 2006- 030) for students in grades 9–12 is 16,286,000 (projected) in 2005.
SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), 2005.