- Spotlights
- Violent Deaths
- Nonfatal Student and Teacher Victimization
- School Environment
- Violent and Other Criminal Incidents Recorded by Public Schools and Those Reported to the Police
- Discipline Problems Reported by Public Schools
- Students’ Reports of Gangs at School
- Students’ Reports of Hate-Related Words and Hate-Related Graffiti and Schools’ Reports of Hate Crimes
- Bullying at School and Electronic Bullying
- Teachers’ Reports on Managing Classroom Behaviors
- Fights, Weapons, and Illegal Substances
- Fear and Avoidance
- Discipline, Safety, and Security Practices
- Postsecondary Campus Safety and Security
- References
- Appendix A: Technical Notes
- Appendix B: Glossary of Terms
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List of Tables
| Table A. | Nationally representative sample and universe surveys used in this report |
| Table S1.1. (Digest Table 233.69a) |
Number and percentage of public schools providing diagnostic mental health assessments and treatment to students and, among schools providing these services, percentage providing them at school and outside of school, by selected school characteristics: 2017–18 |
| Table S1.2. (Digest Table 233.69b) |
Percentage of public schools reporting that various factors limited in a major way their efforts to provide mental health services to students, by selected school characteristics: 2017–18 |
| Table S2.1. (Digest Table 220.65a) |
Percentage of fall 2010 first-time kindergartners whose school administrator in fifth grade reported that selected problems occurred at the school at least once a month or were a problem in the school's neighborhood, by selected child, family, and school characteristics in spring of fifth grade: Spring 2016 |
| Table S2.2. (Digest Table 220.65b) |
Percentage distribution of fall 2010 first-time kindergartners in spring of fifth grade and fifth-grade scores on and standard deviations of various academic, social, and emotional scales, by frequency or extent of selected school or neighborhood problems reported by the school administrator: Spring 2016 |
| Table S2.3. (Digest Table 220.65c) |
Percentage of fall 2010 first-time kindergartners who reported consistent positive feelings about school in fifth grade and percentage whose parents reported frequent avoidance of school by their child, by frequency or extent of selected school or neighborhood problems reported by school administrator: Spring 2016 |
| Table 1.1. (Digest Table 228.10) |
School-associated violent deaths of all persons, homicides and suicides of youth ages 5–18 at school, and total homicides and suicides of youth ages 5–18, by type of violent death: 1992–93 through 2016–17 |
| Table 1.2. (Digest Table 228.12) |
Number of school shootings and casualties at public and private elementary and secondary schools and number of schools with shootings, by type of school: 2000–01 through 2018–19 |
| Table 1.3. (Digest Table 228.13) |
Number of school shootings at public and private elementary and secondary schools, by type of situation associated with shooting: 2000–01 through 2018–19 |
| Table 2.1. (Digest Table 228.20) |
Number of nonfatal victimizations against students ages 12–18 and rate of victimization per 1,000 students, by type of victimization and location: 1992 through 2018 |
| Table 2.2. (Digest Table 228.25) |
Number of nonfatal victimizations against students ages 12–18 and rate of victimization per 1,000 students, by type of victimization, location, and selected student characteristics: 2018 |
| Table 3.1. (Digest Table 228.30) |
Percentage of students ages 12–18 who reported criminal victimization at school during the previous 6 months, by type of victimization and selected student and school characteristics: Selected years, 1995 through 2017 |
| Table 4.1. (Digest Table 228.40) |
Percentage of students in grades 9–12 who reported being threatened or injured with a weapon on school property at least one time during the previous 12 months, by selected student characteristics: Selected years, 1993 through 2017 |
| Table 4.2. (Digest Table 228.42) |
Percentage distribution of students in grades 9–12, by number of times they reported being threatened or injured with a weapon on school property during the previous 12 months and selected student characteristics: 2009 through 2017 |
| Table 4.3. (Digest Table 228.50) |
Percentage of public school students in grades 9–12 who reported being threatened or injured with a weapon on school property at least one time during the previous 12 months, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 2003 through 2017 |
| Table 6.1. (Digest Table 229.10) |
Percentage of public schools recording incidents of crime at school, percentage reporting incidents of crime at school to police, and number of incidents recorded or reported, by type of crime: Selected years, 1999–2000 through 2017–18 |
| Table 6.2. (Digest Table 229.20) |
Rate of crime incidents at school per 1,000 students recorded by public schools and reported to police by public schools, by school level, percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, and type of crime: Selected years, 1999–2000 through 2017–18 |
| Table 6.3. (Digest Table 229.30) |
Percentage of public schools recording incidents of crime at school, number of incidents, and rate per 1,000 students, by type of crime and selected school characteristics: 2017–18 |
| Table 6.4. (Digest Table 229.40) |
Percentage of public schools reporting incidents of crime at school to the police, number of incidents, and rate per 1,000 students, by type of crime and selected school characteristics: 2017–18 |
| Table 6.5. (Digest Table 229.50) |
Percentage distribution of public schools, by number of violent incidents of crime at school recorded and reported to the police and selected school characteristics: 2017–18 |
| Table 6.6. (Digest Table 229.60) |
Percentage distribution of public schools, by number of serious violent incidents of crime at school recorded and reported to the police and selected school characteristics: 2017–18 |
| Table 7.1. (Digest Table 230.10) |
Percentage of public schools reporting selected discipline problems that occurred at school, by frequency and selected school characteristics: Selected years, 1999–2000 through 2017–18 |
| Table 7.2. (Digest Table 230.65) |
Percentage of public schools reporting selected types of cyberbullying problems occurring at school or away from school at least once a week, by selected school characteristics: 2017–18 |
| Table 8.1. (Digest Table 230.20) |
Percentage of students ages 12–18 who reported that gangs were present at school during the school year, by sex, race/ethnicity, and urbanicity: Selected years, 2001 through 2017 |
| Table 8.2. (Digest Table 230.20a) |
Percentage of students ages 12–18 who reported that gangs were present at school during the school year, by grade, control of school, and urbanicity: Selected years, 2001 through 2017 |
| Table 9.1. (Digest Table 230.30) |
Percentage of students ages 12–18 who reported being called hate-related words and seeing hate-related graffiti at school during the school year, by selected student and school characteristics: Selected years, 1999 through 2017 |
| Table 9.2. (Digest Table 230.35) |
Percentage of students ages 12–18 who reported being called hate-related words at school, by type of hate-related word and selected student and school characteristics: 2017 |
| Table 9.3. (Digest Table 229.70) |
Number of hate crimes occurring at public schools, percentage of schools reporting any hate crimes, and percentage reporting hate crimes motivated by specific types of bias, by school level: 2015–16 and 2017–18 |
| Table 10.1. (Digest Table 230.40) |
Percentage of students ages 12–18 who reported being bullied at school during the school year, by selected student and school characteristics: Selected years, 2005 through 2017 |
| Table 10.2. (Digest Table 230.45) |
Percentage of students ages 12–18 who reported being bullied at school during the school year, by type of bullying and selected student and school characteristics: Selected years, 2005 through 2017 |
| Table 10.3. (Digest Table 230.50) |
Percentage of students ages 12–18 who reported being bullied at school during the school year and, among bullied students, percentage who reported being bullied in various locations, by selected student and school characteristics: 2017 |
| Table 10.4. (Digest Table 230.60) |
Among students ages 12–18 who reported being bullied at school during the school year, percentage reporting various frequencies of bullying and the notification of an adult at school, by selected student and school characteristics: 2017 |
| Table 10.5. (Digest Table 230.52) |
Among students ages 12–18 who reported being bullied at school during the school year, percentage reporting that bullying had varying degrees of negative effect on various aspects of their life, by aspect of life affected and selected student and school characteristics: 2017 |
| Table 10.6. (Digest Table 230.53) |
Among students ages 12–18 who reported being bullied at school during the school year, percentage reporting that bullying was related to specific characteristics, by type of characteristic related to bullying and other selected student and school characteristics: 2017 |
| Table 10.7. (Digest Table 230.55) |
Percentage of students in grades 9–12 who reported having been electronically bullied during the previous 12 months, by selected student and school characteristics: 2011 through 2017 |
| Table 10.8. (Digest Table 230.62) |
Percentage of public school students in grades 9–12 who reported having been bullied on school property or electronically bullied during the previous 12 months, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 2009 through 2017 |
| Table 11.1. (Digest Table 602.93) |
Percentage of lower secondary teachers in public schools who reported being able to manage various aspects of student behavior "quite a bit" or "a lot," by country or other education system: 2018 |
| Table 11.2. (Digest Table 230.94) |
Percentage of lower secondary teachers in public schools who reported being able to manage various aspects of student behavior "quite a bit" or "a lot," by selected teacher and school characteristics: 2018 |
| Table 12.1. (Digest Table 231.10) |
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 location and selected student characteristics: Selected years, 1993 through 2017 |
| Table 12.2. (Digest Table 231.20) |
Percentage distribution of students in grades 9–12, by number of times they reported having been in a physical fight anywhere or on school property during the previous 12 months and selected student characteristics: 2017 |
| Table 12.3. (Digest Table 231.30) |
Percentage of public school students in grades 9–12 who reported having been in a physical fight at least one time during the previous 12 months, by location and state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 2005 through 2017 |
| Table 13.1. (Digest Table 231.40) |
Percentage of students in grades 9–12 who reported carrying a weapon at least 1 day during the previous 30 days, by location and selected student characteristics: Selected years, 1993 through 2017 |
| Table 13.2. (Digest Table 231.50) |
Percentage distribution of students in grades 9–12, by number of days they reported carrying a weapon anywhere or on school property during the previous 30 days and selected student characteristics: 2017 |
| Table 13.3. (Digest Table 231.60) |
Percentage of public school students in grades 9–12 who reported carrying a weapon at least 1 day during the previous 30 days, by location and state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 2005 through 2017 |
| Table 13.4. (Digest Table 231.65) |
Total number of public school students who brought firearms to or possessed firearms at school and number of students who did this per 100,000 students enrolled, by state or jurisdiction: 2009–10 through 2017–18 |
| Table 13.5. (Digest Table 231.70) |
Percentage of students ages 12–18 who reported having access to a loaded gun, without adult permission, at school or away from school during the school year, by selected student and school characteristics: Selected years, 2007 through 2017 |
| Table 14.1. (Digest Table 232.10 ) |
Percentage of students in grades 9–12 who reported using alcohol at least 1 day during the previous 30 days, by location and selected student characteristics: Selected years, 1993 through 2017 |
| Table 14.2. (Digest Table 232.20) |
Percentage distribution of students in grades 9–12, by number of days they reported using alcohol anywhere or on school property during the previous 30 days and selected student characteristics: Selected years, 2011 through 2017 |
| Table 14.3. (Digest Table 232.30) |
Percentage of public school students in grades 9–12 who reported using alcohol at least 1 day during the previous 30 days, by location and state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 2005 through 2017 |
| Table 15.1. (Digest Table 232.40) |
Percentage of students in grades 9–12 who reported using marijuana at least one time during the previous 30 days, by location and selected student characteristics: Selected years, 1993 through 2017 |
| Table 15.2. (Digest Table 232.50) |
Percentage distribution of students in grades 9–12, by number of times they reported using marijuana anywhere or on school property during the previous 30 days and selected student characteristics: Selected years, 2011 through 2017 |
| Table 15.3. (Digest Table 232.60) |
Percentage of public school students in grades 9–12 who reported using marijuana at least one time during the previous 30 days, by location and state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 2005 through 2017 |
| Table 15.4. (Digest Table 232.70) |
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 selected student characteristics: Selected years, 1993 through 2017 |
| Table 15.5. (Digest Table 232.80) |
Percentage of public school students in grades 9–12 who reported that illegal drugs were made available to them on school property during the previous 12 months, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 2003 through 2017 |
| Table 16.1. (Digest Table 230.70) |
Percentage of students ages 12–18 who reported being afraid of attack or harm, by location and selected student and school characteristics: Selected years, 1995 through 2017 |
| Table 17.1. (Digest Table 230.80) |
Percentage of students ages 12–18 who reported avoiding one or more places in school or avoiding school activities or classes because of fear of attack or harm, by selected student or school characteristics: Selected years, 1995 through 2017 |
| Table 18.1. (Digest Table 233.10) |
Number and percentage of public schools that took a serious disciplinary action in response to specific offenses, number and percentage distribution of serious actions taken, and number of students involved in specific offenses, by type of offense and type of action: Selected years, 1999–2000 through 2017–18 |
| Table 18.2. (Digest Table 233.12) |
Percentage of public schools that took a serious disciplinary action in response to specific offenses, by type of offense and selected school characteristics: 2017–18 |
| Table 19.1. (Digest Table 233.50) |
Percentage of public schools with various safety and security measures: Selected years, 1999–2000 through 2017–18 |
| Table 19.2. (Digest Table 233.60) |
Percentage of public schools with various safety and security measures, by selected school characteristics: 2017–18 |
| Table 19.3. (Digest Table 233.65) |
Percentage of public schools with a written plan for procedures to be performed in selected scenarios and percentage that have drilled students on the use of selected emergency procedures, by selected school characteristics: Selected years, 2003–04 through 2017–18 |
| Table 19.4. (Digest Table 233.70) |
Percentage of public schools with security staff present at least once a week, and percentage with security staff routinely carrying a firearm, by selected school characteristics: 2005–06 through 2017–18 |
| Table 19.5. (Digest Table 233.67b) |
Percentage of public schools providing training for classroom teachers or aides in specific safety and discipline topics, by safety and discipline training topic and selected school characteristics: 2017–18 |
| Table 20.1. (Digest Table 233.80) |
Percentage of students ages 12–18 who reported various security measures at school: Selected years, 1999 through 2017 |
| Table 21.1. (Digest Table 329.10) |
On-campus crimes, arrests, and referrals for disciplinary action at degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by location of incident, control and level of institution, and type of incident: Selected years, 2001 through 2017 |
| Table 21.2. (Digest Table 329.20) |
On-campus crimes, arrests, and referrals for disciplinary action per 10,000 full-time-equivalent (FTE) students at degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by whether institution has residence halls, control and level of institution, and type of incident: Selected year, 2001 through 2017 |
| Table 22.1. (Digest Table 329.30) |
On-campus hate crimes at degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by level and control of institution, type of crime, and category of bias motivating the crime: Selected years, 2010 through 2017 |