Fact 1

2004-2005: 39 school associated deaths. Another 158 additional non-death shootings and other incidents of high-profile violence, including stabbings and riots, occurred nationwide this school year.

2003-2004: 49 school associated deaths; 68 additional non-death shootings

2002-2003: 16 school associated deaths

2001-2002: 17 school deaths

Fact 2
Homicide and suicide are responsible for approximately one fourth of deaths among persons aged 10--24 years in the United States.

Fact 3
Male students were more likely than female students to report violent victimization at school.

Fact 4
Black students were more likely to report having experienced any form of victimization than were White and Hispanic students.

Fact 5
High school girls are more likely than boys to consider (23.6% versus 14.2%) and attempt (11.2% versus 6.2%) suicide.

Fact 6
71% of thirteen- to fourteen-year-olds say sexual violence or other physical is a “very” or “somewhat” big concern for their peers and themselves.

Fact 7
Over 80% of victimizations that occurred at school to 12-through 18-year-olds were not reported to the police.

Fact 8
Student reports of experiencing bullying at school were similar regardless of the presence of security measures such as security guards, staff hallway monitors, and metal detectors at the school.

Fact 9
Of the 3,657 expulsions for bringing a firearm to school, 48% were students in high school, 28% were students in junior high, and 24% were elementary school students.

Fact 10
Two-thirds of young people have been teased or gossiped about in a mean way at least once in the past month and one-forth have had this experience five times or more.

Fact 11
46% of students in large high schools and thirty-four percent in small high schools say they have seen "serious fights" at their high school at least monthly since they have been there.

Fact 12

87% of teens said the major reason for school shootings is to "get back at those who have hurt them."

Fact 13
Teenagers are 2 times more likely than others to be victims of violent crime.

Fact 14
Approximately 1 in 3 high school students say that their school has a serious problem with school bullies.

Fact 15
In large schools (1,500 students or more) 41% of parents say "too many students bully and harass other students" in their school, while only 27% of small schools (500 students or fewer) share their point of view.

Fact 16
Overall, Hispanic male and female and black male and female students were significantly more likely than white students to have missed school because they felt unsafe.

Fact 17
82% percent of students felt that students could work out problems without fighting.

Sources

• Fact 1: The National School Safety and Security Services reports the following school related violent deaths per school year http://www.schoolsecurity.org/trends/school_violence.html
• Fact 2: (Centers for Disease Control, 2004) http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5329a1.htm
• Fact 3: (The Condition of Education, 2003, National Center for Education Statistics, 2003) http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2003/2003067.pdf
• Fact 4: (The Condition of Education, 2003, National Center for Education Statistics, 2003) http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2003/2003067.pdf
• Fact 5: (The Formative Years: Pathways to Substance Abuse Among Girls and Young Women Ages 8- 22, The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, 2003) http://www.casacolumbia.org/absolutenm/templates/articles.asp?articleid=336&zoneid=31
• Fact 6: (National Survey of Adolescents and Young Adults: Sexual Health, Knowledge, Attitudes, and Experiences, The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2003) http://www.kff.org/youthhivstds/3218-index.cfm
• Fact 7: (National Center for Education Statistics, 2002) http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2002/2002331.pdf
• Fact 8: (National Center for Education Statistics, 2002) http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2002/2002331.pdf
• Fact 9: (Report on State / Territory Implementation of the Gun-Free Schools Act, U.S. Department of Education, 2002) http://www.ed.gov/about/reports/annual/gfsa/GFSA2000-2001.pdf
• Fact 10: (Youth & Violence: Students Speak Out For A More Civil Society, The Colorado Trust and Families and Work Institute, 2002) http://www.familiesandwork.org
• Fact 11: (Sizing Things Up: What Parents, Teachers, and Students Think About Large and Small High Schools, Public Agenda, 2002) http://www.publicagenda.org/specials/smallschools/smallschools.htm
• Fact 12: (Lethal Violence In Schools, Alfred University, 2001) http://www.alfred.edu/teenviolence/shootings.html
• Fact 13: (Our Vulnerable Teenagers: Their Victimization, Its Consequences, and Directions for Prevention and Intervention, National Council on Crime and Delinquency and the National Center for Victims of Crime, 2002) http://www.ncvc.org/teens/
• Fact 14: (Sizing Things Up: What Parents, Teachers, and Students Think About Large and Small High Schools, Public Agenda, 2002) http://www.publicagenda.org/specials/smallschools/smallschools.htm
• Fact 15: (Sizing Things Up: What Parents, Teachers, and Students Think About Large and Small High Schools , Public Agenda, 2002) http://www.publicagenda.org/specials/smallschools/smallschools.htm
• Fact 16: (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2002) http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5104a1.htm
• Fact 17: ("Urban and Elementary School Students' Perceptions of Fighting Behavior and Concerns for Personal Safety", Journal of School Health, American of School Health Association, 2002) http://www.ashaweb.org/