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Table 2.  Percentage of students ages 12–18 who reported being bullied during school, and among those students, the percentage who reported being bullied with repetition and/or a power imbalance, by selected school characteristics: School year 2021–22  
   
      Among students who reported being bullied during school, percentage reporting they were:  
School characteristics Bullied   Bullied without
repetition or power imbalance 		  Bullied with
repetition or power
imbalance (not both)		   Bullied with
repetition and
power imbalance		  
Total 19.2   10.1   22.9   66.6  
Region                
Northeast 22.1   9.0 ! 23.8   65.9  
Midwest 22.1   6.4   20.8   72.8  
South 17.3   9.5   26.1   64.3  
West 19.3   11.9   19.9   67.5  
Sector                
Public 20.0   9.5   22.4   67.6  
Private1 14.5   ‡   32.3   63.8  
Catholic 15.2   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Other religious 15.8   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Nonsectarian 16.6   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Locale                
City 19.0   8.5   24.7   66.8  
Suburb 16.8   10.2   22.4   66.8  
Town 23.4   11.4   24.1   64.6  
Rural 23.8   7.5 ! 21.3   70.5  
Level2                
Elementary 23.6   10.4 ! 25.1   64.5  
Middle 26.3   9.3   18.0   72.0  
Secondary or High 15.7   11.7   25.4   62.5  
Other 15.6   ‡   37.3   61.4  
Enrollment size                
Less than 300 students 26.6   7.6 ! 22.1   70.2  
300–599 23.3   6.4 ! 16.6   76.1  
600–999 21.0   9.7   24.3   66.0  
1,000–1,499 18.3   10.9   22.7   65.2  
1,500–1,999 14.5   14.3 ! 23.0   62.5  
2,000 or more students 14.2   8.3 ! 30.0   61.6  
Student to full-time-equivalent (FTE) teacher ratio                
Less than 13 students 21.2   9.2   22.5   67.6  
13 to less than 16 students 21.3   9.1   23.7   66.8  
16 to less than 20 students 18.8   11.4   19.0   69.4  
20 or more students 17.0   7.3 ! 24.3   67.6  
Percent of students of color enrolled3                
Less than 5 percent 26.0   ‡   ‡   ‡  
5 to less than 20 percent 24.7   8.8   14.7   76.0  
20 to less than 50 percent 19.9   9.4   22.2   67.5  
50 percent or more 16.9   9.9   26.4   63.6  
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch4                
0 to less than 20 percent 20.8   11.7 ! 16.9   70.2  
20 to less than 50 percent 21.8   9.9   24.6   65.0  
50 percent or more 17.7   9.2   23.6   67.1  
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is 30–50 percent of the estimate's value.
‡ Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.
1 Total for private schools includes Catholic schools, other religious schools, nonsectarian schools, and schools with no religious affiliation data reported.
2 The School Crime Supplement sample includes students ages 12–18 who were enrolled in grades 6–12. Elementary schools are predominantly composed of students in grades K-5. Therefore, comparisons between elementary and other school levels should be made with caution. The “Secondary or High” level combines the “Secondary” and “High” school levels as defined in the 2020–21 Common Core of Data (CCD; NCES, 2022), which together are predominantly composed of students in grades 9–12. School level is based on student-reported data when student-reported school could not be matched to the 2020–21 CCD.
3 Students of color include those who are American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black, Hispanic or Latino, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and of two or more races.
4 Data on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility are only available for public schools.
NOTE: Data include only students who reported being enrolled in grades 6–12 and not receiving any of their education through homeschooling during the school year. "Bullied" includes students who reported that another student made fun of them, called them names, or insulted them in a hurtful way; spread rumors about them or tried to make others dislike them; purposely shared their private information, photos, or videos in a hurtful way; threatened them with harm; pushed, shoved, tripped, or spit on them; tried to make them do things they did not want to do, for example, giving them money or other things; excluded them from activities, social media, or other communications on purpose to hurt them; or destroyed their property on purpose. “During school” includes interactions in the school building; on school property; on the school bus; going to and from school; and using the phone, internet, or social media during the 2021–22 school year. “Repetition” includes students who reported being bullied more than one day or more than once in a day, as well as students who thought the bullying would happen again. “Power imbalance” includes students who reported being bullied by someone who had more power or strength (e.g., someone bigger, more popular, with more money, more influence, or more power in any other way) as well as students who reported being bullied by multiple students acting as a team or acting both alone and as a team. Data on school characteristics were not available for 9.0 percent of all students who did not match to a school in the CCD or the Private School Universe Survey (PSS) data. Details may not sum to totals because of rounding and/or missing data.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey, 2022.

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