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

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Student or school characteristic	19991			20011			20031			20051			2007			2009			2011			2013			2015			2017
1	2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11
Hate-related words
Total	13.3		(0.53)	12.3		(0.47)	11.8		(0.47)	11.2		(0.50)	9.7		(0.43)	8.7		(0.52)	9.1		(0.48)	6.6		(0.40)	7.2		(0.43)	6.4		(0.34)
Sex
Male	12.4		(0.66)	12.9		(0.65)	12.1		(0.61)	11.7		(0.68)	9.9		(0.61)	8.5		(0.62)	9.0		(0.60)	6.6		(0.51)	7.8		(0.58)	6.0		(0.41)
Female	14.4		(0.71)	11.8		(0.52)	11.4		(0.64)	10.7		(0.64)	9.6		(0.57)	8.9		(0.72)	9.1		(0.68)	6.7		(0.53)	6.7		(0.61)	6.9		(0.50)
Race/ethnicity2
White	12.6		(0.68)	12.0		(0.58)	11.0		(0.57)	10.4		(0.60)	8.9		(0.50)	7.2		(0.59)	8.3		(0.60)	5.3		(0.43)	6.3		(0.60)	6.1		(0.48)
Black	16.6		(1.17)	14.1		(1.10)	14.3		(1.13)	15.0		(1.49)	11.4		(1.35)	11.1		(1.35)	10.7		(1.30)	7.8		(1.20)	9.4		(1.07)	7.4		(1.03)
Hispanic	12.1		(1.08)	11.1		(1.15)	11.4		(0.96)	10.5		(1.15)	10.6		(1.18)	11.2		(1.13)	9.8		(0.98)	7.4		(0.84)	6.5		(0.78)	6.3		(0.74)
Asian/Pacific Islander	13.9		(1.98)	13.0		(2.07)	11.4		(2.06)	10.7		(2.45)	10.5		(1.91)	10.9		(2.61)	9.6		(1.92)	9.8		(2.02)	11.2		(2.28)	4.7		(1.21)
Asian	—		(†)	—		(†)	11.4		(2.17)	11.0		(2.57)	11.1		(1.97)	10.7		(2.81)	9.0		(2.00)	10.3		(2.19)	10.8		(2.39)	4.8		(1.24)
Pacific Islander	—		(†)	—		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
American Indian/    Alaska Native	28.5		(6.62)	17.4	!	(7.96)	18.6	!	(5.92)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Two or more races	—		(†)	—		(†)	19.4		(4.92)	10.6	!	(3.79)	11.7		(3.34)	9.8	!	(3.24)	11.1		(2.89)	13.5		(3.19)	8.5		(2.34)	11.4		(2.50)
Grade
6th	13.1		(1.36)	12.2		(1.26)	11.9		(1.32)	11.1		(1.58)	12.1		(1.54)	8.3		(1.39)	9.0		(1.43)	6.7		(1.33)	10.1		(1.58)	6.7		(1.20)
7th	15.8		(1.14)	14.2		(1.13)	12.5		(1.05)	13.1		(1.16)	10.7		(1.02)	9.6		(1.22)	9.9		(1.02)	7.5		(0.89)	7.0		(1.03)	7.3		(0.95)
8th	16.1		(1.00)	13.0		(1.07)	12.9		(0.92)	11.2		(1.04)	11.0		(1.19)	10.9		(1.22)	8.4		(0.94)	7.4		(1.01)	9.2		(1.11)	7.0		(0.89)
9th	13.3		(0.91)	12.2		(1.00)	13.5		(1.24)	12.8		(1.12)	10.9		(1.08)	8.0		(1.09)	10.2		(1.10)	6.6		(0.94)	7.4		(0.89)	8.2		(1.07)
10th	11.9		(1.10)	13.2		(0.95)	11.7		(1.13)	10.9		(1.04)	9.0		(0.99)	9.7		(1.18)	9.6		(1.14)	6.4		(0.97)	6.5		(0.94)	6.3		(0.86)
11th	10.6		(1.04)	12.7		(1.13)	8.3		(0.97)	9.0		(1.17)	8.6		(1.01)	8.4		(1.14)	8.7		(1.01)	7.5		(1.01)	6.0		(0.97)	4.7		(0.90)
12th	11.8		(1.27)	8.0		(0.88)	10.9		(1.27)	9.7		(1.35)	6.0		(0.98)	5.8		(0.96)	7.5		(1.01)	4.1		(0.78)	5.4		(0.99)	4.6		(0.82)
Urbanicity3
Urban	14.2		(0.79)	12.0		(0.74)	13.3		(0.83)	12.2		(0.86)	9.7		(0.83)	9.9		(0.93)	8.0		(0.77)	7.2		(0.76)	6.5		(0.68)	6.8		(0.65)
Suburban	13.3		(0.53)	12.5		(0.63)	10.8		(0.59)	9.4		(0.52)	9.3		(0.62)	8.3		(0.64)	9.8		(0.71)	6.6		(0.50)	8.3		(0.62)	6.3		(0.45)
Rural	12.2		(1.76)	12.4		(1.11)	12.3		(1.35)	15.5		(1.74)	11.0		(1.07)	8.1		(1.37)	8.5		(1.00)	5.7		(0.80)	4.9		(0.85)	6.2		(0.99)
Control of school
Public	13.9		(0.56)	12.7		(0.51)	11.9		(0.49)	11.6		(0.53)	10.1		(0.46)	8.9		(0.54)	9.3		(0.50)	6.6		(0.41)	7.6		(0.45)	6.6		(0.35)
Private	8.2		(1.05)	8.2		(1.13)	9.8		(1.14)	6.8		(1.18)	6.1		(1.25)	6.6		(1.62)	6.9		(1.29)	6.7		(1.41)	2.8	!	(0.96)	3.8		(1.00)
Hate-related graffiti
Total	36.6		(0.95)	36.0		(0.76)	36.9		(0.83)	38.4		(0.83)	35.0		(0.89)	29.2		(0.96)	28.4		(0.88)	24.6		(0.88)	27.2		(0.98)	23.2		(0.83)
Sex
Male	34.0		(1.06)	35.4		(0.91)	35.6		(0.97)	37.7		(1.10)	34.5		(1.12)	29.0		(1.26)	28.6		(1.11)	24.1		(1.11)	26.3		(1.20)	22.6		(1.11)
Female	39.3		(1.14)	36.6		(0.94)	38.2		(1.07)	39.1		(0.93)	35.5		(1.11)	29.3		(1.09)	28.1		(1.07)	25.1		(1.05)	28.1		(1.25)	23.8		(0.99)
Race/ethnicity2
White	36.8		(1.21)	36.5		(0.96)	35.8		(0.86)	38.5		(0.96)	35.6		(1.05)	28.3		(1.10)	28.2		(1.19)	23.7		(1.20)	28.6		(1.42)	24.0		(1.09)
Black	38.0		(1.74)	34.0		(1.56)	38.7		(1.99)	37.9		(2.29)	33.7		(2.37)	29.0		(2.44)	28.1		(1.90)	26.3		(2.10)	24.9		(1.92)	24.8		(1.94)
Hispanic	35.8		(1.48)	35.6		(1.88)	40.9		(2.24)	38.0		(1.78)	34.9		(1.79)	32.2		(1.61)	29.1		(1.33)	25.6		(1.52)	26.7		(1.48)	21.0		(1.48)
Asian/Pacific Islander	30.9		(2.49)	33.5		(3.23)	27.7		(3.58)	34.5		(3.64)	28.5		(3.05)	29.9		(3.56)	29.8		(4.35)	20.8		(3.07)	19.5		(2.37)	15.2		(2.71)
Asian	—		(†)	—		(†)	26.8		(3.68)	34.7		(3.76)	28.2		(3.01)	31.2		(3.59)	29.9		(4.56)	20.8		(3.22)	17.5		(2.62)	14.6		(2.64)
Pacific Islander	—		(†)	—		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
American Indian/    Alaska Native	47.1		(7.97)	31.5		(5.28)	35.9	!	(13.33)	‡		(†)	27.3		(7.87)	‡		(†)	16.8	!	(6.61)	22.0	!	(8.04)	‡		(†)	27.8	!	(11.39)
Two or more races	—		(†)	—		(†)	40.8		(4.91)	47.7		(5.81)	41.9		(4.25)	30.3		(5.19)	27.4		(4.27)	31.1		(4.39)	29.1		(4.24)	35.0		(4.39)
Grade
6th	30.7		(1.84)	35.2		(1.90)	36.1		(1.85)	34.0		(2.24)	35.6		(2.31)	28.1		(2.26)	25.9		(2.13)	21.9		(1.77)	30.0		(2.36)	20.6		(2.32)
7th	35.1		(1.42)	35.5		(1.38)	37.6		(1.43)	37.0		(1.63)	32.4		(1.52)	27.9		(1.88)	26.0		(1.70)	21.7		(1.49)	24.7		(1.77)	21.2		(1.51)
8th	35.9		(1.53)	37.2		(1.40)	35.1		(1.51)	35.7		(1.61)	33.5		(1.80)	30.8		(1.80)	25.9		(1.55)	24.0		(1.80)	27.2		(2.05)	22.4		(1.68)
9th	39.5		(1.56)	36.1		(1.56)	37.6		(1.52)	41.6		(1.64)	34.6		(1.77)	28.1		(1.83)	28.7		(1.69)	27.2		(1.74)	28.2		(1.88)	25.2		(1.49)
10th	39.3		(1.78)	36.8		(1.53)	41.4		(1.67)	40.7		(1.83)	36.5		(1.69)	31.0		(2.03)	33.3		(1.78)	26.0		(1.58)	28.6		(1.85)	27.0		(1.93)
11th	37.3		(1.75)	36.5		(1.76)	37.2		(1.76)	40.2		(1.70)	35.4		(1.81)	27.4		(2.01)	32.1		(1.70)	25.8		(2.03)	26.2		(1.72)	22.6		(1.74)
12th	35.8		(2.04)	33.5		(1.81)	32.6		(1.80)	37.8		(2.34)	37.7		(2.03)	30.4		(2.00)	25.7		(1.51)	24.2		(1.91)	26.1		(1.97)	22.2		(1.79)
Urbanicity3
Urban	37.4		(1.20)	36.3		(1.22)	39.2		(1.29)	40.9		(1.43)	34.6		(1.35)	31.1		(1.56)	27.5		(1.49)	27.8		(1.48)	26.4		(1.48)	23.6		(1.62)
Suburban	37.6		(1.12)	36.5		(0.89)	36.4		(1.15)	38.0		(1.02)	34.3		(1.03)	28.6		(1.15)	29.9		(1.08)	23.7		(1.11)	28.0		(1.09)	23.1		(0.98)
Rural	32.9		(2.61)	34.1		(2.58)	34.7		(1.99)	35.8		(2.40)	37.9		(3.06)	27.7		(2.43)	24.9		(2.25)	21.6		(2.71)	25.7		(3.50)	22.6		(2.27)
Control of school
Public	38.3		(0.98)	37.8		(0.81)	38.5		(0.90)	40.0		(0.87)	36.5		(0.93)	30.7		(1.01)	29.7		(0.95)	25.6		(0.94)	28.3		(1.04)	24.6		(0.88)
Private	20.8		(1.86)	17.3		(1.38)	19.8		(1.74)	18.6		(1.97)	18.5		(2.07)	11.8		(1.93)	13.4		(1.56)	12.6		(1.74)	11.5		(1.82)	6.4		(1.27)

—Not available.

†Not applicable.

!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.

1 In 2005 and prior years, the period covered by the survey question was “during the last 6 months,” whereas the period was “during this school year” beginning in 2007. Cognitive testing showed that estimates for earlier years are comparable to those for 2007 and later years.

2 Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Prior to 2003, separate data for Asian students, Pacific Islander students, and students of Two or more races were not collected.

3 Refers to the Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) status of the respondent's household as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Categories include "central city of an MSA (Urban)," "in MSA but not in central city (Suburban)," and "not MSA (Rural)."

NOTE: "At school" includes in the school building, on school property, on a school bus, and, from 2001 onward, going to and from school. "Hate-related" refers to derogatory terms used by others in reference to students' personal characteristics. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey, 1999 through 2017. (This table was prepared October 2018.)