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Table 228.12. Number of casualties from shootings at elementary and secondary schools and number of school shootings, by type of casualty and level of school: 2000-01 through 2018-19
School year Number of casualties
from shootings
Number of school shootings, by
type of casualty
Number of schools with shootings, by
level of school
Total Deaths Injuries Total Number
with
deaths
Number
with
injuries
only
Number
with no
casualties
Elementary
schools
Middle
or
junior
high
schools
High
schools or
other
schools
ending in
grade 12
Other
1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Total, 2000-01
     through 2018-19
1,024 346 678 733 240 334 159 135 88 488 22
2000-01 45 15 30 29 14 8 7 3 3 23 0
2001-02 18 5 13 17 5 8 4 2 1 14 0
2002-03 28 12 16 23 11 7 5 2 6 15 0
2003-04 45 15 30 34 12 16 6 5 3 26 0
2004-05 66 23 43 44 12 27 5 9 1 32 2

2005-06
55 12 43 51 12 30 9 5 6 40 0
2006-07 89 28 61 64 21 34 9 9 12 42 1
2007-08 21 10 11 15 8 5 2 1 2 11 1
2008-09 61 19 42 52 19 22 11 11 6 31 4
2009-10 15 4 11 15 4 7 4 1 2 12 0

2010-11
30 8 22 18 7 10 1 4 1 12 1
2011-12 18 7 11 12 4 7 1 3 3 6 0
2012-13 53 40 13 24 12 8 4 5 5 13 1
2013-14 54 19 35 45 15 21 9 6 3 32 4
2014-15 57 20 37 39 15 16 8 12 4 20 3

2015-16
41 8 33 35 7 19 9 7 4 23 1
2016-17 51 15 36 39 12 20 7 6 7 26 0
2017-18 176 56 120 78 21 32 25 13 7 57 1
2018-19 101 30 71 99 29 37 33 31 12 53 3
NOTE: "School shootings" include all incidents in which a gun is brandished or fired on school property or a bullet hits school property for any reason, regardless of the number of victims, time of day, or day of the week. (An instance of threatening or attempting to shoot can be included even if no shots were fired.) This table was created using a database that aims to compile information on school shootings from publicly available sources into a single comprehensive resource. For information on database methodology, see K-12 School Shooting Database: Research Methodology (https://www.chds.us/ssdb/resources/uploads/2018/10/Intro-and-Methodology-K-12-SSDB.pdf).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Defense, Naval Postgraduate School, Center for Homeland Defense and Security, K-12 School Shooting Database, retrieved September 4, 2019, from https://www.chds.us/ssdb/dataset/. (This table was prepared November 2019.)

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