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

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Student or school characteristic	20051			2007			2009			2011			2013			2015			2017
1	2			3			4			5			6			7			8
Total	28.5		(0.70)	31.7		(0.74)	28.0		(0.83)	27.8		(0.76)	21.5		(0.66)	20.8		(0.99)	20.2		(0.71)
Sex
Male	27.5		(0.90)	30.3		(0.96)	26.6		(1.04)	24.5		(0.91)	19.5		(0.81)	18.8		(1.31)	16.7		(0.87)
Female	29.7		(0.85)	33.2		(0.99)	29.5		(1.08)	31.4		(0.99)	23.7		(0.98)	22.8		(1.39)	23.8		(1.01)
Race/ethnicity
White	30.3		(0.85)	34.1		(0.97)	29.3		(1.03)	31.5		(1.07)	23.7		(0.93)	21.6		(1.43)	22.8		(1.02)
Black	29.2		(2.23)	30.4		(2.18)	29.1		(2.29)	27.2		(1.97)	20.3		(1.81)	24.7		(3.29)	22.9		(1.98)
Hispanic	22.3		(1.29)	27.3		(1.53)	25.5		(1.71)	21.9		(1.07)	19.2		(1.30)	17.2		(1.58)	15.7		(1.12)
Asian/Pacific Islander	20.8		(2.61)	17.2		(2.47)	17.8		(2.79)	13.8		(2.48)	9.3		(1.67)	19.4		(4.45)	7.3		(1.54)
Asian	20.9		2.7	18.1		(2.60)	17.3		(3.01)	14.9		(2.70)	9.2		(1.67)	15.6		(4.02)	7.3		(1.56)
Pacific Islander	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
American Indian/Alaska Native	‡		(†)	29.8		(7.40)	‡		(†)	21.1	!	(6.72)	24.3	!	(9.87)	‡		(†)	27.2		(5.93)
Two or more races	34.6		(4.44)	38.2		(3.95)	27.3		(5.56)	26.9		(4.30)	27.6		(4.50)	17.7		(3.96)	23.2		(3.03)
Grade
6th	37.0		(2.06)	42.7		(2.23)	39.4		(2.60)	37.0		(2.17)	27.8		(2.31)	31.0		(3.53)	29.5		(2.79)
7th	35.1		(1.70)	35.6		(1.78)	33.1		(1.87)	30.3		(1.64)	26.4		(1.65)	25.1		(2.48)	24.4		(1.60)
8th	31.3		(1.60)	36.9		(1.84)	31.7		(1.85)	30.7		(1.68)	21.7		(1.42)	22.2		(2.41)	25.3		(1.69)
9th	28.3		(1.59)	30.6		(1.72)	28.0		(1.90)	26.5		(1.66)	23.0		(1.42)	19.0		(2.11)	19.3		(1.52)
10th	25.1		(1.42)	27.7		(1.44)	26.6		(1.71)	28.0		(1.56)	19.5		(1.48)	21.2		(2.13)	18.9		(1.67)
11th	23.5		(1.62)	28.5		(1.48)	21.1		(1.69)	23.8		(1.72)	20.0		(1.50)	15.8		(2.24)	14.7		(1.45)
12th	20.8		(1.83)	23.0		(1.60)	20.4		(1.63)	22.0		(1.34)	14.1		(1.51)	14.9		(2.18)	12.2		(1.34)
Urbanicity2
Urban	26.2		(1.32)	30.7		(1.36)	27.4		(1.25)	24.8		(1.28)	20.7		(1.10)	21.5		(1.84)	18.3		(1.32)
Suburban	29.4		(0.80)	31.2		(1.07)	27.5		(1.06)	29.0		(1.07)	22.0		(0.90)	21.1		(1.22)	19.7		(0.80)
Rural	29.5		(1.97)	35.2		(1.73)	30.7		(1.99)	29.7		(1.82)	21.4		(1.86)	18.2		(2.86)	26.7		(2.13)
Control of school3
Public	29.0		(0.74)	32.0		(0.76)	28.8		(0.88)	28.4		(0.82)	21.5		(0.67)	21.1		(1.06)	20.6		(0.73)
Private	23.3		(2.16)	29.1		(2.10)	18.9		(2.16)	21.5		(1.91)	22.4		(2.71)	16.1		(3.40)	16.0		(2.39)

†Not applicable.

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

‡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 In 2005, 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 2005 are comparable to those for 2007 and later years.

2 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)." These data by metropolitan status were based on the location of households and differ from those published in Student Reports of Bullying: Results from the 2015 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey, which were based on the urban-centric measure of the location of the school that the child attended.

3 Control of school as reported by the respondent. These data differ from those based on a matching of the respondent-reported school name to the Common Core of Data's Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey or the Private School Survey, as reported in Student Reports of Bullying: Results from the 2015 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey.

NOTE: "At school" includes in the school building, on school property, on a school bus, and going to and from school. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. 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, selected years, 2005 through 2017. (This table was prepared September 2018.)