Table 228.14.

Number of school shootings at public and private elementary and secondary schools, by location and time period: 2000-01 through 2019-20

School year	Location										Time period
	Classroom	Hallway	Elsewhere inside the school building1	Beside or in front of school building2	Playground	Football field, basketball court, or general field	Parking lot	Off school property	School bus	Other3	Class	Lunch	Dismissal	Other time period4
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Total, 2000-01     through 2019-20	98	58	127	165	20	97	235	15	32	39	262	52	74	498
2000-01	8	2	6	4	0	1	9	0	0	0	7	6	1	16
2001-02	3	3	3	4	1	0	2	0	1	0	7	2	2	6
2002-03	4	3	6	4	0	0	4	0	0	2	10	2	1	10
2003-04	7	1	4	8	1	4	7	0	0	2	17	2	1	14
2004-05	5	5	5	11	1	1	14	0	1	1	12	1	11	20
2005-06	6	7	8	9	1	3	13	0	3	1	14	4	5	28
2006-07	9	6	9	12	1	7	12	0	2	6	21	4	5	34
2007-08	5	1	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	3	8	1	1	6
2008-09	7	2	10	11	2	6	9	0	2	3	14	1	3	34
2009-10	1	1	3	5	1	1	2	0	1	0	5	1	1	8
2010-11	2	2	4	4	1	3	1	0	1	0	4	4	1	9
2011-12	0	3	3	2	0	2	6	0	0	0	4	1	2	9
2012-13	6	3	4	5	0	1	4	0	0	2	13	0	0	12
2013-14	2	0	6	12	1	8	12	2	2	1	12	3	6	25
2014-15	1	4	6	9	1	5	13	0	1	2	11	2	1	28
2015-16	4	1	5	6	0	3	16	0	1	2	6	5	3	24
2016-17	2	0	8	5	1	6	17	0	2	3	12	2	5	25
2017-18	15	7	16	8	0	10	25	3	2	1	34	4	5	44
2018-19	7	6	14	19	3	16	28	6	5	8	33	4	9	66
2019-20	4	1	5	25	5	19	40	4	7	2	18	3	11	80

1 Includes auditoriums, bathrooms, cafeterias, entryways, gyms, offices, and other locations inside the school building.

2 Includes courtyards.

3 Includes both inside and outside on school property, outside on school property, and other locations outside school.

4 Includes after school, before school, in the evening, at night, not a school day, school events, the start of school, sport events, and unknown time periods.

NOTE: "School shootings" include all incidents in which a gun is brandished or fired or a bullet hits school property for any reason, regardless of the number of victims (including zero), time, day of the week, or reason (e.g., planned attack, accidental, domestic violence, gang-related). 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/2020/09/CHDS-K12-SSDB-Research-Methods-Sept-2020.pdf). Due to school closures caused by the coronavirus pandemic, caution should be used when comparing 2019-20 data with data from earlier years. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Defense, Naval Postgraduate School, Center for Homeland Defense and Security, K-12 School Shooting Database, retrieved September 28, 2020, from https://www.chds.us/ssdb/. (This table was prepared October 2020.)