Table 228.12.

Number of casualties from shootings at public and private elementary and secondary schools, number of school shootings, and number of schools with shootings, by type of casualty and level of school: 2000-01 through 2020-21

School year	Number of casualties from shootings			Number of school shootings, by type of casualty				Number of schools with shootings, by level of school1
	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	Other2
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Total, 2000-01     through 2020-21	1,323	433	890	1,045	324	459	262	237	125	604	35
2000-01	47	18	29	30	16	7	7	4	3	23	0
2001-02	18	5	13	17	5	8	4	2	1	14	0
2002-03	29	13	16	24	12	7	5	2	6	16	0
2003-04	45	16	29	34	12	16	6	5	3	26	0
2004-05	63	22	41	44	12	27	5	9	1	32	2
2005-06	55	13	42	51	12	30	9	5	6	39	0
2006-07	91	28	63	64	21	35	8	9	12	42	1
2007-08	23	10	13	16	8	6	2	2	2	11	1
2008-09	61	19	42	52	19	22	11	11	6	31	4
2009-10	15	5	10	15	5	6	4	1	2	12	0
2010-11	32	8	24	18	7	10	1	4	2	12	0
2011-12	21	9	12	16	6	8	2	3	3	9	1
2012-13	55	42	13	26	14	8	4	7	5	13	1
2013-14	55	19	36	46	15	22	9	7	3	32	4
2014-15	65	20	45	43	15	20	8	13	4	24	2
2015-16	45	9	36	38	8	19	11	7	4	25	2
2016-17	60	13	47	47	12	26	9	8	8	31	0
2017-18	185	52	133	89	22	37	30	14	8	64	3
2018-19	116	34	82	115	33	45	37	35	14	60	4
2019-20	124	32	92	114	27	50	37	32	11	69	2
2020-21	118	46	72	146	43	50	53	59	21	57	8

1 Schools that had multiple shootings in a single year are counted only once in that year's total, and schools that had shootings in multiple years are counted only once in the total across years.

2 Includes schools for which school-level information was unknown or unspecified as well as those whose school level was "other."

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). Deaths and injuries include both shooters and victims. 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 and 2020-21 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 16, 2021, from https://www.chds.us/ssdb/. (This table was prepared September 2021.)