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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: School years 2000-01 through 2021-22
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
Total 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 13
Total, 2000-01
   through 2021-22
1,676 515 1,161 1,375 382 591 402 1,305 320 162 777 46
2000-01 47 18 29 30 16 7 7 30 4 3 23 0
2001-02 18 5 13 17 5 8 4 17 2 1 14 0
2002-03 29 13 16 24 12 7 5 24 2 6 16 0
2003-04 45 16 29 34 12 16 6 34 5 3 26 0
2004-05 63 22 41 44 12 27 5 44 9 1 32 2

2005-06
55 13 42 51 12 30 9 50 5 6 39 0
2006-07 91 28 63 64 21 35 8 64 9 12 42 1
2007-08 23 10 13 16 8 6 2 16 2 2 11 1
2008-09 61 19 42 52 19 22 11 52 11 6 31 4
2009-10 15 5 10 15 5 6 4 15 1 2 12 0

2010-11
32 8 24 18 7 10 1 18 4 2 12 0
2011-12 21 9 12 16 6 8 2 16 3 3 9 1
2012-13 55 42 13 26 14 8 4 26 7 5 13 1
2013-14 55 19 36 46 15 22 9 46 7 3 32 4
2014-15 65 20 45 43 15 20 8 43 13 4 24 2

2015-16
45 9 36 38 8 19 11 38 7 4 25 2
2016-17 61 14 47 48 13 26 9 48 8 9 31 0
2017-18 185 52 133 89 22 37 30 89 14 8 64 3
2018-19 116 34 82 115 33 45 37 113 35 14 60 4
2019-20 126 32 94 116 27 51 38 116 33 11 70 2
2020-21 118 46 72 146 43 50 53 145 59 21 57 8
2021-22 350 81 269 327 57 131 139 319 82 37 189 11
1Schools 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.
2Includes 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 adjustments made to the learning mode (in-person, remote, or hybrid) during the coronavirus pandemic, caution should be used when comparing data since 2019-20 with those 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, School Shooting Safety Compendium, internal data files. (This table was prepared September 2022.)

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