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Table 229.70.Number of hate crimes occurring at public schools, percentage of schools reporting any hate crimes, and percentage reporting hate crimes motivated by specific types of bias, by school level: Selected school years, 2015-16 through 2021-22
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Type of bias2015-162017-182019-202021-22
Total, all public schools1School levelTotal, all public schools1School levelTotal, all public schools1School levelTotal, all public schools1School level
ElementaryMiddle Secondary/ High ElementaryMiddle Secondary/ High ElementaryMiddle Secondary/ High ElementaryMiddle Secondary/ High
1234567891011121314151617
Number of hate crimes
  Total, all hate crimes3,200(950)‡(†)‡(†)1,400(400)5,700!(1,800)‡(†)1,600(320)1,100(260)5,700!(1,810)‡(†)1,400(300)1,800(420)8,200(1,600)‡(†)2,900(580)2,500(380)

Percent of schools reporting 
   hate crimes















































  Total, any hate crimes21.0(0.20)‡(†)1.6!(0.52)3.1(0.68)1.9(0.28)0.7!(0.29)4.3(0.62)3.7(0.63)2.3(0.25)1.1!(0.39)4.2(0.69)4.6(0.68)3.5(0.44)1.7!(0.55)6.2(0.82)6.7(0.84)
  Hate crimes motivated by 
     bias against a specific
     characteristic3















































    Race or color0.6(0.17)‡(†)0.7!(0.26)2.0(0.54)1.6(0.25)0.7!(0.29)3.3(0.59)2.6(0.49)1.7(0.25)0.8!(0.35)3.0(0.63)3.5(0.61)2.9(0.41)1.5!(0.52)5.1(0.70)5.7(0.80)
    National origin or 
       ethnicity 
0.3
!
(0.09)
‡

(†)
0.6
!
(0.26)
0.9
!
(0.26)
0.9

(0.21)
0.6
!
(0.27)
1.7

(0.37)
1.4

(0.35)
1.1

(0.20)
‡

(†)
2.0

(0.54)
2.0

(0.45)
1.5

(0.29)
0.9
!
(0.45)
2.2

(0.51)
2.7

(0.47)
    Sex 0.1!(0.05)‡(†)‡(†)0.4!(0.22)0.4!(0.15)‡(†)0.5!(0.25)0.6!(0.21)0.4(0.12)‡(†)0.8!(0.31)0.9(0.28)1.0(0.26)‡(†)1.5!(0.46)1.5(0.40)
    Religion ‡(†)‡(†)‡(†)‡(†)0.4(0.12)‡(†)1.0!(0.32)0.5!(0.18)0.5(0.13)‡(†)0.9!(0.29)0.8!(0.27)0.3(0.08)‡(†)0.7!(0.25)0.8!(0.31)
    Disability ‡(†)‡(†)‡(†)‡(†)0.3!(0.10)‡(†)0.7!(0.27)‡(†)0.3!(0.11)‡(†)0.5!(0.25)0.5!(0.21)0.3!(0.13)‡(†)0.7!(0.27)0.5!(0.22)
    Sexual orientation4 0.3(0.08)‡(†)0.5!(0.23)1.1(0.33)0.6(0.14)‡(†)1.3(0.32)1.2(0.27)0.7(0.15)‡(†)1.1(0.32)1.6(0.43)1.1(0.19)‡(†)2.4(0.53)2.5(0.53)
    Gender identity5 0.2!(0.08)‡(†)‡(†)0.5!(0.21)0.4(0.11)‡(†)0.8!(0.28)0.6(0.18)0.6(0.15)‡(†)1.1!(0.37)1.2!(0.36)0.9(0.15)‡(†)2.1(0.53)1.9(0.40)
†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.
1Total includes data for combined/other schools, which are not shown separately because they did not meet reporting standards. Combined/other schools include those with all combinations of grades (including K-12 schools) that do not correspond to the definition of specific school levels presented in this table. Total includes data for elementary schools, although some data in the Elementary columns are suppressed due to reporting standards not being met.
2Each school that reported one or more hate crimes is counted only once, even if the school reported multiple hate crimes and hate crimes motivated by multiple types of bias.
3Schools that reported hate crimes motivated by multiple types of bias are counted separately under each type of bias reported.
4Sexual orientation was defined as "one's emotional or physical attraction to the same and/or opposite sex."
5Gender identity was defined as "one's inner sense of one's own gender, which may or may not match the sex assigned at birth."
NOTE: A hate crime was defined as a "committed criminal offense that is motivated, in whole or in part, by the offender's bias(es) against a race, national origin or ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender, or gender identity." Hate crimes are also known as bias crimes. "At school" was defined as including activities that happen in school buildings, on school grounds, on school buses, and at places that hold school-sponsored events or activities. Respondents were instructed to include incidents that occurred before, during, or after normal school hours or when school activities or events were in session.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2015-16, 2017-18, 2019-20, and 2021-22 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2022. (This table was prepared November 2023.)

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