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Table 231.70.Percentage of students ages 12-18 who reported having access to a loaded gun, without adult permission, at school or away from school during the school year, by selected student and school characteristics: Selected school years, 2006-07 through 2021-22
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Student or school characteristic 2006-07 2008-09 2010-11 2012-13 2014-15 2016-17 2018-19 2021-22
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
     Total  6.7 (0.40) 5.5 (0.47) 4.7 (0.43) 3.7 (0.38) 4.2 (0.48) 3.4   (0.29) 4.1   (0.42) 2.7   (0.25)

Sex























 

  Male  8.4 (0.56) 7.6 (0.72) 5.6 (0.59) 3.9 (0.56) 5.3 (0.63) 4.0   (0.43) 5.1   (0.75) 3.0   (0.36)
  Female  5.0 (0.47) 3.4 (0.44) 3.6 (0.44) 3.4 (0.35) 3.1 (0.50) 2.7   (0.33) 3.2   (0.36) 2.3   (0.39)

Race/ethnicity























 

  American Indian/
     Alaska Native 


 

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(†)


 

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9.6

!

(4.35)


 

(†)


 

(†)
  Asian/Pacific Islander    (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†) 2.4 ! (0.86) 1.6 ! (0.76)
    Asian    (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†) 1.2 ! (0.58) 1.8 ! (0.81)
    Pacific Islander    (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
  Black  6.2   (0.98) 3.9   (0.92) 4.1   (0.86) 3.4   (0.78) 3.3   (0.79) 4.1   (0.82) 3.1   (0.84) 5.2   (1.33)
  Hispanic  4.8   (0.79) 4.9   (0.90) 4.1   (0.89) 3.0   (0.71) 2.8   (0.65) 1.7   (0.40) 3.6   (0.64) 1.6   (0.39)
  White  7.7   (0.55) 6.4   (0.60) 5.3   (0.50) 4.2   (0.45) 5.2   (0.67) 4.2   (0.41) 4.6   (0.62) 2.6   (0.36)
  Two or more races  9.7   (2.67) 5.2 ! (2.44)   (†) 4.5 ! (2.03) 5.9 ! (2.27) 3.4 ! (1.69) 9.0 ! (3.38) 3.4 ! (1.52)

Grade























 

  6th  2.4 (0.64) 0.8 ! (0.40) 2.0 ! (0.89) (†) 1.7 ! (0.65)   (†)   (†)   (†)
  7th  2.6 (0.56) 3.6 (0.84) 3.0 (0.63) 2.0 (0.50) 3.0 (0.66) 1.1 ! (0.33) 2.7   (0.73)   (†)
  8th  3.2 (0.63) 3.2 (0.63) 2.9 (0.60) 2.4 (0.62) 2.6 (0.58) 2.2   (0.49) 2.6   (0.63) 2.0   (0.59)
  9th  6.8 (0.98) 4.4 (0.80) 4.0 (0.75) 3.3 (0.80) 3.3 (0.72) 3.5   (0.81) 4.6   (0.85) 2.5   (0.61)
  10th  9.2 (1.13) 7.3 (1.02) 5.3 (0.70) 4.7 (0.80) 4.7 (1.07) 4.0   (0.81) 5.1   (0.88) 4.1   (0.83)
  11th  9.9 (1.00) 7.6 (1.16) 6.4 (1.06) 5.9 (0.99) 6.4 (1.10) 4.8   (0.82) 5.0   (1.00) 3.5   (0.84)
  12th  12.3 (1.33) 9.8 (1.44) 8.2 (1.06) 5.8 (0.99) 7.3 (1.08) 5.8   (0.88) 6.8   (1.05) 4.8   (0.92)

School locale1























 

  City  --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 3.2   (0.67) 2.6   (0.44) 3.3   (0.58) 2.4   (0.50)
  Suburban --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 5.0   (0.90) 3.2   (0.42) 3.1   (0.41) 2.4   (0.42)
  Town --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 5.6   (1.21) 5.5   (1.28) 8.8   (2.25) 3.5 ! (1.04)
  Rural --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 3.9   (0.80) 4.4   (0.63) 5.2   (0.75) 3.5   (0.59)

Control of school1,2























 

  Public  6.9 (0.44) 5.8 (0.49) 4.8 (0.42) 3.7 (0.40) 4.4   (0.53) 3.6   (0.31) 4.4   (0.47) 2.9   (0.30)
  Private  4.5 (0.88) 2.3 ! (0.83) 3.2 ! (0.98) 3.6 (1.01) 2.7 ! (0.80) 2.3 ! (0.81) 1.3 ! (0.58) 1.1 ! (0.52)
---Not available.
†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.
1Excludes students with missing information about the school characteristic.
2Data for 2013 and prior years were based on school information provided by the respondent. Beginning in 2015, data were based on school information collected in the Common Core of Data and the Private School Universe Survey, which was appended to the School Crime Supplement data file; therefore, these data may not be entirely comparable with figures for earlier years.
NOTE: Excludes students who received any homeschooling education during the school year. In 2022, also excludes students who only attended virtual public or private schools. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey, 2007 through 2022. (This table was prepared September 2023.)

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