Table 1. Percentage of students ages 12 through 18 who reported being bullied at school, by bullying components and selected student characteristics: School year 2016

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Table 1. Percentage of students ages 12 through 18 who reported being bullied at school, by bullying components and selected student characteristics: School year 2016–17

	Estimated number of students	Bullied	Among students who reported being bullied at school, percent reporting they were:
Student characteristic	Estimated number of students	Bullied	Bullied without power imbalance or repetition		Bullied with repetition or power imbalance (not both)		Bullied with repetition and power imbalance
All students	24,650,000	20.2	7.4		25.5		67.1

Sex
Male	12,540,000	16.7	9.2		29.4		61.3
Female	12,110,000	23.8	6.1		22.6		71.2

Race/ethnicity^¹
White, not Hispanic or Latino	12,988,000	22.8	6.7		23.4		70.0
Black, not Hispanic or Latino	3,357,000	22.9	7.8	!	29.2		62.9
Hispanic or Latino	5,946,000	15.7	9.1		28.4		62.5
Asian, not Hispanic or Latino	1,446,000	7.3	‡		19.0	!	71.9
All other races, not Hispanic or Latino	912,000	23.3	8.7	!	31.7		59.6

Grade²
6th	2,101,000	29.5	7.3	!	17.0		75.6
7th	3,835,000	24.4	6.0		22.6		71.5
8th	4,105,000	25.3	9.4		33.9		56.7
9th	3,740,000	19.3	7.3		25.1		67.6
10th	3,789,000	18.9	9.5		25.3		65.3
11th	3,574,000	14.7	4.6	!	21.2		74.2
12th	3,507,000	12.2	6.4	!	30.2		63.4

Household income
Less than $7,500	661,000	26.2	8.6	!	14.6	!	76.7
$7,500–14,999	1,185,000	26.6	4.6	!	21.5		73.9
$15,000–24,999	2,361,000	22.4	12.9		32.2		54.9
$25,000–34,999	2,468,000	21.0	3.5	!	31.5		64.9
$35,000–49,999	3,583,000	16.6	7.9	!	20.3		71.8
$50,000 or more	14,392,000	19.8	7.3		25.3		67.4
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is 30 to 50 percent of the estimate's value.
‡ Reporting standards not met. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 50 percent or more of the estimate's value.
¹ Respondents who identified themselves as being of Hispanic or Latino origin were classified as “Hispanic or Latino,” regardless of their race. “Black, not Hispanic or Latino” includes African Americans. “All other races, not Hispanic or Latino” includes Native Hawaiians or Other Pacific Islanders, American Indians or Alaska Natives, and respondents of Two or more races (3.7 percent of all respondents).
² The School Crime Supplement sample includes students ages 12 through 18 and, therefore, might not be representative of students in 6th grade. Comparisons between students in 6th grade and those in other grades should be made with caution.
NOTE: Tabular data include only students who reported being enrolled in grades 6 through 12 and not receiving any of their education through homeschooling during the school year reported. "Bullied" includes students who reported being made fun of, called names, or insulted; being the subject of rumors; being threatened with harm; being pushed, shoved, tripped, or spit on; being pressured into doing things they did not want to do; being excluded from activities on purpose; and having property destroyed on purpose. "At school" includes the school building, school property, school bus, or going to and from school. "Repetition" includes students who reported being bullied more than one day or more than once in a day, as well as students who thought the bullying would happen again. "Power imbalance" includes students who reported being bullied by someone who had more power or strength (e.g., someone bigger, more popular, with more money, influence, or more power in any other way) as well as students who reported being bullied by multiple students acting as a team, or acting both alone and as a team. The inclusion of students who reported being bullied by multiple students acting as a team, or acting both alone and as a team, as part of the definition of "power imbalance" is new for the 2017 data and differs from any tables or reports including power imbalance estimates using the 2015 SCS data. Therefore, caution should be used when comparing to the 2015 estimates. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and missing data. Total student population and bullied is based on respondents for whom data on bullying are available. Population estimates for student characteristics are based on the 2017 School Crime Supplement for all respondents for whom data on bullying are available (98.5 percent of students). Population estimate based on the 2017 SCS for all students meeting the age, grade, and school criteria is 25,023,000.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey, 2017.

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