STUDENTS, WEAPONS, AND SCHOOL BULLYING FACTS AND FIGURES

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16 percent of 15,686 students surveyed nationally in the sixth though 10th grades said they had been bullied in that school year.
Of the 16 percent, 6 percent admitted to bullying other students.
18 percent of students surveyed nationally said they had carried a weapon 30 days preceding the survey.
5.4 percent student said they had carried a gun in the 30 days preceding the survey.
6.4 percent of students said they had carried a weapon onto school property in the 30 preceding the survey.
In the 12 months preceding the survey, 7.9 percent of the students said they had been threatened or injured with a weapon on school property one or more times.
6 percent of students reported not going to school in the 30 days preceding the survey because they felt unsafe at school or traveling to and from school.
In 2003, students’ ages 12 to 18 years were victims of about 740,000 violent crimes.

Sources: Journal of the American Medical Association Study, April 2001; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Report; Bureau of Justice Statistics and National Center for Education Statistics, Indicators of School Crime and Safety Statistics, 2005.

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