U.S. public schools - discipline problems 2020

This graph shows the percentage of public schools in the United States with common discipline problems in the school year 2019-2020. In that year, 15.9 percent of public schools in the United States reported cyberbullying while 3.8 percent reported racial or ethnic tensions among their students.

Percentage of U.S. public schools with selected discipline problems in the 2019-2020 school year

Characteristic	Share of public schools
Student cyberbullying	15.9%
Student acts of disrespect for teachers other than verbal abuse	15.3%
Student bullying	14.6%
Student verbal abuse of teachers	9.8%
Widespread disorder in classroom	4.1%
Student racial/ethnic tensions	3.8%
Sexual harassment of other students	1.6%
Student harassment of other students based on sexual orientation or gender identity	1.5%

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June 2022

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United States

Survey time period

2019-2020

Supplementary notes

Responses were provided by the principal or the person most knowledgeable about crime and safety issues at the school.
“At school” was defined for respondents to include 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 respond only for those times that were during normal school hours or when school activities or events were in session, unless the survey specified otherwise.

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