As of December 9, 314 school shooting incidents were recorded in K-12 schools in the United States in 2024. Within the provided time period, the greatest number of K-12 school shootings was recorded in 2023, at 349.
The source defines a school shooting as every time a gun is brandished, fired, or a bullet hits school property for any reason, regardless of the number of victims (including zero), time, day or the week, or reason, including gang shootings, domestic violence, shootings at sports games and after hours school events, suicides, fights that escalate into shootings, and accidents.
Number of incidents where a gun is fired, brandished, or a bullet hits school property, regardless of the number of victims, time, day, or reason in K-12 schools in the United States from 1999 to December 2024*
*As of December 9, 2024. The source defines a school shooting as every time a gun is brandished, fired, or a bullet hits school property for any reason, regardless of the number of victims (including zero), time, day or the week, or reason, including gang shootings, domestic violence, shootings at sports games and after hours school events, suicides, fights that escalate into shootings, and accidents. Data may differ based on what definition is used.
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K-12 School Shooting Database. (December 9, 2024). Number of incidents where a gun is fired, brandished, or a bullet hits school property, regardless of the number of victims, time, day, or reason in K-12 schools in the United States from 1999 to December 2024* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1463594/number-of-k-12-school-shootings-us/
K-12 School Shooting Database. "Number of incidents where a gun is fired, brandished, or a bullet hits school property, regardless of the number of victims, time, day, or reason in K-12 schools in the United States from 1999 to December 2024*." Chart. December 9, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1463594/number-of-k-12-school-shootings-us/
K-12 School Shooting Database. (2024). Number of incidents where a gun is fired, brandished, or a bullet hits school property, regardless of the number of victims, time, day, or reason in K-12 schools in the United States from 1999 to December 2024*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1463594/number-of-k-12-school-shootings-us/
K-12 School Shooting Database. "Number of Incidents Where a Gun Is Fired, Brandished, or a Bullet Hits School Property, Regardless of The Number of Victims, Time, Day, or Reason in K-12 Schools in The United States from 1999 to December 2024*." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Dec 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1463594/number-of-k-12-school-shootings-us/
K-12 School Shooting Database, Number of incidents where a gun is fired, brandished, or a bullet hits school property, regardless of the number of victims, time, day, or reason in K-12 schools in the United States from 1999 to December 2024* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1463594/number-of-k-12-school-shootings-us/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Number of incidents where a gun is fired, brandished, or a bullet hits school property, regardless of the number of victims, time, day, or reason in K-12 schools in the United States from 1999 to December 2024* [Graph], K-12 School Shooting Database, December 9, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1463594/number-of-k-12-school-shootings-us/
