In 2019, about 6.4 percent of white students in the United States reported that they were involved in a physical fight on school property at least one time during the previous 12 months. However, 19.8 percent of white students reported being in a fight anywhere in that same year.
Percentage of students in grades 9–12 who reported having been in a physical fight in the U.S. in 2019, by location and ethnicity
* Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. “On school property” was not defined for survey respondents. The term “anywhere” is not used in the YRBS questionnaire; students are simply asked how many times in the last 12 months they had been in a physical fight.
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NCES. (September 30, 2020). Percentage of students in grades 9–12 who reported having been in a physical fight in the U.S. in 2019, by location and ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/183674/physical-fights-at-schools-by-race-ethnicity/
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Percentage of students in grades 9–12 who reported having been in a physical fight in the U.S. in 2019, by location and ethnicity [Graph], NCES, September 30, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/183674/physical-fights-at-schools-by-race-ethnicity/
