School shootings in the U.S. as of September 2024, by victim count

Number of victims of school shootings in the United States between 1982 and September 2024

CharacteristicFatalitiesInjured
Virginia Tech massacre (Blacksburg, Virginia, 2007) 32 23
Sandy Hook Elementary massacre (Newtown, Connecticut, 2012) 27 2
Robb Elementary school massacre (Uvalde, Texas, 2022) 21 17
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting (Parkland, Florida, 2018) 17 17
Columbine High School massacre (Littleton, Colorado, 1999) 13 24
Santa Fe High School shooting (Santa Fe, Texas, 2018) 10 13
Red Lake massacre (Red Lake, Minnesota, 2005) 10 5
Umpqua Community College shooting (Roseburg, Oregon, 2015) 9 9
Oikos University killings (Oakland, California, 2012) 7 3
Stockton schoolyard shooting (Stockton, California, 1989) 6 29
Isla Vista mass murder (Santa Barbara, California, 2014) 6 13
Nashville religious school schooting (Nashville, Tennessee, 2023) 6 6
Amish school shooting (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 2006) 6 5
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December 2024

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1982 to September 4, 2024

Supplementary notes

Since 2013, the source defines a mass shooting as any single attack in a public place with three or more fatalities, in line with the definition by the FBI. Before 2013, a mass shooting was defined as any single attack in a public place with four or more fatalities.

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