Study by the U.S. Department of Justice and the National Association of School Psychologists

• Every day 100,000 children take guns to school. Each day 6,250 teachers are threatened and 260 teachers are assaulted. Some 14,000 young people are attacked on school property every day.
• 160,000 children miss school daily because they are afraid of someone or something.
• In 75% of violence in U.S. schools, someone other than the attacker knew it was going to happen.
• Domestic violence is the most unreported crime in the U.S.
• 70% of all sexual assaults go unreported.

Indicators of School Crime and Safety (2003) Study.

• 29% of all students in grades 9-12 say drugs were made available to them on school property.
• In 2001, 17% of students in grades 9-12 say they carried a weapon somewhere, and 6% say they carried a weapon on school property.
• In 1999-2000 an estimated 1.5 million violent incidents occurred in public elementary and secondary schools.
• 71% of public schools experienced one or more violent incidents…but only 36% of schools reported these incidents to the police.