A line chart shows the number of K-12 school shooting incidents from 1970 through Dec. 20, 2023 with the number of incidents climbing in recent years.
Updated as of Jan. 7, 2025, at 3:30 p.m. ET. The K-12 School Shooting Database defines school shootings as any time a gun is fired or brandished with intent or when a bullet hits school property, regardless of the number of victims, time, day or reason.
Chart: Kara Arundel and Jasmine Ye Han/K-12 DiveSource: K-12 School Shooting DatabaseGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper