Updates on Student Reports of Bullying 2021-22

 

The National Center for Education Statistics is releasing a new Web Tables Report, Student Reports of Bullying: Results From the 2022 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey. The tables in this report provide national-level estimates of bullying among students ages 12–18 enrolled in grades 6–12 in U.S. public and private schools. The tables show how bullying victimization varies by student and school characteristics such as sex, race/ethnicity, grade, household income, region, urbanicity, enrollment size, and school poverty. The tables also show how rates of bullying victimization vary by crime-related variables such as the presence of gangs, guns, drugs, alcohol, and hate-related graffiti at school; selected school security measures; student criminal victimization; personal fear of attack or harm; avoidance behaviors; fighting; and the carrying of weapons. Key findings include the following: During the 2021–2022 school year, among students ages 12–18 enrolled in grades 6–12 in U.S. public and private schools: Approximately 19 percent, or 4.8 million students, reported being bullied, including 17 percent of males and 22 percent of females. Bullying was reported by approximately 26 percent of middle school students and 16 percent of high school students. Among students who reported being bullied, approximately 14 percent of males and 28 percent of females reported being bullied online or by text. Approximately 12 percent, or 3.1 million students, reported that they were bullied repeatedly or expected the bullying to be repeated, and that the bullying was perpetrated by someone who was physically or socially more powerful than them and who was not a sibling or dating partner. Among students who reported being bullied with repetition, or expected repetition, by someone who was physically or socially more powerful than them and who wasn't a sibling or dating partner, approximately 38 percent reported negative feelings about themselves as a result of the bullying; 27 percent reported negative effects on their schoolwork, 24 percent reported negative effects on their relationships with family and friends; and 19 percent reported negative effects on their physical health. The tables in this report are based on data from the 2022 School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). The U.S. Census Bureau (Census) appended additional data from the 2020–21 Common Core of Data (CCD) and the 2019-20 Private School Universe Survey (PSS) to the SCS data to show the extent to which bullying victimization is reported by students in schools with different characteristics