At the start of 2018, Education Week began keeping count of school shootings in which people were injured or killed. Incidents we count involve the discharge of a firearm, occur on K-12 school property or on a school bus or vehicle, and take place while school is in session or during a school-sponsored event. We do not count suicides and self-inflicted injuries. We do not track incidents in which the only shots fired were from a person authorized to carry a gun and who did so in their official capacity. Of the 35 people who died this year, 27 were killed in the mass shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., and Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas.
For the most recent data on school shootings, click here.
2018 TOTALS
WHERE THE SHOOTINGS HAPPENED
School shootings happened in communities all over the United States in schools and districts of varying sizes. Most were not mass shootings like what took place in Parkland, Fla., and Santa Fe, Texas. How shootings of all sizes affect students and staff who aren’t injured or killed—through exposure to trauma—is often overlooked.
Size of the dots correlates to the number of victims. Click on each dot for more information.
TIMES AND PLACES INCIDENTS OCCURRED
Schools are sometimes responsible for the safety of students outside the traditional school day and outside the school building, such as during sporting events.
ABOUT THE 25 SUSPECTS
Because school shooters are often students, safety experts recommend that schools invest in prevention efforts, not just hardening security.
THOSE KILLED IN SCHOOL SHOOTINGS IN 2018
Thirty-five people died in school shootings in 2018. Of those, all but eight were killed in two mass shootings: the Feb. 14 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., and the May 18 rampage at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas. The youngest people killed were 14 years old. The oldest victim was 64.
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