Title: Bullying Statistics - National Bullying Prevention Center
Headings: Bullying statistics
Bullying statistics
Rates of Incidence
Effects of Bullying
Cyberbullying
Cyberbullying Among Tweens (9-12 Years Old)
Bullying of Students with Disabilities
Bullying of Students of Color
Bullying of Students Who Identify or Are Perceived as LGBTQ
Bullying and Suicide
Interventions
Bystanders
References:

Content: 13% were the subject of rumors; 5% were pushed, shoved, tripped, or spit on; and 5% were excluded from activities on purpose. ( National Center for Educational Statistics, 2019)
A slightly higher portion of female than of male students report being bullied at school (24% vs. 17%). ( National Center for Educational Statistics, 2019)
Bullied students reported that bullying occurred in the following places: the hallway or stairwell at school (43%), inside the classroom (42%), in the cafeteria (27%), outside on school grounds (22%), online or by text (15%), in the bathroom or locker room (12%), and on the school bus (8%). ( National Center for Educational Statistics, 2019)
46% of bullied students report notifying an adult at school about the incident. ( National Center for Educational Statistics, 2019)
School-based bullying prevention programs decrease bullying by up to 25%. ( McCallion & Feder, 2013)
The reasons for being bullied reported most often by students include physical appearance, race/ethnicity, gender, disability, religion, sexual orientation. ( National Center for Educational Statistics, 2019)
The federal government began collecting data on school bullying in 2005, when the prevalence of bullying was around 28 percent. (