Seven Facts About School Bullying
- Over 3.2 million students are the victims of bullying each year
- About 160,000 teenagers will skip school every day as the result of bullying
- 1 in 7 students in grades K-12 is either a bully or a victim of bullying
- Over 50% of students have personally witnessed bullying at school
- Over 70% of students report incidents of bullying as a problem at their school
- Harassment and bullying have been linked to 75 percent of school-shooting incidents
- 1 out 10 students drop out of school because of repeated bullying
What is School Bullying?
School Bullying occurs in an educational setting. It can be physical, sexual, verbal, or emotional in nature. Physical bullying increases in both elementary and middle school, and transforms into verbal abuse in high school.
School bullying involves a real or perceived power imbalance.Technically, in order to be considered bullying, the behavior must be repeated (or potentially repeated) and aggressive, and must include:
- A difference in power: Kids who bully use their physical strength or popularity to control or harm others.
- Repetition: happening more than once or have the potential to happen more than once.
