BULLYING STATISTICS

9% of bullying happens in the bathroom or the locker room 

22% of the bullying takes place in the cafeteria 

28% of students in the United States say that they experience bullying in grades 6-12

70.4% of staff have seen bullying in school 

​90% of teens who report being cyberbullied have also been bullied offline 

Name-calling is involved in 44% of bullying situations 

Only about 20-30% of students actually notify an adult when they are being bullied 

20% of bullying happens by the lockers 

1 in 6 is the number of children in grades 6-10 who say that they are bullied sometimes more than once a week 

1 in 7 students in grades K-12 are either a victim of bullying or they are a bully

Bullying occurs every 7 minutes on a school playground and every 25 minutes in a classroom 

20.2% of students are bullied on school property

Over 32 million students are victims of bullying each year 

1 out of every 10 students who drop out of school is due to repeated bullying 

Approximately 160,000 teens skip school every day because of bullying 

19% of the bullying takes place outside on the school grounds 

34% of the bullying in the classroom 

15.5% of high school students are cyberbullied 

41% of people witness bullying once a week or more 

42% of bullying that happens at school takes place in the hallway 

10% of bullying happens on the school bus 

12% of students are the subject of a rumor 

57% of the bullying stops when peers get involved 

70.6% of young people say that they have seen bullying in school 

62% of people in school have witnessed bullying two or more times in a month 

More than one out of every 5 students report being bullied 

In one large study, about 49% of children in grades 4-12 reported being bullied by other students at school at least once in the last month  

20% of students in the United States say that they are bullied in grades 9-12 

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