Bullying Prevention Awareness 15 How often does bullying occur in school? Probably more often than you realize. And research points to just that. The National Center for Education Statistics and the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have published statistics that illustrate bullying’s pervasiveness: One in every five students (20%) of ages 12-18 has experienced bullying. Females (24%) slightly more frequently report being the target than males (17%). 41% of student victims to bullying reported that they thought it would happen again. Among different ethnicities, African-American students and Caucasian students report being bullied at school at the same rate (23%), while Asian students report being bullied at a lower rate (7%). According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, as of 2016, 33% of students who reported being bullied in school indicated that they experienced it at least once or twice during the school year. As of 2019, roughly 22% of students of ages 12 to 18 reported facing bullying during the school year. And while it’s a positive that this percentage has dropped, we still need to look at the incessant problem which affects students every day. Comparitech surveyed over 1,000 parents with children older than age 5 from around 2018 to 2022. Their findings confirm that bullying remains widespread among adolescents, teenagers, and young adults, with the largest percentage of reports coming from parents with children of ages 14-18. INVESTIGATING BULLYING AT SCHOOL Image by gpointstudio - freepik.com
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