Last year marked the most violent for school shootings, with over 300 incidents recorded in 2022, according to the K-12 School Shooting Database. If recent trends continue, it’s likely that shootings in 2023 will outpace last year’s record, at about 400 total.
The RAND survey was administered during a window last year when about 17 shootings occurred at K-12 schools in 14 states.
It also came just months after the Uvalde massacre, which killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Texas.
