Bullying Statistics
If anyone believes that bullying doesn’t take it’s toll on families, schools, and society take a look at the statistics below. Read through to the end and notice the cost for companies in dealing with this problem on the job. Who is paying for all of this? School districts now how to budget for bullying programs. That’s tax dollars that get spent just trying to make sure that people are treated with respect. Something we all should do freely, without the imposition of consequences.
- 60% of middle school students say that they have been bullied, while 16% of staff believe that students are bullied.
- 160,000 students stay home from school everyday due to bullying. (NEA)
- 30% of students who reported they had been bullied said they had at times brought weapons to school.
- A bully is 6 times more likely to be incarcerated by the age of 24.
- A bully is 5 times more likely to have a serious criminal record when he grows up.
- 2/3 of students who are targets become bullies.
- 20% of all children say they have been bullied.
- 20% of high school students say they have seriously considered suicide with the last 12 months.
- 25% of students say that teachers intervened in bullying incidents while 71% of teachers say they intervened.
- The average child has watched 8,000 televised murders and 100,000 acts of violence before finishing elementary school.
- In schools where there are bullying programs bullying is reduced by 50%.
12. Bullying was a factor in 2/3 of the 37 school shootings reviewed by the US Secret
Service.
13. According to the National Institute of Occupational Safety Health (NIOSH)
(Sauter, et al.,1990), there is a loss of employment amounting to $19 billion and a
drop in productivity of $3 billion due to workplace bullying.
14. Law enforcement costs related to bullying are enormous. Since 1999, the Office
on Violence against Women (OVW) has spent $98 million in assistance to
address campus sexual violence.
These statistics will help a lot with my project! The numbers are breathtaking.
Brittany I feel you. I’m doing a research paper and this is really gunna boost my audiences attention.
i have to do a documented essay on an opinion i feel is a problem, or is important to me. so i chose bullying. it is becoming an even bigger problem than it has ever been so these facts and statistics will help me a bunch. and i agree with you Brittany.
This is so scary when you think that you send your children to school thinking they will be safe, only to find out they are in more danger than before :( This will definitely help me in my English paper.
I agree with all three of you. This is scary, I too chose this as a research project for my college essay, but I did so becasue it striks very close to home. My son has been being bullied at school for some time. He just turned 11 on the 8th of Dec, but a few months ago tried to commit suicide becuase of it. I had tried to get the school to do something about what was going on and they kept saying I was over reacting. This stuff is way more serious than ppl think it is.
So Dedra what did you do? Because this is the problem I am having with this system, where do they draw the line between teasing and bullying? aren’t they the same thing? Too many of our children are being put in body bags because the school keeps telling parents that “they are over reacting, and that is normal behavior for kids that age” I am just sick of it!!!!
I believe that teasing and bullying are the same thing. I am still fighting at my son’s school. They are still refusing to see much of what is going on as bullying. About a week ago my son got suspended because he got so upset becasue the teachers kept telling him to ignore the other kids, that he shoved one boy and hit another. So the ones that did the bullying got away with it and he got into trouble. I have seen it with my own eyes on the playground at school, a child being pushed around by a bunch of bigger kids, and when he went for help from the teachers, they told him to ignore it. When I called the superintendent about it he got upset at me for even implying they were not doing anything about bullying. I am at a loss at what to do, not even the law enforcement in our town will do anything. I work with my son at home on what to do if someone is bullying him, and if the teachers won’t listen to call me, he has a cell phone for emergencies. I am trying to bring more awareness to the community as well.
I just finished reading so many websites and articles on how to help, address, and handle this matter. It is for my college English class and it bothers me what I found out. It is not taken seriously unfortunately, until a child dies, and even then it may just be looked at as teasing and kids being kids. My advise to you, do whatever you can to protect your child because it may result in you burying him. When researching for my paper, i found so many of these stories so emotional that I could not help being tearful. Our law makers needs to be pro active, and not wait for body bags to be filled with dead children for being bullied. Here in Massachusetts they passed a law called Phoebe’s Law because of the same bullying. The schools and parents alike needs to get involved or we are going to be in serious trouble. I wish you the best for you and your son. I know it must be painful as a parent to stand by and watch your child being bullied knowing that you have limited power to stop. it. Be strong and don’t give up, help will come. I just hope it is sooner than later.
Thank you for your kind words I too hope it is sooner than later. It is hard to do this paper, because it is so close to home, but I am learning some things too.
Wow! Reading these statistics are staggering! I was researching the topic because I am a motivational speaker at high schools. A few weeks ago I watched a story on the news that made me I’ll. A lovely, 10 year old girl hung herself because she was continuously bullied at school. She even told her mom about it and asked if she could be home-schooled because of it. Like most parents, the mom gave her survival skills to the best of her knowledge, unaware of the severity of the situation. I was devastated to learn that someone so young could make such a choice; and equally devastated that what was happening in her life went unnoticed. I am compelled to address this issue in schools because of it.
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these numbers are just stagering
I am writing a psychology paper on conformity and bullying. However, since it is academic research I cannot just use any statistics I find. I really need to know where they come from, but no website ever provides any reliable sources. Most of them quote Dan Olweus in a source from 1984 as if it is still recent. I really need to know this..
is this statistics for kentucky? we’re doing a project and need statistics for kentucky and we’re having trouble finding websites
This is a really difficult subject for me because i have been bullied practiaclly all of my life and it sucks! we are doing a paper on this in my english class and these statistics are really helpful.
Omg these numbers are breathtaking ima gunna use dem numbas in meh school projact and edumacate my peers
The 50% of bullying decreasing is not true in my school. in fact the bullying is worse probably the number is 10%
hey u all suck and i am right even though i didnt say anything about the story
aadavaki u should make a website
Happychicken, please be serious about the matter. Sorry guys, Happychicken is a goofy guy. Don’t listen to him. But I’m going to try and get into contact with some people who do care. Hopefully we can stop bullying, all of us.
To the person who put their name as “fat” before you educate you should learn English first.
What is the source for these stats?:
(1) 60% of middle school students say that they have been bullied, while 16% of staff believe that students are bullied.
(2) 2/3 of students who are targets become bullies.
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these statistics suck first of all the one about teen suicide doesnt even mention if the suicide thoughts are do to bullying for all i know there parnets are getting a divorce or they are strung out on meth
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I am going to my 14 year old daughters school today, for a meeting with the Superintendent of the school district. She has been bullied for two 1/2 years, and the teachers & principal(s) have considered it “over reacting” on her part. Last week, she contemplated suicide & is currently medicated and seeing a doctor. Thank God for the Angel on her shoulder that night, and the fact that she & I have a very strong relationship. These statistics are NOT WRONG, for all of the nay sayers. Braden Rudd, you need to check your facts.
thank you ! this will help a lot with my fccla anti bullying campaign service project for state championships!
Wow what I have read so far really makes me feel better. I have a daughter in 3rd grade who is being bullied and has been for at least 2 years now by 2 different girls. I just got back from school where I spoke with the principal (this is not the first time) and also my childs teacher. The teacher and principal claim that my daughter is over sensitive. I feel so powerless because I know that she feels they don’t believe her. She might feel powerless but I now know there are things I can do to help her and hopefully maybe even educate some of the people at her school also.
This is sad. I cannot believe what I just read, its crazy! But this makes me realize that bullying can’t really be stopped because its an ongoing situation that occurs more than once. I wish I could do something, but I don’t really know what more I can do…..
It breaks my heart to hear so many children dealibg with this problem. I too have a child who is in high school dealing with bullying. Unfortunately for her it started in elementary school with another mother. I didn’t realize it but she had been taunting my child and encouraging the other children to do the same. I was recently informed of this by many children who witnessed this first hand. My daughter is at the point of wanting to home school and I have considered it for her own sanity. It is a school problem but also a parenting problem. I’m at a loss and don’t know how to handle it. Telling your child these kids are immature and talking to the school is getting me no where with this. Something has to be done! I’d kick the ladies **** but what am I teaching my child and where would that get me!!
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This will really help the article i’m writing for my school newspaper! thanks!
wow this is extremely long. im doing a microsoft powerpoint on this and it’ll be awesome to have this.
I feel horrible for the people who suffer from bullying… god bless
Folks,
I just finished reading a book by Frank Peretti called, “The Wounded Spirit.” It tells his own story of being horribly bullied as a child, how he survived thrum the loving support of his parents and others, and what he wants us all to understand about this subject and what it will take to fight it. You can learn more about the book at woundedspirit.com. God bless and help us all.
I found this article because I was doing the same as many of you preparing for a college class. And like wise my issues with Bullying is my 13 yr son was physically bullied all year last year. Every time we would approach the principal for a resolution he could turn to my son and ask him what is part was. These same group of kids verbally attacked him in a public park. in the presents of his 4-h club. there was no provoking by him. Not once did any of these kids receive any disciplinary actions. I have since began to home-school my son as well as his 2 younger sisters. While There may be some success with bully programs, where I live falls in the statistics of happens more than the teacher tend to. thanks for all the great info and insight it will make for a great persuasive speech.
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Thanks for these statistics, they will help me when I start my Anti-Bullying Campaign at my school
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this will help with my project a lot! These numbers are unbelievable!
I am writing a paper on school bullying and this was exactly what I needed to make it a great paper!!!!
Heyy guys im doing this paper and this will actually help me – Cody. (:
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I think that anyone who bully’s should be killed in “accident”
I am the Father of my 7th grade daughter that is currently under seige. We just got home from Children’s Hospital because my daughter had to be taken by ambulance due to a significant change in her mental state. She passed out, then was very dizzy and then she would not speak or move. Pupils were dialated and pulse was uneven (per the EMT). This is the 2nd time at Children’s Hospital. The first time was because my daughter wanted to KILL HERSELF. This is a very REAL ISSUE. Please take the time to be a part of your childs life. Also, make sure to press the schools to confront this in a proactive way. Do not let the principal tell you that your child needs to deal with it and have coping mechanisms. The bullies need to be stopped. Teachers/Parents need to step up – NOW
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