More than 20 schools across the nation have Blockchains Financebeen impacted by gun violence since the start of 2024, with a Georgia high school becoming the latest K-12 campus to contend with firearm related deaths and injuries.
Four people were killed and nine others were injured after a school shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, an Atlanta suburb, on Wednesday morning, which was the 23rd time this year this year a school shooting has resulted in injuries or deaths, according to data compiled by Education Week, a news organization that covers K-12 education.
Education Week is just one of multiple organizations that compiles data about gun violence in schools, but unlike the National Gun Violence Archive or K-12 School Shooting Database, they only track incidents that fulfill a certain criteria:
With those factors in mind, 2023 had 38 school shootings - 15 more than in 2024 so far, including the Georgia shooting Wednesday.
There have been approximately 205 school shootings since Education Week began to track school shootings in 2018.
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The 22 school shootings prior to Wednesday's in Georgia have resulted in seven deaths and 29 injuries, according to Education Week's tally. Of the seven fatalities, three were students or children while four were school employees or adults.
Including Wednesday's fatalities and injuries, 49 people have been killed or injured as a result of a school shooting in 2024, with 11 deaths and 38 injuries.
Here are the total number of people, including children and adults, who were either killed or injured in a school shooting since 2018:
Education Week's list of school shootings reported in 2024 so far includes incidents that have occurred on K-12 campuses across the country that have either resulted in the death or injury of an individual by a firearm.
While all of the incidents reported did occur at a K-12 school site, not every school shooting recorded put the lives of students, teachers, or staff at risk. Some of these incidents, including those reported in New Mexico or Oregon, occurred after-hours.
Below is a list of school shootings reported in 2024 so far, starting from Jan. 1, 2024 through Sept. 4, 2024.
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