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Not a day has gone by in the past 10 years without a shooting within 500 yards of a K-12 school in the U.S.Last year, on average, 31 shootings occurred daily — either within or just outside of schoolyard bounds, new data shows.There were about 11,500 shooting incidents last year within 500 yards of a school, according to a Get the Facts Data Team analysis of data provided by the Gun Violence Data Hub.Those shootings impacted schoolchildren at more than 10,000 different K-12 schools across the U.S. That’s about 8% of schools, including both public and private, nationwide. Over the past decade, about 26% of K-12 schools have had at least one shooting nearby.Search your local schools on our mapTo see if any shootings have occurred at schools in your area, the Get the Facts Data Team has compiled a searchable database of all shootings since 2015. Search a school’s name in the box below to see a map of any shootings nearby. Data may take some time to load.Shooting records are from the Gun Violence Archive, which tracks gun violence across the U.S. using media, law enforcement and government reports. While it is one of the most complete databases of gun violence in the U.S., it may miss some incidents or imprecisely report their locations.Additionally, schools can be renamed or moved over time. School names are based on the latest U.S. Department of Education data, but because there is no standard on how names are formatted, you may have to try a couple of versions of your school’s name. Both public and private schools, excluding online schools, were included. Not all private schools are in the data, so the shooting totals are likely undercounts, according to the Gun Violence Data Hub.School-adjacent shootings follow broader gun violence trendsThe number of annual school-adjacent shootings has been declining since it spiked in 2020 and 2021. This follows similar national trends in overall gun violence and homicides.Still, in 2025, about 4,500 people were killed by gunfire within 500 yards of a school. That includes suicides and any suspects who were killed.In the past decade, schools in Chicago, Illinois, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, had some of the most shooting incidents. One school in Chicago, for example — Genevieve Melody STEM Elementary School — has had nearly 400 shootings within 500 yards of the school in the past decade. While urban areas have the largest share of school-adjacent shootings, these types of shootings occur in rural areas as well.To see more information about shootings in your area, search for your school’s name below.PHNjcmlwdCB0eXBlPSJ0ZXh0L2phdmFzY3JpcHQiPiFmdW5jdGlvbigpeyJ1c2Ugc3RyaWN0Ijt3aW5kb3cuYWRkRXZlbnRMaXN0ZW5lcigibWVzc2FnZSIsKGZ1bmN0aW9uKGUpe2lmKHZvaWQgMCE9PWUuZGF0YVsiZGF0YXdyYXBwZXItaGVpZ2h0Il0pe3ZhciB0PWRvY3VtZW50LnF1ZXJ5U2VsZWN0b3JBbGwoImlmcmFtZSIpO2Zvcih2YXIgYSBpbiBlLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdKWZvcih2YXIgcj0wO3I8dC5sZW5ndGg7cisrKXtpZih0W3JdLmNvbnRlbnRXaW5kb3c9PT1lLnNvdXJjZSl0W3JdLnN0eWxlLmhlaWdodD1lLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdW2FdKyJweCJ9fX0pKX0oKTs8L3NjcmlwdD4=
Not a day has gone by in the past 10 years without a shooting within 500 yards of a K-12 school in the U.S.
Last year, on average, 31 shootings occurred daily — either within or just outside of schoolyard bounds, new data shows.
There were about 11,500 shooting incidents last year within 500 yards of a school, according to a Get the Facts Data Team analysis of data provided by the Gun Violence Data Hub.
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Those shootings impacted schoolchildren at more than 10,000 different K-12 schools across the U.S. That’s about 8% of schools, including both public and private, nationwide.
Over the past decade, about 26% of K-12 schools have had at least one shooting nearby.
Search your local schools on our map
To see if any shootings have occurred at schools in your area, the Get the Facts Data Team has compiled a searchable database of all shootings since 2015.
Search a school’s name in the box below to see a map of any shootings nearby. Data may take some time to load.
Shooting records are from the Gun Violence Archive, which tracks gun violence across the U.S. using media, law enforcement and government reports. While it is one of the most complete databases of gun violence in the U.S., it may miss some incidents or imprecisely report their locations.
Additionally, schools can be renamed or moved over time. School names are based on the latest U.S. Department of Education data, but because there is no standard on how names are formatted, you may have to try a couple of versions of your school’s name.
Both public and private schools, excluding online schools, were included. Not all private schools are in the data, so the shooting totals are likely undercounts, according to the Gun Violence Data Hub.
School-adjacent shootings follow broader gun violence trends
The number of annual school-adjacent shootings has been declining since it spiked in 2020 and 2021. This follows similar national trends in overall gun violence and homicides.
Still, in 2025, about 4,500 people were killed by gunfire within 500 yards of a school. That includes suicides and any suspects who were killed.
In the past decade, schools in Chicago, Illinois, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, had some of the most shooting incidents.
One school in Chicago, for example — Genevieve Melody STEM Elementary School — has had nearly 400 shootings within 500 yards of the school in the past decade.
While urban areas have the largest share of school-adjacent shootings, these types of shootings occur in rural areas as well.
To see more information about shootings in your area, search for your school’s name below.
