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National School Threat Database & Resource Center

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National School Threat Database & Resource Center

As of September 30th 2024, across this nation, there have been 163 actual incidents of gunfire on school campuses, leading to 48 deaths and 108 injuries this year alone — and there are still three months to go. In all of 2023, there were 158 incidents and 45 deaths.

* Average # Of Students Affected By School Threats: 5,310,165

Data Tracking Start Date: September 23, 2024

October National Threat Summary Data Brief

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The Below List Is Not A Collective Of All Current Threats Being Tracked, But Reflects Recently Submitted Data & Special Tracking

CALL Center Calls Reported: 213

***Yellow Flag Currently Tracking*:

Binghamton City School District: NY

Moss Bluff Middle School, LA

Beaver River Central School, NY

Buffalo Academy for Visual/Performing Arts, NY (Gun/Arrest)

Yearling Middle School, FL (Arrest)

Warren Mott High School: MI

Chelmsford High School: MA

Baldwin High School: HI

Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools: NC

Glenbard East High School: IL

Bellaire High School: TX

Davison High School: MI

Ponus Ridge STEAM Academy, CT

D'iberville Middle School: MS

Salina Central High School, KS

Hough High School, NC

Fox Creek Junior High School, AZ

Davison High School, MI

Elmira City School District, NY

Long Cty Middle School, GA

Quincy Senior High School, IL

Sierra Middle School, NM

Ooltewah High School, TN

Bunkie High School, LA

Chaney Monge School, IL

Camp Pt Community Unit School District 3, IL

Lowell High School, MS

Parkway Elementary, TX

Highlands School District (All x2), PA

Farmdale Elementary School, CA

Superior High School, WI

Terrebonne High School, LA

Housel Middle School, WA

Superior High School, MO

Molalla River Schools, OR

Mayville Senior High School, WI

Newark Lab, NJ

Newark Collegiate, NJ

Central High School, NJ

Dixon R1 School District (ALL), MO

Pahrump Valley High School, NV

Piedra Vista High School, NM

Andrew Jackson Middle School

Bee Cave Middle School, TX (Arrest)

W-L High School, VA (Teacher Threat)

East Hampton Schools, CONN

Willis High School, TX (Gun)

School District of the City of York, PA

Marion Elementary School, WV (Gun)

Silver Sands Middle School, FL

Asbury High School, AL

Oakwood Intermediate School , TX

Prairie Grove, ARK (Gun/Arrest)

Mason City High School, IA

John M. Stumbo Elementary, KY

Cheney Middle School, ND

Liberty Middle School, ND

Holt Middle School, AK

JFK Middle School, TN

Custer Baker Intermediate School, IN

Snow Hill Elementary School, TN

Center Independent School District, TX

Nederland High School, TX

Northbrook Middle School, IL

Providence Catholic High School, IL

Eureka High School, MO(3rd/ Past 2 Weeks)

Gresham High School, OR

Linkhorne Middle School, VA (Bomb) (Arrest)

Osage County Schools, MO

Thibodaux High School, LA (GUN)

Neosho Junior High School, MO (GUN)

Pilot Butte Middle School, OR (Gun/Student)

Hacienda Elementary School, CA

Cypress K-8 Center, FL (Gun)

Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School, NJ

Summit High School, NJ

Hereford Center of Accelerated Learning, TX

Huntington High School, WV

Millard South High School, NE

Papillon Middle School, NE (Bomb)

Dakota East High School, OH (ARREST) (Gun)

Wheaton North High School, IL (SECURED)

Lexington School, AL

Chula Vista Middle School, CA (Gun)

Kent Middle School, CA

Randall High School, TX (Bomb)

Brea Olinda High School, CA

Fowlerville Junior High School, MI

Perry County Central High School, KY

Georgetown Middle School, SC (Gun)

Orchard View Alternative High School, NY

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*Red Flag/LOCKDOWN/Closures Currently Tracking:

Alexandria City High School: VA

Ware Cty High School, GA

Harford Cty Public Schools (+10), MD

Cessna Elementary School, KS

Tecumseh Public Schools, MI

Northridge Middle School, ILL

Hardin Valley Middle School, TN

San Marcos High School, TX

Cardinal Spellman High School, NY

Sierra Linda High School, AZ (Gun)

Chaparral High School, AZ

Austin High School, TX

Central Square Central School District, NY

Versailles High School

Lockport Township High Schools, IL

West Salem High School, WI

Southfield Public Schools (SPS) District, MI

Little Wound School/Pine Ridge Reservation, SD

Danville School District, ILL

Ferndale High School, WA

McFarland High School, CA

RSU 57, MA (Gun/Arrest)

Trinity High School, TX (Bomb/Arrest)

JFK Middle School, TN (LD)

Sangor High School, TX (LD)

Huguenot High School, IL (LD)

Reading Community Schools, OH (CLOSURE)

Worthington Middle School (Bomb/Closure)

Penngrove Elementary School, CA (Closure)

Kenilworth Junior High Schools (Closure)

Bloomfield Hills High School, MI (LD)

Floyd Light Middle School, OR (Bomb/CLOSURE)

Roland High School, OK (LD)

Mount Lake Terrace High School, WA (GUN/LD)

Mission Valley Elementary School, CA (LD)

Burroughs Elementary School, CA (LD)

Oxford High School, MI (CLOSURE)

Lakeshore Public Schools, MI (LD)

St. Joseph Public Schools, MI (LD)

Germantown High School, WI (LD)

Thurston High School, OR (LD)

Rockdale High School, TX (Teacher Threat/LD)

Opaleika High School, AL (LD)

Freeman High School, WA (LD)

Pearl High School, MISS (LD)

Overland Park Elementary School, KS (LD)

Pius XI Catholic High School, WI (Evacuated)

Cheyenne East High School, WY (LD)

Midland High School, MI (LD)

Los Altos High School, CA (LD)

Millennium High School, CA (LD)

Cupertino High School, CA (LD)

Palo Alto High School, CA (LD)

Shelby County Schools, IN (Gun) (LD)

Portland Middle School, CT (LD)

Portland High School, CT (LD)

Incoming District /State Reports:

Connecticut Dept Of Education (3 Nov 2024)

More than 50 Connecticut school districts have been affected by “death threats” made on social media since the beginning of the school year. Public schools were evacuated and locked down in Winchester, Bristol, Bridgeport, Ansonia, Westport, Meriden, Norwalk, Waterbury, Fairfield, Uniondale, West Babylon, and Torrington as school officials erred on the side of caution. As of Oct. 25, 20 juveniles have been arrested.

Harris County Schools, TX (26 Sept 2024)

127 minors arrested for school threats since August 2023

Phoenix, AZ (28 Sept 2024)

More than 130 threats in the past three weeks w/11 Valley students arrested, ranging in age from 11 to 17 years old.

Oklahoma City, OK (30 Sept 2024)

Approximately 68 reports of threats to metro-area schools since the school year began

Riverside, CA (26 Sept 2024)

Police officers have investigated over 12 school threats, and arrested 4 juveniles over the last 3 weeks.

Pitt County Sheriff’s Office, NC (28 Sept 2024)

6 different threats at schools across the county to date in September 2024.

Missouri State Highway Patrol, MI (29 Sept 2024)

615 school threat tips since July 1st 2024. 135 of those tips were considered duplicates. 102 of the tips to Courage2Report Tipline were school shooting threats. That is the same number of school shooting threats the state knows about in all of 2023.

Volusia County Schools, FL (1 October 2024)

352 "swatting"tips on the FortifyFL app last school year, and as of Oct. 1 of this year, it has received 445 tips.

Austin, TX (2 Oct 2024)

Since Sept. 8, 1 Eanes student, 5 Hays students, 2 Del Valle students, 4 Bastrop students, 1 Lake Travis student along w/1 Austin man have been arrested and charged in incidents related to threats made against campuses in those districts.

Northern CA (20 Sept 2024)

At least 7 minors arrested in for social media threats against schools since, 4 September 2024

Tennessee (State) (14 Sept 2024)

Homeland Security agents have investigated 321 reports of school threats throughout Tennessee schools from Aug. 1 to Sept. 14.

Pittsburgh, PA (6 Oct 2024)

Multiple school threats being investigated currently by the FBI made toward Pittsburgh-area school districts including: Butler, McKeesport, North Hills, Slippery Rock and West Mifflin, all of which canceled classes or increased security measures last month (Sept) as a result.

Minnesota (State) (4 Oct 2024)

Data shows a significant increase in school threats across the state of Minnesota during the first few weeks of the 2024 school year.

The state has had 14 reported school threats this year, compared to just 3 for the same time period in 2023.

Arizona (State) (11 Oct 2024)

According to information provided by the Arizona Counter Terrorism Information Center (ACTIC) to the Arizona Department of Education, ACTIC received more than 130 school threats from September 4, 2024 to September 24, 2024. There were 177 school threats reported to ACTIC from January to September 3.

In the three weeks since two teachers and two students were killed at Apalachee High School in the deadliest school shooting in Georgia’s history, 4 September 2024, more than 700 children and teenagers, including at least one fourth grader, have been arrested and accused of making violent threats against schools in at least 45 states...

Almost 10 percent were 12 or younger.

No Additional Tracking Data Available

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Yellow Flag Status Indicates A School Threat Was Reported With Minimum Disruption. Red Flag Status Indicates A Lockdown Or Other Advanced Security Measure Was Initiated.

A "Threat," is defined as a "swatting," event either via telephone, email, internet posting or other avenue whereby a student population is potentially affected. THREATS are divided between "Type," (Bomb/Shooting, etc) & Internal or External Category (Student/Nonstudent)

A "Threat," does not constitute an actual real event such as a school shooting or violent on campus event UNLESS NOTED IN A FOLLOWUP REPORT