Top three reasons K-12 public school teachers fear for their safety U.S. 2023
According to a survey conducted in 2023, 29 percent of teachers at K-12 public schools in the United States cited fear of an active shooter as the number one reason they fear for their physical safety at school. A further 24 percent said that students misbehaving or having verbal altercations was the top reason they feared for their physical safety in that year.