List of school shootings in the United States (before 2000)

This chronological list of school shootings in the United States before the year 2000 includes any school shootings that occurred at a K-12 public or private school, as well as at colleges and universities, and on school buses. Excluded from this list are the following:

1. Incidents that occurred during wars
2. Incidents that occurred as a result of police actions
3. Murder-suicides by rejected suitors or estranged spouses
4. Suicides or suicide attempts involving only one person.

Shooting by school staff, where the only victims are other employees, are covered at workplace killings. This list does not include the 1970 Kent State shootings, or bombings such as the Bath School disaster.

19th century

1840s

1 incident.

1850s

3 incidents.

1860s

5 incidents.

1870s

7 incidents.

1880s

10 incidents.

1890s

6 incidents.

Total incidents listed here in this section (19th century): 32

20th century

1900s

13 incidents.

1910s

19 incidents.

1920s

10 incidents.

1930s

7 incidents.

1940s

8 incidents.

1950s

32 incidents.

1960s

20 incidents.

1970s

48 incidents.

1980s

73 incidents.

1990s

119 incidents.

Total number of 20th century incidents listed here: 349

See also

• Enoch Brown school massacre (1764), the earliest school shooting in American history
• List of school shootings in the United States by death toll
• List of school shootings in the United States (2000–present)
• List of school-related attacks
• Mass shootings in the United States
• List of mass shootings in the United States
• List of unsuccessful attacks related to schools

Notes

References

Bibliography

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External links

• School Safety Interim Study Committee – Indiana Legislative Services Agency (September 24, 2013)
• Federal Report Looks at Crime and Safety in Schools – Council for American Private Education (CAPE) (January 2015)
• Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2014 Archived April 7, 2016, at the Wayback Machine – National Center for Education Statistics (July 9, 2015)
• Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2014 Archived April 25, 2016, at the Wayback Machine – Council of State Governments Justice Center (July 15, 2015)
• Selected Findings from the Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2014 – Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy (CEBCP) Symposium (August 17, 2015)

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