School safety by state

Safest first — percentile against other states, from federally reported serious-incident rates · 2021-22 collection

#	STATE	SAFETY PCTL	SCHOOLS WITH TRUSTED DATA
1	Kentucky	98	1,096 of 1,394
2	Puerto Rico	96	25 of 843
3	New York	94	1,547 of 3,194
4	Oregon	92	895 of 1,276
5	Massachusetts	90	1,041 of 1,843
6	Rhode Island	88	170 of 308
7	Vermont	87	190 of 294
8	New Jersey	85	1,452 of 2,527
9	Washington	83	1,419 of 2,402
10	West Virginia	81	409 of 668
11	Nebraska	79	618 of 1,047
12	Mississippi	77	470 of 909
13	Maryland	75	1,100 of 1,391
14	Louisiana	73	1,011 of 1,332
15	North Carolina	71	2,303 of 2,699
16	California	69	6,533 of 10,076
17	Maine	67	153 of 570
18	Minnesota	65	1,115 of 2,325
19	New Mexico	63	455 of 866
20	Colorado	62	1,119 of 1,937
21	Ohio	60	1,651 of 3,607
22	Arizona	58	1,251 of 2,052
23	Tennessee	56	1,081 of 1,838
24	Arkansas	54	574 of 1,047
25	Alabama	52	856 of 1,369
26	Utah	50	756 of 1,073
27	Georgia	48	1,967 of 2,308
28	Alaska	46	201 of 496
29	District of Columbia	44	168 of 238
30	Texas	42	3,518 of 8,910
31	Connecticut	40	550 of 996
32	Michigan	38	1,682 of 3,418
33	Nevada	37	543 of 732
34	Indiana	35	1,097 of 1,861
35	Iowa	33	686 of 1,321
36	Virginia	31	1,516 of 1,973
37	Hawaii	29	206 of 294
38	Idaho	27	402 of 770
39	South Carolina	25	770 of 1,214
40	Oklahoma	23	1,044 of 1,786
41	North Dakota	21	164 of 495
42	New Hampshire	19	277 of 490
43	Missouri	17	1,481 of 2,350
44	Delaware	15	190 of 225
45	Montana	13	303 of 825
46	Kansas	12	721 of 1,349
47	Wisconsin	10	1,378 of 2,212
48	Illinois	8	2,144 of 4,178
49	South Dakota	6	239 of 696
50	Florida	4	2,642 of 3,997
51	Pennsylvania	2	1,841 of 2,877
52	Wyoming	0	197 of 356