The overall number of U.S. school shootings in 2025 that resulted in injuries or deaths was lower than in any year since 2020, according to Education Week’s school shootings tracker.
Seventeen school shootings this year met the criteria for Education Week’s tracker—fewer than half the number that took place in each of the previous four years.
Seven people died in school shootings this year—down from 18 last year, 21 the year before, and 40 in 2022.