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Safest states in the United States

Ranked on reported serious-incident rates from the 2021-22 federal collection · higher percentile = safer

Only states with at least 5 schools whose reporting we can verify appear here — see how we score and what this data can't tell you.

52 ranked states

#	STATE	SAFETY PCTL	SCHOOLS SCORED
1	Kentucky	98	1096 of 1394
2	Puerto Rico	96	25 of 843
3	New York	94	1547 of 3194
4	Oregon	92	895 of 1276
5	Massachusetts	90	1041 of 1843
6	Rhode Island	88	170 of 308
7	Vermont	87	190 of 294
8	New Jersey	85	1452 of 2527
9	Washington	83	1419 of 2402
10	West Virginia	81	409 of 668
11	Nebraska	79	618 of 1047
12	Mississippi	77	470 of 909
13	Maryland	75	1100 of 1391
14	Louisiana	73	1011 of 1332
15	North Carolina	71	2303 of 2699
16	California	69	6533 of 10076
17	Maine	67	153 of 570
18	Minnesota	65	1115 of 2325
19	New Mexico	63	455 of 866
20	Colorado	62	1119 of 1937
21	Ohio	60	1651 of 3607
22	Arizona	58	1251 of 2052
23	Tennessee	56	1081 of 1838
24	Arkansas	54	574 of 1047
25	Alabama	52	856 of 1369
26	Utah	50	756 of 1073
27	Georgia	48	1967 of 2308
28	Alaska	46	201 of 496
29	District of Columbia	44	168 of 238
30	Texas	42	3518 of 8910
31	Connecticut	40	550 of 996
32	Michigan	38	1682 of 3418
33	Nevada	37	543 of 732
34	Indiana	35	1097 of 1861
35	Iowa	33	686 of 1321
36	Virginia	31	1516 of 1973
37	Hawaii	29	206 of 294
38	Idaho	27	402 of 770
39	South Carolina	25	770 of 1214
40	Oklahoma	23	1044 of 1786
41	North Dakota	21	164 of 495
42	New Hampshire	19	277 of 490
43	Missouri	17	1481 of 2350
44	Delaware	15	190 of 225
45	Montana	13	303 of 825
46	Kansas	12	721 of 1349
47	Wisconsin	10	1378 of 2212
48	Illinois	8	2144 of 4178
49	South Dakota	6	239 of 696
50	Florida	4	2642 of 3997
51	Pennsylvania	2	1841 of 2877
52	Wyoming	0	197 of 356