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	Puerto Rico	98	843 of 843
2	New York	96	3,051 of 3,194
3	Massachusetts	94	1,726 of 1,843
4	Kentucky	92	1,248 of 1,394
5	Rhode Island	90	296 of 308
6	Maine	88	545 of 570
7	Vermont	87	288 of 294
8	Oregon	85	1,220 of 1,276
9	New Jersey	83	2,364 of 2,527
10	Mississippi	81	833 of 909
11	Washington	79	2,156 of 2,402
12	Ohio	77	3,350 of 3,607
13	Nebraska	75	952 of 1,047
14	Texas	73	7,960 of 8,910
15	West Virginia	71	633 of 668
16	California	69	9,360 of 10,076
17	New Mexico	67	805 of 866
18	Arkansas	65	981 of 1,047
19	Colorado	63	1,781 of 1,937
20	Louisiana	62	1,283 of 1,332
21	Minnesota	60	1,903 of 2,325
22	Tennessee	58	1,697 of 1,838
23	Alabama	56	1,259 of 1,369
24	Connecticut	54	965 of 996
25	Arizona	52	1,913 of 2,052
26	Michigan	50	3,248 of 3,418
27	North Dakota	48	448 of 495
28	Maryland	46	1,302 of 1,391
29	Alaska	44	419 of 496
30	North Carolina	42	2,632 of 2,699
31	Utah	40	950 of 1,073
32	Indiana	38	1,764 of 1,861
33	Iowa	37	1,260 of 1,321
34	District of Columbia	35	226 of 238
35	Idaho	33	693 of 770
36	Oklahoma	31	1,728 of 1,786
37	South Carolina	29	1,110 of 1,214
38	Georgia	27	2,179 of 2,308
39	Hawaii	25	273 of 294
40	Montana	23	645 of 825
41	South Dakota	21	589 of 696
42	New Hampshire	19	469 of 490
43	Nevada	17	662 of 732
44	Virginia	15	1,820 of 1,973
45	Missouri	13	2,161 of 2,350
46	Delaware	12	212 of 225
47	Kansas	10	1,303 of 1,349
48	Illinois	8	3,845 of 4,178
49	Florida	6	3,470 of 3,997
50	Wisconsin	4	2,052 of 2,212
51	Pennsylvania	2	2,711 of 2,877
52	Wyoming	0	308 of 356