State of School Safety Report

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Safe and Sound Schools Delivers the

2021 State of School Safety Report

We are proud to share the results of the annual State of School Safety Report in partnership with Raptor Technologies and the Jeffco/DeAngelis Foundation. The goal of this year’s report was to assess perceptions, issues, and gaps in safety as students head back to school this Fall.

The study seeks to better understand how different members of the school community - students and their families, teachers, administrators, and other safety officials - perceive the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health, gun violence, and other top safety concerns. It is Safe and Sound Schools’ mission to share this data to help identify and implement solutions for crisis prevention, response, and recovery.

Fall 2021’s return to in-person learning will be an unprecedented one, and our findings show that attitudes regarding safety need to unify before campuses reopen. Here are a few responses that stand out:

More than 25% of administrators are either not sure or feel schools are unprepared for an active shooter attack.
Students and parents overwhelmingly indicate that they have experienced both anxiety and depression as a result of the pandemic.
However, close to 90% of students believe there are mental health resources available at schools, while parents are slightly less confident at 71%.
Only 65% of parents believe schools are proactive on safety awareness, compared to 94% of school administrators.

Click here to download and read the full 2021 State of School Safety Report.

We hope you will share this report with community leaders and address your school’s preparedness this Fall. For more ways to make your school safer, head to safeandsoundschools.org.

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