Statistics
- In the U.S. about 160,000 children miss school everyday due to bullying.
- In Utah, the estimated number of the population of students (ages 5-18) is 509,200 and out of that there are around 39,000 victims of bullying.
- The amount of bullies is less than that of victims at 37,000 and sitting at 8,050 is the victims/bullies which are both. The total involved in bullying is around 83,400.
- According to the Cyber bullying Research Center, in February of 2010, 37 schools were surveyed about cyber bullying. Out of those 4441 students, 20.8 percent or 924 students were victims of cyber bullying.
- From that same sample, the rates of those who were the bullies were at 19.4 or 862 students.
- In 2011, the number of victims who were physically bullied on school property is 21.7%.