Every day, millions of students face the threat of violence in their schools.
Join the Northern Star Coalition to provide free services, training and resources. Together, we can create safer schools and communities.
The statistics are shocking. The reality is preventable.
On May 24, 2022, a mother in Uvalde ran through police lines to save her children — and screamed into a camera:
"DO SOMETHING"
Northern Star was born that day.
Built by veterans, educators, criminologists, and mental health professionals, we don’t just respond to school violence — we work to stop it before it starts. Our evidence-based, community-first methodology addresses the root causes: the trauma, the isolation, the crisis points that precede every act of school violence.
School safety isn’t a metal detector problem. It’s a community problem — and it demands a community-based solution.
336
336 shooting incidents on K–12 school grounds in 2024
The second-highest number ever recorded. Any shooting is one too many.
K–12 School Shooting Database, Campus Safety Magazine (2025)
39%
39% of students reported being “Bullied” in the classroom or on School Grounds.
2,700
In 2020-2021 there were 2,700 incidents of sexual assault reported. Unknown number of unreported incidents in K12 schools.
Individuals in Crisis
Individuals who commit mass shootings often reported childhood trauma (abuse, neglect, social rejection or bullying).
69%
69% of Mass shooters are suicidal during or after the event. For schools shooters suicidality is even higher at (92-100%).
In recent years
In recent years, assault by weapon, cases of intimidation and bullying, and alcohol possession have all more than doubled on school properties.
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