Fewer Philly students are getting shot, but risks are higher for those at cyber charters, alternative schools
About a third of all shooting victims in Philadelphia this year were age 22 or under, or what the School District of Philadelphia calls “school-aged youth.” That ratio has held steady since 2024, even as the total number of shooting victims has been declining, according to city data . It’s why…
Philadelphia's School District of Philadelphia has seen a decline in the number of shooting victims among school-aged youth, with 34% of the 230 victims in the 2025-2026 school year being active district students, 55% former students, and the remainder never enrolled. However, the risk of violence is higher for students attending cyber charters and alternative schools.
Cyber charter students have a shooting rate of .81 per 1,000, more than double that of traditional and non-cyber charter students, which is about .30 per 1,000. Alternative school students have a rate of 3.79 per 1,000, more than 10 times the rate of traditional and cyber students. The highest risk time for shootings is on Monday afternoons, between 3 to 5 p.m. The majority of shootings occur in a 1-mile radius of five specific ZIP codes in North Philadelphia.
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