• Chip_Rat@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    Hey. That 24 vs 392 number, what’s the percentages? Like how many private schools VS public are we talking about?

    Cause that number without context seems extremely misleading. Not trying to start shit. I just don’t know where you got those numbers or where I’d get the totals to compare.

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      7 hours ago

      Indeed, numbers on their own are meaningless. Based on this graph, private schools make up 10% of the enrollments. Public schools are 83% and charter schools make up the remaining 7%.

      I have no idea where the charter schools are counted when it comes to school shootings though. If they are counted as public we get

      Private: 24/10      = 2.4  shootings per percent of enrollment
      Public:  392/(83+7) = 4.36 shootings per percent of enrollment
      

      and if they are counted as private we get

      Private: 24/(10+7) = 1.41 shootings per percent of enrollment
      Public:  392/83    = 4.72 shootings per percent of enrollment
      

      So either way the public schools have more shootings by almost a factor 2 at least.

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        6 hours ago

        Cheers. Not as extreme as the bare numbers hint at, still a big difference.

        I wonder why that is? Surely rich children have access to guns, (more than average access?) so is it the security at the school? Or is it mental health care? It is that being rich doesn’t make you as miserable and desperate as a kid? Hmmm.

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          They don’t suffer from economic instability, they have solid access to health care, and have a stable home.