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See How Much Bullying Was Reported At Your Local School

By Rosa Goldensohn | September 17, 2015 5:45pm
 Many local schools reported no bullying incidents last year.
Many local schools reported no bullying incidents last year.
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FORT GREENE — Is bullying — or bullying reporting — a problem at your local school?

The collection of reported data paints a murky picture of bullying in city schools, with many students reporting bullying as a constant problem and a minority of schools reporting any incidents at all.

You can check out how local schools reported here:

The city Department of Education surveys sixth through twelfth graders about their experiences of bullying.

More than half of students, 52 percent, at the Fort Greene Preparatory Academy on Clermont Avenue said bullying happens most or all of the time there, as compared to 8 percent of Brooklyn Tech students.

At the Urban Assembly Unison School in Clinton Hill, 49 percent of students said bullying happens most or all of the time, compared to 25 percent at their High School of Music and Art in Downtown Brooklyn.

The state Education Department also tracks individual bullying incidents, and area schools reported a range from zero at many schools to at least 30 at the Achievement First Endeavor Charter School in Clinton Hill.

But high numbers might be a sign of good reporting rather than rampant bullying, experts point out.

Charter schools reported bullying at higher rates than non-charter schools across the city, DNAinfo found.

In Clinton Hill, elementary school PS 270 reported zero bullying incidents to the state last year, while the co-located Community Partnership Charter School, which serves grades K through 8, reported 14.

School leaders did not respond to requests for comment.