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Six NYC schools where 100% of teachers say students bully each other
The longer form of the briefing for this story: the original thesis, the supporting findings the data team flagged, and the reporting directions a journalist could follow. For the short version and the data analysis, see the main story page.
Thesis
Six NYC schools had every responding teacher agree that students bully other students at this school (2023-24). The pattern crosses borough, admission type, and proclivity decile — but the schools' overall outcomes vary widely, complicating the bullying-causes-bad-outcomes narrative.
Supporting findings
- Schools at 100% teacher-reported bullying (2023-24):
- PS 43 Queens (decile 9, ZONED)
- North Queens Community HS
- City Knoll MS (Manhattan, OPEN)
- PS 183 Dr. Richard R. Green (Queens, decile 9, ZONED)
- Mott Hall III (Bronx, decile 5, SCREENED)
- Dock Street School for STEAM Studies (Brooklyn, decile 3, SCREENED)
- These schools span demographic profiles — not just challenged schools.
- Mott Hall III and Dock Street are SCREENED — selective admission doesn't preclude bullying culture.
- How does survey methodology handle small samples? If 5 teachers respond and all agree, that's 100% but maybe not representative.
- Cross-reference: are these schools facing leadership transitions, building/zoning consolidations, or known incidents reported in local press?
- What's the academic trajectory at each? Some are stable, some declining.
- Compare with the schools at 0% bullying — does the safety gradient drive outcomes?
Reporting directions
- Pull n_respondents for each (we have it in survey_responses) to rule out tiny-cohort noise.
- Search Chalkbeat / NY Post / NY1 for incident reporting at each of the 6 schools.
- Interview parents + students at one of the 6 — what does 'bullying' look like in practice?
- Cross-reference with NYSED SSEC incident reports once that loader is built.