91,114 NYC high school students go through metal detectors each morning.

That's 33% of all high school students.

Black students

48% of black high school students go through metal detectors.

Hispanic students

38% of Hispanic high school students go through metal detectors.

Asian students

14% of Asian high school students go through metal detectors.

White students

14% of white high school students go through metal detectors.

By borough

62% of Bronx high school students go through metal detectors.

42% of Brooklyn high school students go through metal detectors.

26% of Manhattan high school students go through metal detectors.

20% of Queens high school students go through metal detectors.

0% of Staten Island high school students go through metal detectors.

English Language Learners

43% of English Language Learners in high school go through metal detectors.

712 weapons were found by metal detectors in schools during the 2013-2014 school year. If every high school student currently at a scanning school was scanned each school day, that would amount to 15,964,020 scans over a school year — or one dangerous item found for about every 23,034 scans.

Metal Detectors in New York City High Schools

More than 90,000 public high school students in New York City are scanned every day by metal detectors. The rate of students who are scanned varies by borough and racial demographics.