# List of school massacres by death toll

This is a list of school massacres by death toll.
School massacres :
| # | Name | Date | Year | Location | Country | Killed | Injured | W | Perpetrator | Terroristic organisations act | Fate of perpetrator(s) |
| 1. | Santa María School massacre | Dec. 21 | 1907 | Iquique | Chile | 2,000 | ? | F | Chilean Army | No | 300 killed |
| 2. | Beslan school siege | Sept. 1 | 2004 | Beslan, North Ossetia-Alania | Russia | 334 | 800+ | FME | Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs | Yes | Most killed by special forces, one captured and subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment |
| 3. | Dacca University massacre | March 25 | 1971 | Dhaka | East Pakistan | 200 | ? | FA | Al - Badr | No | |
| 4. | Eastern University massacre | Sept. 5 | 1990 | Chenkalady | Sri Lanka | 158 | ? | F | Sri Lankan Army | No | None |
| 5. | Peshawar school massacre | Dec. 16 | 2014 | Peshawar | Pakistan | 149 | 114 | FME | Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan | Yes | 4 hanged and 2 committed suicide |
| 6. | Garissa University College attack | April 2 | 2015 | Garissa | Kenya | 148 | 79 | F | al-Shabaab | Yes | 4 killed and 5 arrested |
| 7. | Kabul school bombing | May 8 | 2021 | Kabul | Afghanistan | 90 | 240 | E | Disputed | Yes | |
| 8. | Nagerkovil school bombing | Sept. 22 | 1995 | Jaffna | Sri Lanka | 71 | 150 | O | Sri Lanka Air Force | No | None |
| 9. | Walisongo School Massacre | May 28 | 2000 | Poso, Central Sulawesi | Indonesia | 70 | ? | FM | Catholic militants | Yes | Executed |
| 10. | Kyanguli Fire Tragedy | March 24 | 2001 | Machakos County | Kenya | 67 | ? | A | Davis Onyango Opiyo, Felix Mambo Ngumbao (school students) | No | Arrested |
| 11. | Buni Yadi Federal Government College massacre | Feb. 25 | 2014 | Yobe State | Nigeria | 59 | ? | FMA | Boko Haram suspected | Yes | |
| 12. | Thammasat University massacre | Oct. 6 | 1976 | Sanam Luang | Thailand | 46–100+ | 167 | FO | Police, army and right-wing paramilitary: Red Gaurs, Nawaphon, and Village Scouts | No | None |
| 13. | Chencholai bombing | Aug. 14 | 2006 | Mullaitivu | Sri Lanka | 61 | 155 | O | Sri Lanka Air Force | No | None |
| 14. | Aleppo Artillery School massacre | June 16 | 1979 | Aleppo | Syria | 50–83 | ? | FE | Muslim Brotherhood | Yes | Escaped |
| 15. | Bahr El-Baqar primary school bombing | April 8 | 1970 | Bahr el-Baqar, Sharqia | Egypt | 46 | 50+ | E | Israeli Air Force | No | None |
| 16. | Bath School disaster | May 18 | 1927 | Bath Township, MI | United States | 44 | 58 | E | Andrew Kehoe, 55 | No | Suicide |
| 19. | Fanglin Village primary school explosion | March 6 | 2001 | Wanzai County, Jiangxi | China | 42 | 27 | E | Li Chuicai (李垂才), 33 | No | Suicide |
| 19. | Mpondwe school massacre | June 16 | 2023 | Mpondwe | Uganda | 42 | 8 | EM | Allied Democratic Forces | Yes | 2 terrorists killed, 20 people who collaborated with the ADF arrested |
| 19. | Mamudo school massacre | July 6 | 2013 | Mamudo, Yobe State | Nigeria | 42 | 6+ | FA | Boko Haram | Yes | Escaped |
| 21. | Nong Bua Lamphu massacre | Oct. 6 | 2022 | Na Klang district, Nong Bua Lamphu | Thailand | 36 | 10 | FMV | Panya Khamrab (ปัญญา คำราบ) | No | Suicide |
| 21. | September 2022 Kabul school bombing | Sept. 30 | 2022 | Kabul | Afghanistan | 36 | 82 | E | | Yes | Suicide |
| 22. | Virginia Tech shooting | April 16 | 2007 | Blacksburg, VA | United States | 32 | 17 | F | Seung-Hui Cho (조승희), 23 | No | Suicide |
| 24. | Ma'alot massacre | May 15 | 1974 | Ma'alot | Israel | 31 | 70 | FM | Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine | Yes | Killed by police |
| 24. | Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting | Dec. 14 | 2012 | Newtown, CT | United States | 27 | 2 | F | Adam Lanza, 20 | No | Suicide |
| 25. | Gîsca school bombing [be; fr; ru; simple] | April 4 | 1950 | Gîsca, Moldavia | Soviet Union | 23 | ? | E | Vladimir Tatarnikov, 29 | No | Suicide |
| 26. | Bacha Khan University attack | Jan. 20 | 2016 | Charsadda | Pakistan | 22+ | ? | FE | Tehrik-i-Taliban | Yes | N |
| 27. | Uvalde school shooting | May 24 | 2022 | Uvalde, TX | United States | 21 | 18 | F | Salvador Rolando Ramos, 18 | No | Killed by border patrol tactical team |
| 28. | Kerch Polytechnic College massacre | Oct. 17 | 2018 | Kerch, Crimea | Russia / Ukraine | 20 | 70 | FE | Vladislav Roslyakov, 18 | No | Suicide |
| 30. | 2004 Dhemaji school bombing | Aug. 15 | 2004 | Dhemaji, Assam | India | 18 | 40 | E | United Liberation Front of Assam | Yes | |
| 30. | Izhevsk school shooting | Sept. 26 | 2022 | Izhevsk, Udmurtia | Russia | 18 | 23 | F | Artyom Kazantsev, 34 | No | Suicide |
| 33. | University of Texas tower shooting | Aug. 1 | 1966 | Austin, TX | United States | 15 | 31 | F | Charles Whitman, 25 | No | Killed by police |
| 33. | Parkland high school shooting | Feb. 14 | 2018 | Parkland, FL | United States | 17 | 17 | F | Nikolas Cruz, 19 | No | Life imprisonment |
| 33. | Dunblane massacre | March 13 | 1996 | Dunblane | United Kingdom | 17 | 15 | F | Thomas Hamilton, 43 | No | Suicide |
| 34. | Erfurt school massacre | April 26 | 2002 | Erfurt | Germany | 16 | 1 | F | Robert Steinhäuser, 19 | No | Suicide |
| 35. | Winnenden school shooting | March 11 | 2009 | Winnenden and Wendlingen | Germany | 15 | 9 | F | Tim Kretschmer, 17 | No | Suicide |
| 37. | 2023 Prague shooting | Dec. 21 | 2023 | Prague | Czech Republic | 14 | 25 | F | David Kozák, 24 | No | Suicide |
| 37. | Columbine High School massacre | April 20 | 1999 | Columbine, CO | United States | 14 | 23 | F M E | Eric Harris, 18 Dylan Klebold, 17 | No | Both died by suicide |
| 37. | École Polytechnique massacre | Dec. 6 | 1989 | Montreal, QC | Canada | 14 | 14 | FM | Marc Lépine, 25 | No | Suicide |
| 40. | Janaúba massacre | Oct. 5 | 2017 | Janaúba | Brazil | 13 | 37 | A | Damião Soares dos Santos, 50 | | Perished in the flames |
| 40. | Chlef school attack | Oct. 15 | 2002 | El Hadjadj, Chlef Province | Algeria | 13 | 1 | F | | | None |
| 43. | Azerbaijan State Oil Academy shooting | April 30 | 2009 | Baku | Azerbaijan | 12 | 13 | F | Farda Gadirov, 28 | No | Suicide |
| 43. | Rio de Janeiro school shooting | April 7 | 2011 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 12 | 22 | F | Wellington Oliveira, 23 | No | Suicide |
| 43. | Shiguan kindergarten attack | May 8 | 2006 | Shiguan | China | 12 | 5 | MA | Bai Ningyang (白宁阳), 18 | No | Death penalty |
| 44. | Enoch Brown school massacre | July 26 | 1764 | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | 11 | 1 | FM | 4 Lenape Natives | No | Unknown |
| 50. | Cologne school massacre | June 11 | 1964 | Cologne | West Germany | 10 | 22 | FM | Walter Seifert, 42 | No | Suicide |
| 50. | Santa Fe High School shooting | May 18 | 2018 | Santa Fe, TX | United States | 10 | 13 | FE | Dimitrios Pagourtzis, 17 | No | Arrested |
| 50. | Suzano school shooting | March 13 | 2019 | Suzano | Brazil | 10 | 11 | FME | Guilherme Taucci Monteiro, 17 Luiz Henrique de Castro, 25 | | Castro was murdered by Monteiro, who then committed suicide |
| 50. | Belgrade school shooting | May 3 | 2023 | Belgrade | Serbia | 10 | 6 | F | Kosta Kecmanović, 13 | No | Arrested |
| 50. | 2025 Risbergska school shooting | Feb. 4 | 2025 | Örebro | Sweden | 10 | 6 | FA | Rickard Andersson, 35 | No | Suicide |
| 50. | Kauhajoki school shooting | Sept. 23 | 2008 | Kauhajoki | Finland | 10 | 1 | FA | Matti Saari, 22 | No | Suicide |
| 55. | Kazan school shooting | May 11 | 2021 | Kazan | Russia | 9 | 23 | FE | Ilnaz Galyaviev, 19 | No | Sentenced to life imprisonment |
| 55. | Shengshui kindergarten attack | May 12 | 2010 | Linchang | China | 9 | 11 | M | Wu Huanming (吴焕明), 47 | No | Suicide |
| 55. | 2015 Umpqua Community College shooting | Oct. 1 | 2015 | Roseburg, OR | United States | 9 | 8 | F | Christopher Harper-Mercer, 26 | No | Suicide |
| 55. | Red Lake massacre | March 21 | 2005 | Red Lake, MN | United States | 9 | 5 | F | Jeffrey Weise, 16 | No | Suicide |
| 55. | Ruzhou school massacre | Nov. 26 | 2004 | Ruzhou | China | 9 | 3 | M | Yan Yanming (闫彦明), 21 | No | Death penalty |
| 60. | Ikeda school massacre | June 8 | 2001 | Ikeda, Osaka | Japan | 8 | 15 | M | Mamoru Takuma (宅間守), 37 | No | Death penalty |
| 60. | 2008 Jerusalem yeshiva attack | March 6 | 2008 | Jerusalem | Israel | 8 | 11 | F | Alaa Abu Dheim (علاء هاشم أبو دهيم), 26 | No | Killed by police |
| 60. | Studentski grad dormitory massacre | Dec. 25 | 1974 | Sofia | Bulgaria | 8 | 8 | FM | Branimir Donchev, 17 | No | Arrested, later shot by police during escape attempt |
| 60. | Nanping school massacre | March 23 | 2010 | Nanping | China | 8 | 5 | M | Zheng Minsheng (郑明生), 41 | No | Death penalty |
| 60. | Jokela school shooting | Nov. 7 | 2007 | Jokela | Finland | 8 | 1 | F A | Pekka-Eric Auvinen, 18 | No | Suicide |
| 66. | Kumba school massacre | Oct. 24 | 2020 | Kumba, Southwest Region | Cameroon | 7 | 13 | FM | Unknown | ? | |
| 66. | Lyamino School | Feb. 11 | 1958 | Lyamino, Perm Krai | Soviet Union | 7 | 6 | F | Michael Tselousov (Целоусов, Михаил), 24 | No | Sentenced to death and executed |
| 66. | Burma school massacre | March 26 | 1975 | Kachin | Burma | 7 | 5 | M | U Win-maung | No | Killed by police |
| 66. | Zhuping school massacre | April 1 | 1996 | Meitian | China | 7 | 5 | M | Wang Xiangjun (王湘军) | No | Arrested |
| 66. | 2012 Oikos University shooting | April 2 | 2012 | Oakland, CA | United States | 7 | 3 | F | One Goh, 43 | No | Life imprisonment |
| 66. | California State University, Fullerton massacre | July 12 | 1976 | Fullerton, California | United States | 7 | 2 | F | Edward Charles Allaway, 37 | No | Arrested |
| 75. | Perm State University shooting | Sept. 20 | 2021 | Perm | Russia | 6 | 23 | F | Timur Bekmansurov, 18 | No | Severely injured, arrested and later sentenced to life imprisonment |
| 75. | Anne Anne Kindergarten stabbing | June 3 | 1982 | Sham Shui Po | Hong Kong | 6 | 37 | M | Lee Chi Hang (李志衡), 28 | No | Sent to psychiatric hospital |
| 75. | April 2022 Kabul school bombing | April 19 | 2022 | Kabul | Afghanistan | 6 | 25 | E | | Yes | Unknown |
| 75. | Sanaa school shooting | March 30 | 1997 | Sanaa | Yemen | 6 | 12 | F | Mohammed Ahmad Misleh al-Nazari, 48 | No | Death penalty |
| 75. | Shafrir synagogue shooting attack | April 11 | 1956 | Kfar Chabad | Israel | 6 | 5 | F | | Yes | Unknown |
| 75. | West Nickel Mines School shooting | Oct. 2 | 2006 | Nickel Mines, PA | United States | 6 | 4 | F | Charles Carl Roberts IV, 32 | No | Suicide |
| 75. | Massacre in the Leningrad higher military political school of Ministry of Internal Affairs | May 19 | 1977 | Leningrad | Soviet Union | 6 | 2 | F | Anatoly Fedorenko (Федоренко, Анатолий) | No | Sentenced to death and executed |
| 75. | Massacre in the Kamyshin higher military engineer school | March 9 | 1997 | Kamyshin | Russia | 6 | 2 | F | Sergei Lepnev (Лепнев, Сергей), 18 | No | 25 years in prison |
| 75. | 2023 Nashville School Shooting | March 27 | 2023 | Nashville, Tennessee | United States | 6 | 1 | F | Aiden Hale, 28 | No | Killed by police |
| 88. | Stockton schoolyard shooting | Jan. 17 | 1989 | Stockton, CA | United States | 5 | 32 | F A | Patrick Purdy, 24 | No | Suicide |
| 88. | Atzmona attack | March 7 | 2002 | Atzmona | Gaza Strip | 5 | 23 | F E | Mohammed Fathi Farhat (محمد فتحي فرحات), 17 | No | Killed by soldiers |
| 88. | Poe Elementary School bombing | Sept. 15 | 1959 | Houston, TX | United States | 5 | 19 | E | Paul Harold Orgeron, 49 | No | Killed by the explosion |
| 88. | Northern Illinois University shooting | Feb. 14 | 2008 | DeKalb, IL | United States | 5 | 17 | F | Steven Kazmierczak, 27 | No | Suicide |
| 88. | Eppstein school shooting | June 3 | 1983 | Eppstein | West Germany | 5 | 14 | F | Karel Charva, 34 | No | Suicide |
| 88. | Obafemi Awolowo University massacre | July 10 | 1999 | Ifẹ, Osun State | Nigeria | 5 | 11 | FM | Black Axe | No | |
| 88. | 1998 Westside Middle School shooting | March 24 | 1998 | Jonesboro, AR | United States | 5 | 10 | F | Andrew Golden, 11 Mitchell Johnson, 13 | No | Both imprisoned until their 21st birthday |
| 88. | Huaiji school massacre | Nov. 26 | 2002 | Huaiji | China | 5 | 2 | M | Shi Ruoqiu (施若丘), 30 | No | Arrested |
| 88. | Mesa school massacre | Nov. 12 | 1966 | Mesa, AZ | United States | 5 | 2 | F | Robert Smith, 18 | No | Life imprisonment |
| 88. | 2013 Santa Monica shootings | June 7 | 2013 | Santa Monica, CA | United States | 5 | 2 | F A | John Zawahri, 23 | No | Killed by police |
| 88. | 1991 University of Iowa shooting | Nov. 1 | 1991 | Iowa City, IA | United States | 5 | 1 | F | Gang Lu (卢刚), 28 | No | Suicide |
| 88. | San Juan massacre | Oct. 10 | 1977 | San Juan | Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 0 | M | | | Arrested |
| 88. | Maradi massacre | Jan. 10 | 1994 | Maradi | Niger | 5 | 0 | M | | | Arrested |
| 106. | Thurston High School shooting | May 20/21 | 1998 | Springfield, OR | United States | 4 | 28 | F | Kipland Kinkel, 15 | No | Life imprisonment |
| 106. | Bremen school shooting | June 20 | 1913 | Bremen | Germany | 4 | 21 | F | Heinz Schmidt, 29 | No | Sent to psychiatric hospital |
| 106. | Linwu school massacre | Sept. 30 | 2004 | Linwu | China | 4 | 12 | M | Liu Hongwen (刘红文), 28 | No | Sent to psychiatric hospital |
| 106. | Dendermonde nursery attack | Jan. 23 | 2009 | Beveren and Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde | Belgium | 4 | 12 | M | Kim De Gelder, 20 | No | Life imprisonment |
| 106. | Lindhurst High School shooting | May 1 | 1992 | Olivehurst, CA | United States | 4 | 10 | F | Eric Houston, 20 | No | Death penalty |
| 106. | 2024 Apalachee High School shooting | Sept. 4 | 2024 | Winder, GA | United States | 4 | 7 | F | Colt Gray, 14 (accused) | No | Arrested |
| 106. | La Loche shootings | Jan. 24 | 2016 | La Loche, SK | Canada | 4 | 7 | F | Randan Dakota Fontaine, 17 | No | Life imprisonment |
| 106. | Oxford High School shooting | Nov. 30 | 2021 | Oxford Township, Michigan | United States | 4 | 7 | F | Ethan Crumbley, 15 | No | Life imprisonment |
| 106. | 2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings | Dec. 9 | 2007 | Arvada and Colorado Springs, CO | United States | 4 | 5 | F | Matthew Murray, 24 | No | Suicide |
| 106. | Suixi school massacre | Jan. 26 | 2003 | Suixi | China | 4 | 3 | M | Chen Peiquan (陈培权), 35 | No | Arrested |
| 106. | Illinois school massacre | Sept. 23 | 1988 | Chicago, IL | United States | 4 | 2 | F | Clemmie Henderson, 40 | No | Killed by police |
| 106. | Gongyi school massacre | Sept. 14 | 2011 | Gongyi | China | 4 | 2 | M | Wang Hongbin(王宏斌), 30 | No | Arrested |
| 106. | Marysville shooting | Oct. 24 | 2014 | Marysville, WA | United States | 4 | 3 | F | Jaylen Fryberg, 15 | No | Suicide |
| 106. | Concordia University massacre | Aug. 24 | 1992 | Montreal, QC | Canada | 4 | 1 | F | Valery Fabrikant, 52 | No | Life imprisonment |
| 106. | Gulbene school massacre | Feb. 22 | 1999 | Gulbene | Latvia | 4 | 1 | M | Alexander Koryakov, 19 | No | Life imprisonment |
| 106. | 2001 Isla Vista killings | Feb. 24 | 2001 | Isla Vista, CA | United States | 4 | 1 | V | David Attias, 18 | No | Sent to psychiatric hospital |
| 106. | Ozar Hatorah shooting | March 19 | 2012 | Toulouse | France | 4 | 1 | F | Mohammed Merah, 23 | No | Killed by police |
| 106. | Kunming school killings | Feb. 13–15 | 2004 | Kunming | China | 4 | 0 | M | Ma Jiajue (馬加爵), 23 | No | Death penalty |
| 107. | Zibo school massacre | Aug. 3 | 2010 | Zibo | China | 3–4 | 7–20 | M | Fang Jiantang (方建堂), 26 | No | Death penalty |
| 111. | Wilno school massacre | May 6 | 1925 | Wilno | Poland | 3 | ~10 | F E | Stanisław Ławrynowicz, Janusz Obrąbalski | No | Both died by suicide |
| 111. | 1997 Heath High School shooting | Dec. 1 | 1997 | Paducah, Kentucky, Kentucky | United States | 3 | 5 | F | Michael Carneal, 14 | No | Life imprisonment with no parole |
| 111. | 2023 Michigan State University shooting | Feb. 13 | 2023 | East Lansing MI | United States | 3 | 5 | F | Anthony Dwayne McRae, 43 | No | Self-inflicted gunshot |
| 111. | Veshkayma kindergarten shooting | April 26 | 2022 | Veshkayma, Ulyanovsk Oblast | Russia | 3 | 1 | F | Ruslan Akhtyamov, 26 | No | Suicide |
The # symbol indicates the massacre's ranking by number of deaths (since this list is sorted by death toll, not by date or by number of overall casualties).
The W column gives a basic description of the weapons used:
    F – Firearms and other ranged weapons. This primarily includes rifles and handguns, but also bows and crossbows, grenade launchers, flamethrowers, or slingshots.
    M – Melee weapons, like knives, swords, spears, machetes, axes, clubs, rods, rocks, or bare hands.
    O – Any other weapons, such as bombs, hand grenades, Molotov cocktails, poison and poisonous gas, as well as vehicle and arson attacks.
       A – indicates that fire was the only other weapon used
       V – indicates that a vehicle was the only other weapon used
       E – indicates that explosives of any sort were the only other weapon used