articleThe Brief Fewer U.S. high school seniors reported carrying firearms to school between 1994 and 2023. Researchers found no significant decline in school firearm carriage among non-Hispanic Black students. Researchers found significant reductions among male students, Hispanic students, non-Hispanic White students and students classified as other racial and ethnic groups, as well as among students across different regions, levels of parental education and community types. Hispanic and non-Hispanic Black students also reported higher rates of school firearm carriage than non-Hispanic White students. The study's authors cautioned that carrying a firearm to school represents only one factor associated with school gun violence.