List of school massacres by death toll
This list of school massacres by death toll contains those cases that occurred at kindergartens, schools and universities, as well as their affiliated buildings. If the perpetrator was a member of the school staff and the victims primarily his colleagues the case is not included here but added to the. School massacres are counted as incidents involving at least two deaths, excluding the potential death of the perpetrator.
All abbreviations used in the table are explained [|below].
List of school massacres
Abbreviations and footnotes
# indicates the ranking of the massacre by number of deaths.The W-column gives a basic description of the weapons used in the murders.
| # | Name | Date | Year | Location | Country | Killed | Injured | W | Perpetrator | Fate of perpetrator | Ref. |
| 1. | Beslan school siege | Sep 1 | 2004 | Beslan, North Ossetia-Alania |  Russia | 385 | 783 | FME | Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs | Most killed by special forces, one captured and subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment | |
| 2. | Walisongo school massacre | May 28 | 2000 | Central Sulawesi |  Indonesia | FM | Christian terrorists | Executed | |||
| 3. | Eastern University massacre | Sep 5 | 1990 | Chenkalady |  Sri Lanka | 158 | ? | F | Sri Lankan Army | Unknown | |
| 4. | Peshawar school massacre | Dec 16 | 2014 | Peshawar |  Pakistan | 149 | 114 | FME | Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan | Killed by special forces | |
| 5. | Garissa University College attack | Apr 2 | 2015 | Garissa |  Kenya | 148 | 79 | F | al-Shabaab | 4 killed and 5 arrested | |
| 6. | Kyanguli Fire Tragedy | Mar 24 | 2001 | Machakos County | Kenya | 67 | ? | A | Davis Onyango Opiyo, Felix Mambo Ngumbao | Arrested | |
| 7. | Thammasat University massacre | Oct 6 | 1976 | Sanam Luang |  Thailand | 46-100+ | 167 | F | Police, Army and right- wing paramilitary Red Gaurs, Nawaphon and Village Scouts | - | |
| 8. | Bath School disaster | May 18 | 1927 | Bath Township, MI |  United States | 45 | 58 | FE | Andrew Kehoe, | Suicide | |
| 9. | Yobe State school shooting | July 6 | 2013 | Yobe State |  Nigeria | 42 | 6+ | FA | Boko Haram | Escaped | |
| 10. | Virginia Tech shooting | April 16 | 2007 | Blacksburg, VA |  United States | 32 | 17 | F | Seung-Hui Cho, | Suicide | |
| 11. | Ma'alot massacre | May 15 | 1974 | Ma'alot |  Israel | 31 | 70 | FM | Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine | Killed by police | |
| 12. | Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting | Dec 14 | 2012 | Newtown, CT | United States | 27 | 2 | F | Adam Lanza, | Suicide | |
| 13. | :ru:Взрыв в школе № 20|Gîsca school bombing | April 4 | 1950 | Gîsca |  USSR | 23 | ? | E | Soviet Armed Forces personnel | Suicide | |
| 14. | Bacha Khan University Attack | Jan 20 | 2016 | Charsadda | Pakistan | 22+ | ? | FE | Tehrik-i-Taliban | N | |
| 15. | Kerch Polytechnic College attack | Oct 17 | 2018 | Kerch, Crimea | Russia /  Ukraine | 20 | 70 | FE | Vladislav Roslyakov, | Suicide | |
| 16. | 2004 Dhemaji school bombing | Aug 15 | 2004 | Assam |  India | 18 | 40 | E | United Liberation Front of Assam | ||
| 16. | University of Texas tower shooting | Aug 1 | 1966 | Austin, TX | United States | 17 | 31 | FM | Charles Whitman, | Killed by police | |
| 16. | Stoneman Douglas High School shooting | Feb 14 | 2018 | Parkland, FL | United States | 17 | 17 | F | Nikolas Cruz, 19 | Arrested | |
| 16. | Dunblane massacre | March 13 | 1996 | Dunblane |  United Kingdom | 17 | 15 | F | Thomas Hamilton, | Suicide | |
| 20. | Erfurt school massacre | April 26 | 2002 | Erfurt |  Germany | 16 | 1 | F | Robert Steinhäuser, | Suicide | |
| 21. | Winnenden school shooting | March 11 | 2009 | Winnenden and Wendlingen | Germany | 15 | 9 | F | Tim Kretschmer, | Suicide | |
| 22. | École Polytechnique massacre | Dec 6 | 1989 | Montreal, QC |  Canada | 14 | 14 | FM | Marc Lépine, | Suicide | |
| 23. | Columbine High School massacre | April 20 | 1999 | Columbine, CO | United States | 13 | 24 | FM E | Eric Harris, Dylan Klebold, | Both died by suicide | |
| 23. | Janaúba massacre | Oct 5 | 2017 | Janaúba |  Brazil | 13 | 37 | A | Damião Soares dos Santos, 50 | Perished in the flames | |
| 23. | Chlef school attack | Oct 15 | 2002 | Chlef Province |  Algeria | 13 | 1 | F | - | ||
| 26. | Azerbaijan State Oil Academy shooting | April 30 | 2009 | Baku |  Azerbaijan | 12 | 13 | F | Farda Gadirov, | Suicide | |
| 26. | Rio de Janeiro school shooting | April 7 | 2011 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 12 | 22 | F | Wellington Oliveira, | Suicide | |
| 26. | Shiguan kindergarten attack | May 8 | 2006 | Shiguan |  China | 12 | 5 | MA | Bai Ningyang, | Death penalty | |
| 29. | Cologne school massacre | June 11 | 1964 | Volkhoven | West Germany | 10 | 22 | FM | Walter Seifert, | Suicide | |
| 29. | 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 | |
| 29. | Enoch Brown school massacre | July 26 | 1764 | Pennsylvania | United States | 10 | 2 | FM | - | ||
| 29. | Santa Fe High School shooting | May 18 | 2018 | Texas | United States | 10 | 13 | F E | Dimitrios Pagourtzis, 17 | Arrested | |
| 29. | Kauhajoki school shooting | Sep 23 | 2008 | Kauhajoki |  Finland | 10 | 1 | FA | Matti Saari, | Suicide | |
| 34. | Shengshui kindergarten attack | May 12 | 2010 | Linchang | China | 9 | 11 | M | Wu Huanming, | Suicide | |
| 34. | Umpqua Community College shooting | Oct 1 | 2015 | Roseburg, OR | United States | 9 | 8 | F | Christopher Harper-Mercer, 26 | Suicide | |
| 34. | Red Lake massacre | March 21 | 2005 | Red Lake, MN | United States | 9 | 5 | F | Jeffrey Weise, | Suicide | |
| 34. | Ruzhou school massacre | Nov 26 | 2004 | Ruzhou | China | 9 | 3 | M | Yan Yanming, 21 | Death penalty | |
| 38. | Osaka school massacre | June 8 | 2001 | Ikeda, Osaka |  Japan | 8 | 15 | M | Mamoru Takuma, | Death penalty | |
| 38. | Mercaz HaRav massacre | March 6 | 2008 | Jerusalem |  Israel | 8 | 11 | F | Alaa Abu Dhein, 26 | Killed by police | |
| 38. | Nanping school massacre | March 23 | 2010 | Nanping | China | 8 | 5 | M | Zheng Minsheng, | Death penalty | |
| 38. | Jokela school shooting | Nov 7 | 2007 | Jokela | Finland | 8 | 1 | FA | Pekka-Eric Auvinen, | Suicide | |
| 42. | Lyamino School | Feb 11 | 1958 | Lyamino |  USSR | 7 | 6 | F | Michael Tselousov, 24 | Sentenced to death and executed | |
| 42. | Burma school massacre | March 26 | 1975 | Kachin |  Burma | 7 | 5 | M | U Win-maung | Killed by police | |
| 42. | Zhuping school massacre | April 1 | 1996 | Meitian | China | 7 | 5 | M | Wang Xiangjun | Arrested | |
| 42. | Oikos University shooting | April 2 | 2012 | Oakland, CA | United States | 7 | 3 | F | One Goh, 43 | Life imprisonment | |
| 46. | Anne Anne Kindergarten stabbing | June 3 | 1982 | Sham Shui Po |  Hong Kong | 6 | 37 | M | Lee Chi Hang, 28 | Sent to psychiatric hospital | |
| 46. | Isla Vista killings | May 23 | 2014 | Isla Vista, CA | United States | 6 | 14 | FMV | Elliot Rodger, 22 | Suicide | |
| 46. | Sana'a school shooting | March 30 | 1997 | Sanaa |  Yemen | 6 | 12 | F | Mohammed Ahmad Misleh al-Nazari, 48 | Death penalty | |
| 46. | Durvenitsa school massacre | Dec 24 | 1974 | Durvenitsa |  Bulgaria | 6 | 10 | F | Donchev, Branimir, 17 | Arrested | |
| 46. | Massacre in the Leningrad higher military political school of Ministry of Internal Affairs | May 19 | 1977 | Leningrad | USSR | 6 | 2 | F | Anatoly Fedorenko | Sentenced to death and executed | |
| 46. | Massacre in the Kamyshin higher military engineer school | March 9 | 1997 | Kamyshin |  Russia | 6 | 2 | F | Sergei Lepnev, 18 | Life imprisonment | |
| 52. | Stockton schoolyard shooting | Jan 17 | 1989 | Stockton, CA | United States | 5 | 32 | FA | Patrick Purdy, | Suicide | |
| 52. | March 7 | 2002 | Atzmona |  Gaza Strip | 5 | 23 | FE | Mohammed Fathi Farhat, 17 | Killed by soldiers | ||
| 52. | Poe Elementary School bombing | Sep 15 | 1959 | Houston, TX |  United States | 5 | 19 | E | Paul Harold Orgeron, 49 | Killed by the explosion | |
| 52. | Northern Illinois University shooting | Feb 14 | 2008 | DeKalb, IL | United States | 5 | 17 | F | Steven Kazmierczak, | Suicide | |
| 52. | Eppstein school shooting | June 3 | 1983 | Eppstein | West Germany | 5 | 14 | F | Karel Charva, 34 | Suicide | |
| 52. | Westside Middle School massacre | March 24 | 1998 | Jonesboro, AR | United States | 5 | 10 | F | Andrew Golden, Mitchell Johnson, | Both imprisoned until their 21st birthday | |
| 52. | West Nickel Mines School shooting | Oct 2 | 2006 | Nickel Mines, PA | United States | 5 | 5 | F | Charles Roberts, | Suicide | |
| 52. | Huaiji school massacre | Nov 26 | 2002 | Huaiji | China | 5 | 2 | M | Shi Ruoqiu, 30 | Arrested | |
| 52. | Mesa school massacre | Nov 12 | 1966 | Mesa, AZ | United States | 5 | 2 | F | Robert Smith, 18 | Life imprisonment | |
| 52. | 2013 Santa Monica shooting | June 7 | 2013 | Santa Monica, CA | United States | 5 | 2 | FA | John Zawahri, 23 | Killed by police | |
| 52. | University of Iowa shooting | Nov 1 | 1991 | Iowa City, IA | United States | 5 | 1 | F | Gang Lu, 28 | Suicide | |
| 52. | San Juan massacre | Oct 10 | 1977 | San Juan |  Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 0 | M | Arrested | - | |
| 52. | Maradi massacre | Jan 10 | 1994 | Maradi |  Niger | 5 | 0 | M | Arrested | - | |
| 65. | Thurston High School shooting | May 20/21 | 1998 | Springfield, OR | United States | 4 | 25 | F | Kipland Kinkel, | Life imprisonment | |
| 65. | Bremen school shooting | June 20 | 1913 | Bremen |  Germany | 4 | 21 | F | Heinz Schmidt, | Sent to psychiatric hospital | |
| 65. | Linwu school massacre | Sep 30 | 2004 | Linwu | China | 4 | 12 | M | Liu Hongwen, 28 | Sent to psychiatric hospital | |
| 65. | Dendermonde nursery attack | Jan 16/23 | 2009 | Vrasene and Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde |  Belgium | 4 | 12 | M | Kim De Gelder, 20 | Life imprisonment | |
| 65. | Lindhurst High School shooting | May 1 | 1992 | Olivehurst, CA | United States | 4 | 10 | F | Eric Houston, | Death penalty | |
| 65. | La Loche shootings | Jan 24 | 2016 | La Loche, SK | Canada | 4 | 7 | F | Charged with first-degree murder | - | |
| 65. | 2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings | Dec 9 | 2007 | Arvada and Colorado Springs, CO | United States | 4 | 5 | F | Matthew Murray, 24 | Suicide | |
| 65. | Colegio Americano del Noreste shooting | Jan 18 | 2017 | Monterrey, Nuevo León |  México | 2 | 5 | F | Suicide | - | |
| 65. | Suixi school massacre | Jan 26 | 2003 | Suixi | China | 4 | 3 | M | Chen Peiquan, 35 | Arrested | |
| 65. | Illinois school massacre | Sep 23 | 1988 | Chicago, IL | United States | 4 | 2 | F | Clemmie Henderson, 40 | Killed by police | |
| 65. | Gongyi school massacre | Sep 14 | 2011 | Gongyi | China | 4 | 2 | M | Wang Hongbin, 30 | Arrested | |
| 65. | Marysville shooting | Oct 24 | 2014 | Marysville, WA | United States | 4 | 3 | F | Jaylen Fryberg, 15 | Suicide | |
| 65. | Concordia University massacre | Aug 24 | 1992 | Montreal, QC | Canada | 4 | 1 | F | Life imprisonment | - | |
| 65. | Gulbene school massacre | Feb 22 | 1999 | Gulbene |  Latvia | 4 | 1 | M | Alexander Koryakov, 19 | Life imprisonment | |
| 65. | 2001 Isla Vista killings | Feb 24 | 2001 | Isla Vista, CA | United States | 4 | 1 | V | Sent to psychiatric hospital | ||
| 65. | Toulouse and Montauban shootings | March 19 | 2012 | Toulouse |  France | 4 | 1 | F | Mohammed Merah, 23 | Killed by police | |
| 65. | Kunming school killings | Feb 13–15 | 2004 | Kunming | China | 4 | 0 | M | Ma Jiajue, 23 | Death penalty | |
| 82. | Kronan School massacre | Oct 22 | 2015 | Trollhättan |  Sweden | 3 | 1 | M | Anton Pettersson, 21 | Killed by police | |
| 82. | Wilno school massacre | May 6 | 1925 | Wilno |  Poland | 3–6 | 4–11 | FE | Stanisław Ławrynowicz, Janusz Obrąbalski | Both died by suicide | |
| 82. | Zibo school massacre | Aug 3 | 2010 | Zibo | China | 3–4 | 7–20 | M | Fang Jiantang, 26 | Death penalty | |
| 82. | Pingnan school massacre | Sep 21 | 2012 | Pingnan | China | 3 | 13 | M | Wu Yechang, 25 | Arrested | |
| 82. | Olean High School shooting | Dec 30 | 1974 | Olean, NY | United States | 3 | 11 | FE | Anthony Barbaro, 17 | Suicide | |
| 82. | Pearl High School shooting | Oct 1 | 1997 | Pearl, MS | United States | 3 | 7 | FM | Luke Woodham, 16 | Life imprisonment | |
| 82. | Vida Nova massacre | Oct 6 | 1999 | Vida Nova, Campinas | Brazil | 3 | 7 | F | - | ||
| 82. | Zamboanga school massacre | Oct 22 | 2010 | Zamboanga City |  Philippines | 3 | 6 | M | Felin Mateo, 51 | Killed by angry mob | |
| 82. | Hubei school massacre | Sep 1 | 2014 | Hubei | China | 3 | 5 | M | Chen Yanfu, 43 | Suicide | |
| 82. | Heath High School shooting | Dec 1 | 1997 | West Paducah, KY | United States | 3 | 5 | F | Michael Carneal, 14 | Life imprisonment | |
| 82. | Carmen de Patagones school shooting | Sep 28 | 2004 | Carmen de Patagones, Buenos Aires Province |  Argentina | 3 | 5 | F | Rafael Solich, 15 | Arrested | |
| 82. | Droysigg massacre | Oct 6 | 1902 | Droysigg |  Austria-Hungary | 3 | 3 | F | Killed by angry mob | ||
| 82. | Appalachian School of Law shooting | Jan 16 | 2002 | Grundy, VA | United States | 3 | 3 | F | Peter Odighizuwa, 43 | Life imprisonment | |
| 82. | Chardon High School shooting | Feb 27 | 2012 | Chardon, OH | United States | 3 | 3 | F | Thomas Lane, 17 | Life imprisonment | |
| 82. | Alor Akar massacre | Aug 24 | 1969 | Alor Akar |  Malaysia | 3 | 2 | M | Arrested | ||
| 82. | Suthat Wannasarn | Aug 13 | 1983 | Chiang Rai Province |  Thailand | 3 | 2 | M | Suthat Wannasarn, 43 | Arrested | |
| 82. | Frontier Middle School shooting | Feb 2 | 1996 | Moses Lake, WA | United States | 3 | 1 | F | Barry Loukaitis, 14 | Life imprisonment | |
| 82. | :de:Amoklauf von Eching und Freising|Adam Labus | Feb 19 | 2002 | Freising | Germany | 3 | 1 | FE | Adam Labus, 22 | Suicide | |
| 82. | San Diego State University shooting | Aug 15 | 1996 | San Diego, CA | United States | 3 | 0 | F | Frederick Davidson, 36 | Life imprisonment | |
| 82. | University of Arizona College of Nursing Shooting | Oct 28 | 2002 | Tucson, AZ | United States | 3 | 0 | F | Robert Flores Jr., 41 | Suicide | |
| 82. | HCTC shooting | Jan 15 | 2013 | Hazard, KY | United States | 3 | 0 | F | Dalton Stidham, 21 | Life imprisonment | |
| 103. | Guatemala massacre | Nov 13 | 1971 | Guatemala City |  Guatemala | 2 | 15 | M | Arrested | - | |
| 103. | Jiudian school massacre | Aug 25 | 1998 | Jiudian | China | 2 | 15 | M | Lu Xiaoxi, | Death penalty | |
| 103. | Marshall County High School shooting | Jan 23 | 2018 | Benton, Kentucky |  United States | 2 | 14 | F | Gabe Parker, 15 | Arrested | – |
| 103. | Erlangen school massacre | Dec 21 | 1972 | Erlangen | West Germany | 2 | 13 | FA | Robert Kausler, 27 | Perished in the fire | |
| 103. | Brampton Centennial Secondary School shooting | May 28 | 1975 | Brampton, ON | Canada | 2 | 13 | F | Michael Slobodian, 16 | Suicide | |
| 103. | Santee school massacre | March 5 | 2001 | Santee, CA | United States | 2 | 13 | F | Charles Williams, | Life imprisonment | |
| 103. | Los Angeles elementary school killings | Feb 24 | 1984 | Los Angeles, CA | United States | 2 | 12 | F | Tyrone Mitchell, | Suicide | |
| 103. | Waikino school shooting | Oct 19 | 1923 | Waikino |  New Zealand | 2 | 9 | F | John Higgins | Life imprisonment | |
| 103. | Cleveland Elementary School shooting | Jan 29 | 1979 | San Diego, CA | United States | 2 | 9 | F | Brenda Spencer, 16 | Life imprisonment | |
| 103. | Oakland Elementary School shooting | Sep 28 | 1988 | Greenwood, SC | United States | 2 | 9 | F | James Wilson Jr., 19 | Death penalty | |
| 103. | St. Pius X High School shooting | Oct 27 | 1975 | Ottawa, ON | Canada | 2 | 5 | FM | Robert Poulin, 18 | Suicide | |
| 103. | USC killings | Oct 6 | 1979 | Columbia, SC | United States | 2 | 5 | F | Mark Houston, 19 | 2 – Life imprisonment/no parole | |
| 103. | Costa Mesa school massacre | May 3 | 1999 | Costa Mesa, CA | United States | 2 | 5 | V | Steven Abrams, 39 | Life imprisonment | |
| 103. | Monash University shooting | Oct 21 | 2002 | Melbourne, Victoria |  Australia | 2 | 5 | F | Huan Yun Xiang, 36 | Sent to psychiatric hospital | |
| 103. | Xichang school massacre | April 13 | 2010 | Xichang | China | 2 | 5 | M | Yang Jiaqin, 40 | Arrested | |
| 103. | Bard College shooting | Dec 14 | 1992 | Great Barrington, MA | United States | 2 | 4 | F | Wayne Lo, 18 | Life imprisonment | |
| 103. | Pak Phanang school shooting | June 6 | 2003 | Amphoe Pak Phanang | Thailand | 2 | 4 | F | Anatcha, Boonkwan, 17 | Arrested | |
| 103. | Maoming school massacre | May 15 | 2007 | Maoming | China | 2 | 4 | M | Wu Jianguo, 17 | Arrested | |
| 103. | Leizhou school massacre | Feb 25 | 2008 | Leizhou, Guangdong | China | 2 | 4 | M | Chen Wenzhen | Suicide | |
| 103. | Mazhan school massacre | March 3 | 2009 | Mazhan | China | 2 | 4 | M | Arrested | - | |
| 103. | Goyases massacre | Oct 20 | 2017 | Goiânia |  Brazil | 2 | 4 | F | Arrested | - | |
| 103. | Beach High School shooting | March 10 | 2000 | Savannah, Georgia | United States | 2 | 1 | F | Life imprisonment | ||
| 103. | Aarhus University shooting | April 5 | 1994 | Aarhus, Denmark |  Denmark | 2 | 2 | Flemming Nielsen | Suicide | ||
| 103. | Oficina de Reabilitação do Instituto Nacional de Previdência Social massacre | Dec 20 | 1977 | Curitiba | Brazil | 2 | 0 | F | Mauricio Samways Neto, 25 | Arrested | |
| 103. | Raumanmeri school shooting | Jan 25 | 1989 | Raumanmeri secondary school, Rauma |  Finland | 2 | 0 | F | - | - | |
| 103. | East Carter High School shooting | Jan 18 | 1993 | Grayson, Kentucky | United States | 2 | 0 | F | Gary Scott Pennington, 17 | Life imprisonment | |
| 103. | Louisiana Technical College shooting | Feb 8 | 2008 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | United States | 2 | 0 | F | Suicide | ||
| 103. | Aztec High School shooting | Dec 7 | 2017 | Aztec, New Mexico | United States | 2 | 0 | F | William Atchison, 21 | Suicide | |
| 131. | Dawson College shooting | Sept 13 | 2006 | Westmount, Quebec | Canada | 1 | 19 | F | Kimveer Gill, 27 | Suicide | |
| 131. | IES Joan Fuster shooting | Apr 20 | 2015 | Barcelona, Catalonia |  Spain | 1 | 4 | F, M | Max Porta, 13 |
Rampage killers
This section of the list of rampage killers contains those cases that occurred at pre-schools, schools and universities, as well as their affiliated buildings. If the perpetrator was a member of the school staff and the victims primarily his colleagues, the case is not included here, but it is added to the.A rampage killer has been defined as follows:
This list should contain every case with at least one of the following features:
- Rampage killings with 6 or more dead
- Rampage killings with at least 4 people killed and least ten victims overall
- Rampage killings with at least 2 people killed and least 12 victims overall
- An incidence of rampage killing shall not be included in this list if it does not include at least two people killed.
- In all cases the perpetrator is not counted among those killed or injured.
| Perpetrator | Date | Year | Location | Country | Killed | Injured | W | Additional Notes | Ref. | |
| 1. | Kehoe, Andrew Philip, | May 18 | 1927 | Bath Township, Michigan |  United States | 44 | 58 | FME | Committed suicide Also killed numerous animals | |
| 2. | Cho, Seung-Hui, | April 16 | 2007 | Blacksburg, Virginia | United States | 32 | 17 | F | Committed suicide | |
| 3. | Lanza, Adam Peter, | Dec 14 | 2012 | Newtown, Connecticut | United States | 27 | 2 | F | Committed suicide | |
| 4. | :ru:Взрыв в школе № 20|Unknown man | April 4 | 1950 | Gîsca, Soviet Union | Soviet Union | 23 | ? | E | Committed suicide | |
| 5. | Roslyakov, Vladislav Igorevich, 18 | Oct 17 | 2018 | Kerch | 20 | 70 | FE | Committed suicide | ||
| 6. | Cruz, Nikolas Jacob, 19 | Feb 14 | 2018 | Parkland, Florida | United States | 17 | 17 | F | Arrested | |
| 7. | Hamilton, Thomas Watt, | March 13 | 1996 | Dunblane |  Scotland | 17 | 15 | F | Committed suicide | |
| 8. | Steinhäuser, Robert, | April 26 | 2002 | Erfurt |  Germany | 16 | 1 | F | Committed suicide | |
| 9. | Whitman, Charles Joseph, | Aug 1 | 1966 | Austin, Texas | United States | 15 | 32 | FM | Killed by police Killed an unborn child One of the injured died in 2001; attributed to this event | |
| 10. | Kretschmer, Tim, | March 11 | 2009 | Winnenden and Wendlingen | Germany | 15 | 9 | F | Committed suicide | |
| 11. | Lépine, Marc, | Dec 6 | 1989 | Montreal, Quebec |  Canada | 14 | 14 | FM | Committed suicide | |
| 12. | Harris, Eric David, Klebold, Dylan Bennet, | April 20 | 1999 | Columbine, Colorado | United States | 13 | 21 | FEA | Both committed suicide | |
| 13. | Menezes de Oliveira, Wellington, | April 7 | 2011 | Rio de Janeiro |  Brazil | 12 | 22 | F | Committed suicide | |
| 14. | Gadirov, Farda, | April 30 | 2009 | Baku |  Azerbaijan | 12 | 13 | F | Committed suicide One more died by jumping out of a window | |
| 15. | Bai Ningyang, | May 8 | 2006 | Shiguan |  China | 12 | 5 | MA | Sentenced to death and executed | |
| 16. | Seifert, Willi Walter, | June 11 | 1964 | Volkhoven | West Germany | 10 | 22 | FM | Committed suicide | |
| 17. | Pagourtzis, Dimitrios, 17 | May 18 | 2018 | Santa Fe, Texas | United States | 10 | 13 | F | Arrested | |
| 18. | Saari, Matti Juhani, | Sep 23 | 2008 | Kauhajoki | Finland | 10 | 1 | FA | Committed suicide | |
| 19. | Wu Huanming, | May 12 | 2010 | Linchang | China | 9 | 11 | M | Committed suicide | |
| 20. | :zh:米脂县砍人事件|Zhao Zewei, 28 | April 27 | 2018 | Yulin | China | 9 | 11 | M | Sentenced to death and executed | |
| 21. | Harper-Mercer, Christopher Sean, 26 | Oct 1 | 2015 | Roseburg, Oregon | United States | 9 | 8 | F | Committed suicide | |
| 22. | Weise, Jeffrey James, | March 21 | 2005 | Red Lake, Minnesota | United States | 9 | 5 | F | Committed suicide | |
| 23. | Yan Yanming, 21 | Nov 26 | 2004 | Ruzhou | China | 9 | 3 | M | Sentenced to death and executed | |
| 24. | Takuma, Mamoru, | June 8 | 2001 | Ikeda, Osaka |  Japan | 8 | 15 | M | Sentenced to death and executed | |
| 25. | Ala Hisham Abu Dheim, 26 | March 6 | 2008 | Jerusalem | Israel | 8 | 11 | F | Killed by soldiers | |
| 26. | de Castro, Luiz Henrique, 25 Monteiro, Guilherme Taucci, 17 | March 13 | 2019 | Suzano | Brazil | 8 | 11 | FM | Castro killed by Monteiro Monteiro committed suicide | |
| 27. | Donchev, Branimir Delchev, 17 | Dec 24 | 1974 | Durvenitsa |  Bulgaria | 8 | 8 | F | Arrested | |
| 28. | Zheng Minsheng, | March 23 | 2010 | Nanping | China | 8 | 5 | M | Sentenced to death and executed | |
| 29. | Yu Hua, 40 | Sep 2 | 2019 | Baiyangping | China | 8 | 2 | M | Sentenced to death and executed | |
| 30. | Auvinen, Pekka-Eric, | Nov 7 | 2007 | Jokela | Finland | 8 | 1 | FA | Committed suicide | |
| 31. | U Win-maung | March 26 | 1975 |  Burma | 7 | 5 | M | Killed by police | ||
| 32. | Wang Xiangjun | April 1 | 1996 | Meitian | China | 7 | 5 | M | Arrested | |
| 33. | Goh, One L., 43 | April 2 | 2012 | Oakland, California | United States | 7 | 3 | F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | |
| 34. | Lee Chi Hang, 28 | June 3 | 1982 | Sham Shui Po | Hong Kong | 6 | 37 | M | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | |
| 35. | Mohammed Ahmad Misleh al-Nazari, 48 | March 30 | 1997 | Sana'a |  Yemen | 6 | 12 | F | Sentenced to death and executed | |
| 36. | Fedorenko, Anatoly | May 19 | 1977 | Leningrad | Soviet Union | 6 | 2 | F | Sentenced to death and executed | |
| 37. | Lepnev, Sergei, 18 | March 9 | 1997 | Kamyshin | Russia | 6 | 2 | F | Sentenced to death, later changed to life imprisonment, later changed to 25 years in prison | |
| 38. | Purdy, Patrick Edward, | Jan 17 | 1989 | Stockton, California | United States | 5 | 32 | FA | Committed suicide | |
| 39. | Mohammed Fathi Farhat, 17 | March 7 | 2002 | Atzmona |  Gaza Strip | 5 | 23 | FE | Killed by soldiers | |
| 40. | Kazmierczak, Steven Phillip, | Feb 14 | 2008 | DeKalb, Illinois | United States | 5 | 17 | F | Committed suicide | |
| 41. | Charva, Karel, 34 | June 3 | 1983 | Eppstein | West Germany | 5 | 14 | F | Committed suicide | |
| 42. | Golden, Andrew Douglas, Johnson, Mitchell Scott, | March 24 | 1998 | Jonesboro, Arkansas | United States | 5 | 10 | F | Both were imprisoned until their 21st birthday | |
| 43. | Roberts, Charles Carl, | Oct 2 | 2006 | Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania | United States | 5 | 5 | F | Committed suicide | |
| 44. | Kinkel, Kipland Philip, | May 20/21 | 1998 | Springfield, Oregon | United States | 4 | 25 | F | Sentenced to 111 years in prison | |
| 45. | Schmidt, Heinz Jakob Friedrich Ernst, | June 20 | 1913 | Bremen | Germany | 4 | 21 | F | Found not guilty by reason of insanity One more died trying to escape | |
| 46. | Liu Hongwen, 28 | Sep 30 | 2004 | Linwu County | China | 4 | 12 | M | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | |
| 47. | De Gelder, Kim, 20 | Jan 16/23 | 2009 | Vrasene and Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde |  Belgium | 4 | 12 | M | Sentenced to life imprisonment | |
| 48. | Houston, Eric Christopher, | May 1 | 1992 | Olivehurst, California | United States | 4 | 10 | F | Sentenced to death | |
| 49. | Fontaine, Randan Dakota, 17 | Jan 22 | 2016 | La Loche, Saskatchewan | Canada | 4 | 7 | F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | |
| 50. | Fang Jiantang, 26 | Aug 3 | 2010 | Zibo | China | 3–5 | 6–20 | M | Sentenced to death and executed | |
| 51. | Wu Yechang, 25 | Sep 21 | 2012 | Pingnan County | China | 3 | 13 | M | Arrested | |
| 52. | Barbaro, Anthony F., 17 | Dec 30 | 1974 | Olean, New York | United States | 3 | 11 | FE | Committed suicide while awaiting trial | |
| 53. | Lawrynowicz, Stanislaw, 22 Obrapalski, Janusz, 21 | May 6 | 1925 | Wilno |  Poland | 3 | 9 | FE | Both committed suicide | |
| 54. | Iwasaki, Ryuichi, 51 | May 28 | 2019 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, | Japan | 2 | 18 | M | Committed suicide | |
| 55. | Martínez Avila, Basilio, 21 | Nov 13 | 1971 | Guatemala City |  Guatemala | 2 | 15 | M | Arrested | |
| 56. | Lu Xiaoxi, | Aug 25 | 1998 | Jiudian | China | 2 | 15 | M | Sentenced to death | |
| 57. | Parker, Gabe, 15 | Jan 23 | 2018 | Draffenville, Kentucky | United States | 2 | 14 | F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | |
| 58. | Kausler, Robert, 27 | Dec 21 | 1972 | Erlangen | West Germany | 2 | 13 | FA | Perished in the fire | |
| 59. | Slobodian, Michael Peter, 16 | May 28 | 1975 | Brampton, Ontario | Canada | 2 | 13 | F | Committed suicide | |
| 60. | Williams, Charles Andrew, | March 5 | 2001 | Santee, California | United States | 2 | 13 | F | Sentenced to 50 years to life imprisonment | |
| 61. | Mitchell, Tyrone, | Feb 24 | 1984 | Los Angeles, California | United States | 2 | 12 | F | Committed suicide |