TABLE 2. Prevalence of ever experiencing racism in school among high school students, overall and by race and ethnicity — Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2023*.

Characteristic	Ever experienced racism† %§ (95% CI)	PR¶ (95% CI)
Race and ethnicity**
American Indian or Alaska Native	38.0 (27.2–50.1)	2.20†† (1.58–3.07)
Asian	56.9 (45.0–68.0)	3.30†† (2.57–4.22)
Black or African American	45.9 (37.6–54.4)	2.66†† (2.13–3.31)
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander	37.6 (19.6–59.8)	2.18†† (1.21–3.94)
White	17.3 (15.1–19.7)	Ref
Hispanic or Latino	39.4 (35.8–43.1)	2.28†† (1.95–2.68)
Multiracial	48.8 (42.4–55.3)	2.83†† (2.34–3.42)
Total	31.5 (29.0–34.2)	—

Abbreviations: PR =prevalence ratio; Ref = referent group.

* N = 20,103 respondents. The total number of students answering each question varied. Data might be missing because 1) the question did not appear in that student’s questionnaire, 2) the student did not answer the question, or 3) the response was set to missing because of an out-of-range response or logical inconsistency. Percentages in each category are calculated on the known data.

^† Experiencing racism was categorized as ever for those who responded “rarely,” “sometimes,” “most of the time,” or “always,” and never for those who responded “never.”

^§ Weighted prevalence estimate.

^¶ PR comparing the prevalence of ever experienced racism by racial and ethnic group.

** Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin might be of any race but are categorized as Hispanic; all racial groups are non-Hispanic.

^†† Statistically significant; 95% CIs did not include 1.0.