Missouri, Kansas rank No. 1 and No. 2 in this alarming school sex assault category, while Biden admin focuses on ‘gender discrimination’ instead 

Statistics released by the U.S. Department of Education’s (DOE) Civil Rights Data Collection unit shows Missouri schools rank first in rapes and attempted rapes, behind Kansas and Massachusetts.

“Comparatively, the highest-ranking states, Missouri, Kansas, and Massachusetts had .065, .054, and .047, respectively, incidents of rape or attempted rape occurring per 1,000 students,” said the DOE report.

The data was gathered from the 2017-2018 school year.

The DOE report comes from a survey of nearly all public schools in the United States completed under the Trump administration, which used Title IX protections to institute the survey. 

“I’ve directed our OCR team to tackle the tragic rise of sexual misconduct complaints in our nation’s K-12 campuses head on,” said then-Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. “Through compliance reviews and raising public awareness about what’s actually happening in too many of our nation’s schools, we can build on the good work we’re already doing to enforce Title IX and protect students. 

“We cannot rest until every student can learn in a safe, nurturing environment where their civil rights are protected.”  

Despite the finding of over 57 rapes or attempted rapes in Missouri public schools in the 2017-2018 school year, the DOE’s civil rights division has just six pending investigations under Title IX for sexual assault in those schools. 

By contrast, the DOE is investigating 36 other cases of Title IX violations in Missouri schools for such things as “gender discrimination” and “single sex scholarship” abuses. 

The Biden administration has been under fire for trying to expand the definition of Title IX to include gender discrimination and bathroom use for transgender students, at the expense of women, critics say. 

So far, the DOE lists nearly 90 cases of “gender harassment” nationwide, most of which commenced under the Biden administration.  

The report adds weight to critics who claim the overt sexualization of kids at schools nationwide and on social media is creating a crisis atmosphere, putting children at risk for assault and exploitation. 

“Almost 20% of female students experienced sexual violence by anyone during the past year and 14% had ever been physically forced to have sex,” said a Center’s for Disease Control report on teen behavior issued in 2023.  

And NBC News reports that for gay kids, the risk of assault is four times greater than for straight kids. 

The data comes even as new concerns emerge about sexual violence in Missouri in general. 

In March, the Springfield Police issued a warning about an increase in sexual assaults.     

In July, Kansas City Police issued a similar warning.   

A recent grant from the U.S. Department of Justice awarded Missouri nearly a million dollars to help support victims of sexual violence in the state.