Key Findings
In 2025, 52% of U.S. school districts experienced a cybersecurity incident, up from 36% in 2024 and 31% in 2023.
54% of U.S. school districts rate student identity theft or long-term harm as their number one concern.
58% of U.S. school districts have adopted new technologies to meet insurance requirements.
Only 11% of U.S. school districts have formal processes to vet AI use in edtech tools.
Nearly 40% of school district administrators are unsure if the new technologies they've adopted to meet insurance requirements actually make their students safer.
Students have the lowest Multi-Factor Authentication adoption at 13% across grade levels.
Only 21% of U.S. school districts feel most confident addressing student identity threats.
Four out of five U.S. school districts (80%) believe AI is increasing their cybersecurity risk.
Vendor-related cybersecurity incidents among schools districts rose from 4% in 2023 to 32% in 2025.