Parents with students heading back to school in a few weeks should find some comfort in a state report this week that found the state’s Safe2Say Something program has fielded thousands of calls during the first half of the year.

The other good news is that a majority of the tips did not involve threats of violence.

Safe2Something is a school safety reporting system that allows students, teachers and parents to submit tips about potentially dangerous school-related situations to a crisis center using a smartphone application, website or phone number.

The center screens the reports and sends information to schools involved in the potential incident and emergency dispatchers.

Tips can cover violent threats but also bullying, substance abuse, social isolation or self-harm.

The report released this week found that suicide and bullying were among the most common concerns in tips submitted between mid-January and June. A total of 23,000 tips were sent to the safety reporting system.

Bullying and self-harm are serious issues facing students, so it’s a good thing that people are reaching out to Safe2Say to help combat such issues.

A total of 607 tips were submitted regarding threats against schools, and 523 were made against people. While that might seem like a lot, the report also found that about 1,300 tips were determined to be pranks.

“There is no question that this program is contributing to a safer school environment,” said state Sen. Pat Browne, R-16th, a sponsor of Safe2Say’s legislation.

“The success of Safe2Say lies in a caller’s trust that they will remain anonymous and that their tip will be taken seriously and acted upon swiftly.”

We agree. With school starting in a few weeks — and especially in the wake of two horrific mass shootings in Dayton and El Paso — there can’t be enough focus on safety initiatives at local schools.

The anonymity behind the system likely improves the chances of people using it.

While most parents and teachers would probably not have a problem giving their name when submitting a tip, some students might worry about repercussions if their name were attached to a tip.

The system’s variety of formats is also helpful. While submitting tips via a website or by phone likely would appeal to adults, offering a mobile app might increase the chance that students would use it.

Most adults probably can remember the stress involved in being a young student, and recall either being bullied or witnessing it.

But today’s students face a whole other level of stress: the threat of violence at school at a level previously unseen by past generations.

So, it’s great that the state’s program to help prevent such incidents from occurring is seeing positive results.

If there’s any way to expand or improve the program, it should be a top priority.