I went to two small private Christian schools my whole school career and it was very interconnected. People from each school went to both and back and forth and half the people I hung out with were from my church. Then, for a few years, both schools merged. So, everyone really knew everyone and I was always squarely middle ground (although I was definitely known as the Pumpkins fan *groan*). I wasn't super popular but there wasn't a bully problem per se. The teachers stamped that shit out quick.
Although there was one kid who was a teacher's son and he used to be pretty cruel to kids in middle school; I was one of his targets for a school year before I stood up to him, verbally, and the next year we were thick as thieves. I still had to kind of hold him at arm's length though.
So, no, unless there was "obvious" socially-stunted kids, the bullying was minimal. And even with the "obvious" kids, I don't think they got it really bad but you'd have to ask them.
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