Ready Children

3,400+ (3,472) children 0-8 in Bexar County were confirmed victims of abuse or neglect in 2022

Source: Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, 2022

62% of child care slots in Bexar County are in facilities that were not licensed with national accreditation or Texas Rising Star certification in 2023

Source: Texas Health & Human Services Commission and Workforce Solutions Alamo, 2023

(2 out of 3) 62% of children in kindergarten were assessed as not on track in at least one area of child development in 2023

Source: United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County and UCLA – Results from the EarlyDevelopment Instrument; data collected in school years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 across 8 Bexar County School Districts, 2023

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Successful Students

1 in 4 (29%) of third-grade students in Bexar County did not pass the STAAR reading test in school year 2022-23

Source: Texas Education Agency, 2023

1 in 3 (30%) of eighth-grade students in Bexar County did not pass the STAAR math test in school year 2022-23

Source: Texas Education Agency, 2023

1 in 7 (13.5%) of young adults ages 16 – 24 in Bexar County were neither in school nor working in 2021

Source: Equal Measure for the Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions’ Opportunity Youth Forum (OYF), 2022

16% of students were chronically absent in the school year 2021-2022

Source: Texas Education Agency TAPR Reports, 2022

Strong Individuals and Families

15.7% of Bexar County residents live in households earning less than Federal Poverty Level in 2022

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 ACS 1-Year Estimates

57% less was earned by Black women, comparing median income, working full-time compared to white men in Bexar County in 2021

Source: US Census Bureau, 2021 ACS 1-Year Estimates

19,330 family violence incidents were reported in Bexar County in 2022

Source: Texas Department of Public Safety, 2023

46% of Bexar County households do not have enough income to meet their basic household expenses in 2021

Source: United for ALICE, 2023

Safety Net

3,155 experience homelessness on any given day in Bexar County in 2023

Source: South Alamo Regional Alliance for the Homeless (SARAH) Point in Time Report, 2023

49% of households renting in Bexar County spent 30% or more of their income on housing costs in 2021

Source: US Census Bureau, 2021 ACS 5-Year Estimates

1 in 7 (14%) of people in Bexar County were food insecure in 2021

Source: Feeding America, 2021

21% of people in emergency shelters, transitional shelters, or unsheltered in Bexar County in 2023 are Black. They are significantly overrepresented compared to the general community population by about three times.

Source: South Alamo Regional Alliance for the Homeless (SARAH) Point in Time Report, 2023