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, 2023
62% of child care slots in Bexar County are in facilities that were not licensed with national accreditation or Texas Rising Star certification in 2022
Source: Texas Health & Human Services Commission and Workforce Solutions Alamo, 2022
(2 out of 3) 61% 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
Successful Students
1 in 4 (27%) of third-grade students in Bexar County did not pass the STAAR reading test in school year 2021-22
Source: Texas Education Agency, 2022
1 in 3 (36%) of eighth-grade students in Bexar County did not pass the STAAR math test in school year 2021-22
Source: Texas Education Agency, 2022
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), 2023
16% of students were chronically absent in the school year 2021-2022
Source: Texas Education Agency, 2020
Strong Individuals and Families
15% of Bexar County residents live in households earning less than Federal Poverty Level in 2021
Source: US Census Bureau, 2023
44% 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, 2023
1,900+ (19,003) family violence incidents were reported in Bexar County in 2021
Source: Texas Department of Public Safety, 2023
46% of Bexar County households do not have enough income to meet their regular necessary 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, 2023
1 in 7 (14%) of people in Bexar County were food insecure in 2021
Source: Feeding America, 2023
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