55%
Percentage of U.S. public schools that provide students with mental health assessments, with only 42% of public schools providing mental health treatment. Data are from a survey conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics during the 2019–20 school year, the most recent data on the topic.
54%
Percentage of public schools that said low funding is a main reason for the lack of services, with 40% also citing limited access to qualified providers as a main reason. On a more positive note, 64% of schools said they didn’t feel their efforts were hampered by a lack of community support.
$1 billion
The amount that the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act of 2022 will invest in school mental health support over 5 years, including funding to increase the number of qualified mental health providers who can deliver services in the schools. Funding began in fall 2022.
