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70% of US schools have reported an increase in the number of students seeking mental health help while only about 56% of students perceive they have been provided assistance for their mental health issues. Thus, there is a need for more school counselors to help such students.
The percentage of students enrolled in a school without a counselor declined fr 2019 to 2022. By 2022, only 6.1% of students were in schools without any counselor--down fr 8.0% in 2018. However, 15.6% of Black students were enrolled in schools without a counselor.
The percentage of students enrolled in a school without a FT counselor declined from 14.5% in 2018 to 10.8% in 2022. But, 17.4% of Black students did not have access to a FT counselor in 2022. Econ disadvantaged students were also less likely to have access to a FT counselor.
One of the reasons the school funding case decision is so important is that a greater percentage of students in the poorest districts did not have access to a counselor relative to their peers in the wealthiest districts.
Students in charter schools have less access to counselors than their peers in district schools--23.2%% had no access to a FT counselor. This raises a question about whether students with mental health issues feel comfortable in enrolling in a charter school.
This issue is critically important because counselors play a critical role in the educational experiences of students, providing resources that improve student mental health, academic achievement, student attendance, student behavior at school, and post-secondary readiness.
The full report can be found here: ceepablog.wordpress.com/2023/02/12/acc…
@EdFuller_PSU Great work @EdFuller_PSU! I really appreciate your continued work! Thank you!